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Scott Bessent: “This is a choice that Schumer and Hakeem Jeffries have made…”

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

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Published | Video Starts at 02:19

You know, when I look at Chuck Schumer and Akeem Jeffries straight out of Brooklyn, makes me glad that I left New York in 2020. And your question about the shutdown, This is a choice that Schumer and Hakeem Jeffries have made [to shut the government down]. And if they want to shut the government down, then there are ramifications. Do you I'm just wondering, do you think that there is is it more than just bargaining? (02:19–02:30)

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Asserts that Chuck Schumer and Hakeem Jeffries chose to shut the government down.

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