US EditionBessent demands apology from Summers over ‘big, beautiful bill’ criticism
TEXAS, JUL 7 – Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent condemned Larry Summers for using the Texas floods' 80+ deaths to criticize GOP budget, calling it a politicization of human tragedy.
- Larry Summers criticized the GOP budget bill, stating it could lead to 100,000 preventable deaths each year and called it 'the biggest cut in the American safety net in history.'
- Secretary Bessent demanded an apology from Summers for linking Texas flooding fatalities to the GOP budget bill, characterizing his remarks as 'shockingly callous' and accusing him of using a tragedy for political gain.
- Bessent suggested Summers' comments were grounds for his dismissal if he does not apologize.
- Experts like Neera Tanden criticized Bessent's attacks on Summers, with Tanden calling them 'classic authoritarianism.
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Treasury Secretary Bessent Slams Larry Summers for Using Texas Flood Deaths to Attack Trump Policy
In times of heartbreak and disaster, most Americans put politics aside. We come together to help our neighbors, pray for victims, and show the true... The post Treasury Secretary Bessent Slams Larry Summers for Using Texas Flood Deaths to Attack Trump Policy appeared first on Patriot Journal.
Bessent demands apology from Summers over 'big_ beautiful bill' criticism
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Trump treasury chief ripped for call to punish private citizen over speech
In what some critics describe as an example of “cancel culture,” Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent—a high profile official in the Trump administration—is calling for an apology or the firing of a private citizen: Larry Summers, a Democrat who, coincidentally, once held Bessent’s current position and later served as president of Harvard University.In remarks he made over the weekend, Summers likened the horrific Texas flooding fatalities—now over …
'Truly pathetic': Trump official slammed for call to punish private citizen’s free speech
In what some critics describe as an example of “cancel culture,” Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent—a high profile official in the Trump administration—is calling for an apology or the firing of a private citizen: Larry Summers, a Democrat who, coincidentally, once held Bessent’s current position and ...
Bessent demands apology from Summers over ‘big, beautiful bill’ criticism
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent late Sunday fired back at Larry Summers for the former Treasury secretary’s criticism of President Trump’s massive tax and spending legislation. In a thread on social platform X, Bessent demanded an apology from Summers for comparing the deaths that some estimates predict will result from the health care cuts in the…
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