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Scott Bessent: “The Democrats basically had nuked the filibuster, but they…”

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

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Published | Video Starts at 23:23

And if you have bad actors in the Prisoner's Dilemma, which the Democrats are, then you should move first. It's kind of kill or be killed. And clearly that Joe Manchin, Kyrsten Sinema, The Democrats basically had nuked the filibuster, but they refused to go along with it. And guess where they are? They're both sitting at home now, hopefully watching your show. And you know, I think the Republicans need to be smart about this and I think that they're. (23:23–23:33)

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Asserts that Democrats attempted to eliminate the filibuster but did not succeed.

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