Scott Bessent Calls Out Stephanopoulos Over Shutdown Hypocrisy, Calling GOP ‘Terrorists’

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Scott Bessent Calls Out Stephanopoulos Over Shutdown Hypocrisy, Calling GOP ‘Terrorists’

1 sourceUpdated Jul 2, 2026

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent confronted ABC host George Stephanopoulos on Sunday over past rhetoric blaming Republicans for government shutdowns. The Senate voted 14 times in 38 days on a Republican-backed bill to…

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