Scott Bessent schooled George Stephanopoulos after George tried to claim Trump’s path to ending the shutdown was killing the filibuster.
Bessent immediately reminded him of his own past comments about Republicans who kept the government closed.
But his last line hit like a freight train.
BESSENT: “Look, you were involved in a lot of these in the ’90s. And you know, you basically called the Republicans terrorists and, you know, you said that it is not the responsible party that keeps the government closed.”
“And so what we need is five brave moderate Democratic Senators to cross the aisle, because right now, it is 52–3, 52–3, five Democrats can cross the aisle and re-open the government. That’s the best way to do it, George.”
STEPHANOPOULOS: “I can disagree with you about the history there, but we don’t need a history lesson right now.”
BESSENT: “No, no, George. No, no, no, George, if you want, I’ve got all your quotes here. And I went back, read your book.”
“So you got one purchase on Amazon this week. And that’s very much what you said.”