YOU CAN’T SIT HERE AND LIE! Michael Bennet EXPLODES at Scott Bessent Over $2.4 Trillion Deficit Plan

Senator Michael Bennet erupted in a heated Senate hearing, telling Treasury Secretary nominee Scott Bessent, “You can’t sit here and lie!” over a $2.4 trillion deficit plan.

In this tense exchange, Bennet accuses Bessent of pushing tax cuts that overwhelmingly benefit the wealthiest Americans — with the richest 5% set to receive an average $300,000 cut — while slashing healthcare for 10 million people, cutting food assistance, and eliminating clean energy investments. Bennet says the plan would explode the deficit, raise interest rates, and leave future generations paying the bill.

Bessent pushes back, but Bennet reminds him that similar Trump-era tax cuts “blew a massive hole in the deficit” and argues that America’s fiscal priorities are dangerously skewed toward the wealthy. The clash highlights the growing debate over whether economic policy should focus on tax breaks for the top or investments in working families.

📌 What’s at stake?

$2.4 trillion added to the national debt

More spent on interest than on national defense

Cuts to Medicaid, SNAP, and healthcare coverage

40% of tax benefits going to the top 5%

Do you agree with Bennet that this plan is a giveaway to the wealthy, or do you see it as a path to growth? Watch the full exchange and share your thoughts below.

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