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Treasury Nominee Scott Bessent Challenges Sen. Bernie Sanders Over Biden's Honors for Wealthy Individuals

  • Treasury Secretary nominee Scott Bessent challenged independent Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders during a confirmation hearing by referencing President Joe Biden's praise of certain billionaires as oligarchs.
  • Sanders questioned Bessent about the influence of billionaires like Elon Musk and Mark Zuckerberg, citing Biden's warning about an emerging oligarchy in America.
  • Bessent pointed out that Biden awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom to George Soros and David Rubenstein, whom he labeled as oligarchs.
  • Sanders expressed concern over the concentration of political power among a few billionaires, echoing Biden's statement about the threat to democracy.
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Trump Treasury Pick Flips The Script on Bernie Sanders and Humiliates Him During His Confirmation Hearing

President-elect Donald Trump’s pick for Treasury Secretary, hedge fund billionaire Scott Bessent, flipped the script on Sen. Bernie Sanders during his Senate confirmation hearing, with both sparring over wealth concentration and the federal minimum wage. Key Facts: – Sen. Sanders referenced President Biden’s farewell remarks claiming the U.S. is moving toward an oligarchy. – Bessent pushed back, pointing out billionaire recipients of Biden’s Pre…

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Bernie Sanders IRATE After Trump Treasury Nominee Destroys 'Oligarchs' Question

Vermont Democratic-Socalist Sen. Bernie Sanders got into a rather ugly back-and-forth with President-elect Donald Trump’s nominee for Treasury Secretary. And the war of words left Sanders livid. I mean like really, really mad. The reason? During the exchange, the nominee completely obliterated the false definition of “oligarchy” that the Vermont senator has been clinging to for a long time. It all started from Biden’s farewell address delivered …

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Bernie Sanders Gets SCHOOLED by Trump Nominee in Must-See Exchange

Scott Bessent obliterated Sanders with a single devastating remark.

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Bernie Sanders Tries 'Gotcha' Question In Confirmation Hearing, Immediately Regrets It

Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) tried his hand at a “gotcha” question with one of President-elect Donald Trump’s cabinet nominees on Friday, only to see it blow up in his face. Pontificating from his chair on the U.S. Senate Finance Committee, Sanders railed against a “small number of multi-billionaires who have enormous economic, media, and political power” before asking Treasury nominee Scott Bessent if he agrees with President Joe Biden’s assertio…

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Bernie Sanders Gets Agitated When Treasury Nominee Scott Bessent Dismantles His 'Oligarchs' Question

It turns out that when President Joe Biden and Sen. Bernie Sanders call out “oligarchs” in the tech industry, they’re only talking about people they don’t like, not oligarchy as […] The post Bernie Sanders Gets Agitated When Treasury Nominee Scott Bessent Dismantles His 'Oligarchs' Question appeared first on The Western Journal.

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Bernie Sanders tries playing the "oligarchy" card with Trump's Treasury Secretary, gets hit with a reality check

The left is the party of the rich and for the rich, as they do everything in their power to make the average American worse off. And while they all supported policies that created some of the worst inflation in modern American history, they could not even pretend to care how much they destroyed the middle class. So not only is it disingenuous when people like Bernie Sanders pretend to despise the rich, especially considering he got rich only aft…

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