'Shut up:' Dem Rep. Maxine Waters LASHES Out at Scott Bessent in Tense Exchange Over Inflation
February 4, 2026
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5:31Now Playing'Shut up:' Dem Rep. Maxine Waters LASHES Out at Scott Bessent in Tense Exchange Over Inflation
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as posted by the channelRep. Maxine Waters (D-Calif.) lashed out at Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent — telling him at one point to "shut up" — after a tense exchange over inflation.
Waters suggested that President Trump's tariffs were inflationary and immigration enforcement was tanking housing affordability during a House Financial Services Committee hearing about the state of the US economy. "Will you be the voice of reason in the administration and urge Trump to stop waging a war on American consumers?" the California Democrat pleaded. "Yes or no?"
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