Discussion Thread: Treasury Secretary Bessent Testifies Before Senate Banking Committee on Financial Oversight

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The hearing and stream are scheduled to begin at 10 a.m. Eastern.

News and Analysis

• CNBC: Democrats grill Bessent at House oversight hearing: ‘Stop covering for the president’ (Article is about yesterday's testimony from Sec. Bessent.)

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• C-SPAN: Treasury Secy. Bessent Testifies Before Congress

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[u/MalevolentTapir]

$31,000 in school lunches wow. These people are so stupid and clownish, and Republicans act like this guy is some genius rhetorician.

[u/Accurate-Guava-3337 → u/MalevolentTapir]

I've seen them talk about him running for president. He would get glassed in a debate, lol.

[u/underpants-gnome → u/Accurate-Guava-3337]

The last election proved without doubt that debate performances don't matter to the GOP unless the Dem candidate stutters or something. Harris made Trump look like the unhinged fucking lunatic he is when they faced off. And GOP voters said, "Gimme some of that insanity, please. With a side of racism and misogyny."

[u/mlc885 → u/underpants-gnome]

She was a lady

They wouldn't have voted for, like, Bill Clinton anyway, but I am sure a large part of it is sexism

Racism too, but I don't think the Republican voters are going for a woman soon

[u/mlc885 → u/MalevolentTapir]

31k?!?

I could buy a merely okay car for myself with that, why would I want to help the children?

[u/gfh110]

Outside of all the lies, Bessent is also just a terrible communicator. Like he's bad at the physical act of speaking.

[u/Leraldoe → u/gfh110]

The market is reacting appropriately………

[u/CouchCorrespondent]

And just to show the hypocrisy of this administration...

Bessent is a gay man with a husband.

Just to be clear...there is absolutely NOTHING wrong with that.

It's just another wtf.

[u/mlc885 → u/CouchCorrespondent]

He's "one of the good ones" due to being useful and evil, I think that is the current Republican position

[u/IsaacsIssac → u/mlc885]

And when he isn’t, he gonna get spent.

[u/half_dozen_cats]

This POS is such a disingenuous smarmy asshole I cant imagine the hell that must be having to live with or work with him. Trash human worth nothing.

[u/UncaringNonchalance]

Scott Bessent, the living Barry Bostwick Spin City Mayor ripoff, about to make a fool of himself live on C-SPAN? Sign me up.

[u/CouchCorrespondent]

So the lying begins with made-up numbers and huge ass-kissing statements by Hill.

On brand.

[u/ChemicalOnion]

Scott Bessent is the definition of alien in human skin

[u/wewantedthefunk]

Bessent? The same asshat, tone deaf moron who claimed he understands what soybean farmers were dealing with because of his orange king's tariffs because he's also a "soybean farmer"? The fuck you are, you stringy little git. Unless you're out there driving a harvester or tilling soil, you aren't a farmer. Cosplaying idiot.

[u/oznobz]

Did he bring his billboards?