Bessent flips script on shouting Democrat: 'No wonder people are leaving' his blue state

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent was screamed at during a House Ways and Means Committee hearing this week by a Chicago-area Democrat amid a heated exchange over the Trump economy.Rep.Brad Schneider, D-Ill., followed several other Democrats in condemning rising prices during the Iran conflict, while Bessent repeatedly pushed back on assertions about his policies by pointing to higher commodity prices during the Biden administration.At one point in the exchange, Bessent slammed Schneider's Democrat-run Illinois for driving people away through its own economic policies — a comment that incensed the lawmaker.Bessent first jabbed at Schneider after the Democrat asked whether he wanted to "correct the record" on a prior statement about the Iran conflict being "ended," asking the secretary whether Iran was no longer a threat to Israel or U.S.

allies and whether its offensive weaponry had been destroyed.TOP FIERY MOMENTS AS DEMOCRATS CLASH WITH TREASURY SECRETARY BESSENT IN CHAOTIC HILL HEARINGSU.S.Secretary of Treasury Scott Bessent testifies during a Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Financial Services and General Government hearing on "proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 2027 for the Department of the Treasury" on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., on April 22, 2026.

(SAUL LOEB / AFP via Getty Images)Bessent smiled and asked if that meant Schneider was "in agreement" with President Donald Trump — as the Democrat had listed off all of the president’s goals otherwise ridiculed by critics."Unless an American life is lost, he does not believe that he will have to restart the kinetic attacks," Bessent said.Schneider became increasingly agitated and reclaimed his time as the back-and-forth grew heated.Schneider connected the Iran conflict with increased commodities prices, saying that the cost of living is continuing to rise and blamed Bessent and his boss for overseeing such spikes.Bessent countered that the Treasury calculated the current core inflation rat...