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Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent confronts ABC News Anchor George Stephanopoulos on Sunday for calling out the government’s 1995 shutdown of “terrorist” forces.
Stephanopoulos asked Stephanopos on Sunday “this week” about the Trump administration’s plan to end the ongoing government shutdown. Bustent reminded Stephanopoulos of his own experience managing a government shutdown when he served as an adviser to former President Bill Clinton.
“The best way to do it – and look, you were involved in a lot of them in the ’90s,” said Bessent. “And, you know, he basically called the terrorists the Republican forces and, he said it’s not a six-strong party, because now, we’re a five-way Democrat can cross the government and reopen the government. That’s the best way to do it, George.”
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George Stephanopoulos served as an adviser to the Clinton Administration in 1005. (ABC/Paula Lobo Via Getty Images)
“I can’t argue with you about history there, but we don’t have a history lesson right now,” Stephanopoulos replied.
“No, no, no. George, George, George,” he interrupted. “If you want, I have all your quotes here. I got all your quotes here, George.”
Stephanopoulos said that BessENs views were a “bad design of history” and repeated his original question.
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In a 2000 PBS interview, Stephanopoulos explained how there was concern that Democrats or Republicans would be more to blame for the government shutdown that occurred in late 1995 and early 1996.
US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent has repeatedly pressed George Stephanopoulos for his inclusion of Republicans to get the government shutdown. (Magnus Lejhall / Getty Images)
“Our plan was very simple. We could not fold, and we had to say that they ate the country to decide for the first time in their history to use terrorists, and they tried,” said Stephanopoulos.
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At that time, Republicans held a majority in Congress under Speaker Newt.
George Stephanopoulos told PBS in 2000 that the Republican Party’s strategy for shutting down the government was to “basically” call for terrorists. (ROY ROCHLIN/GETTY PHOTOS)
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