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Scott Bessent: “It's happening because it's being funded by private…”

Featuring: Scott Bessent, Republican | Secretary of the Treasury | National

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LIVE: White House press briefing with Scott Bessent

Published | Video Starts at 28:26

I think that it's bifurcated that. Do you think we should have a 250th anniversary celebration? Well, that's happening anyway. But putting the price. No, no, no. But, Caitlin, it's not happening anyway. It's happening because it's being funded by private citizens, by the federal government, by state governments, by municipal governments to celebrate our country. And I don't think that there's anything untoward about having the President of the United States, the person who was president of the United states on the 250th anniversary bill. (28:26–28:36)

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Asserts that the 250th anniversary celebration is funded by private citizens and various levels of government.

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