Bessent's witty remark about Illinois exodus leaves Chicago-area lawmaker fuming on camerap

If there’s one thing congressional Democrats love more than lecturing Americans about economics, it’s yelling at Republicans who actually know something about economics.

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent found himself on the receiving end of one of Capitol Hill’s trademark Democrat meltdowns this week during a House Ways and Means Committee hearing, when Rep. Brad Schneider of Illinois decided that volume was a substitute for intelligence.

Schneider joined the usual parade of Democrats trying to pin every fluctuation in grocery prices on President Donald Trump, tariffs, Iran, capitalism, weather patterns, and probably Jupiter being in retrograde. Bessent, meanwhile, kept calmly reminding everyone that inflation during the Biden years looked like a Black Friday riot at the Federal Reserve.

Things got spicy after Schneider attempted to corner Bessent over comments regarding the Iran conflict. Schneider dramatically asked whether Bessent wanted to "correct the record" about the conflict being "ended," before rattling off a list of concerns about Iran threatening Israel and U.S. allies.

Bessent, clearly enjoying himself, smiled and asked whether Schneider was suddenly "in agreement" with Trump since the congressman had just repeated the administration’s goals out loud without spontaneously combusting.

"Unless an American life is lost, he does not believe that he will have to restart the kinetic attacks," Bessent replied.

That answer did not soothe Schneider, who immediately shifted into the familiar Democrat setting of Angry Cable News Panelist. As the congressman grew more agitated, he tried tying rising commodity prices to the Iran conflict while blaming Trump and Bessent for everything short of the Cubs bullpen.

Bessent responded with the sort of thing Democrats hate most, actual numbers.

The treasury secretary pointed out that core inflation currently sits at 2.8%, close to the Federal Reserve’s target, before dryly noting that Schneider seemed determined to recite a grocery list of the most expensive items he could find.

"you can list off the most expensive groceries that have had the biggest price increases," Bessent quipped.

Naturally, Schneider accused Bessent of being out of touch, because modern Democrats believe anyone who disagrees with them must either be evil or shopping at the wrong supermarket.

That’s when Bessent delivered the line that probably caused half the Illinois delegation to start stress-eating deep dish pizza.

"Well, you Democrats should know, no wonder so many people are leaving Illinois. Why don't you come see me in South Carolina?"

Ouch.

Schneider, apparently unaware that U-Haul statistics exist, angrily insisted people are not fleeing Illinois.

Bessent couldn’t resist twisting the knife.

"You're saying Illinois doesn't have net outbound migration?"

At that point, somebody in the room probably should’ve checked Schneider’s blood pressure.

The congressman then abruptly changed subjects to Trump’s settlement with the IRS over former contractor Charles Littlejohn leaking tax returns, because nothing says “I’m winning this argument” like bailing out entirely.

Schneider huffed that nobody, including Trump, is "above the law."

Bessent calmly fired back that Trump is not "beneath the law" either, while accusing Democrats of "weaponizing the system."

Schneider then solemnly declared, "His taxes should never be leaked. No taxpayer information should be leaked…"

That setup was just too easy.

"Then, congressman, would you like to apologize to the president right now on behalf [of your party]?"

Somewhere deep in the bowels of Congress, a Democrat communications staffer immediately updated their résumé.

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An O'Rourke 'avocado' may hit the Dem's fan next week

Big trouble may be brewing in the Democratic Party next week as the some pro-Israel Dems plan to introduce a measure condemning the anti-Semitic "boycott-divest-sanction" (BDS) movement, that calls for countries, corporations and individuals to cut off Israel economically [except for stuff they really, really need--check out the video below].

Several House Members including Reps. Ilhan Omar (D-MN) and Rashida Tlaib (D-MI) are vocal supporters of the BDS movement, and other younger, more progressive Democrats who haven't yet spoken out on the issue specifically, are likely to be at least sympathetic to the cause. Alexandria Obviously-Comatose is one of these dolts.

But Reps. Jerrold Nadler (D-NY) and Brad Schneider (D-IL) told Politico that they believe it's time for the House to make a strong statement in support of America's ally, Israel, and they believe the anti-BDS bill is the right way to do it.

"In a letter to colleagues Thursday, Nadler and Schneider described the global attempt to economically isolate Israel as an 'overly-simplistic and one-sided approach,' Politico reported.

“Its goal is Israel’s elimination, not the criticism of any particular policy of Israel,” the pair says about the BDS movement -- a statement that is certain to make both Omar and Tlaib bristle because of their blatant hatred of Jews and thus, the Jewish State of Israel.

Omar, a Somali refugee who is highly critical of the United States has also regularly expressed support for BDS since being elected. She lied however, on the campaign trail, that she had no love for the movement. 

Haaretz reported, shortly after the Jew-hater's election, that a spokesperson with her campaign told a website called "MuslimGirl" that Omar fully backed BDS, and that "she has fought to make sure people’s right to support it isn’t criminalized." 

If she could have it all her way, she would obviously want the total extermination of Jews decriminalized as well.

Tlaib is so passionate about BDS that she unleashed the historically anti-Semitic "dual loyalty" smear against her Congressional colleagues in the Senate when an anti-BDS bill came up for a vote there earlier this year. At the time, the Daily Wire reported that Tlaib tweeted:

They forgot what country they represent. This is the U.S. where boycotting is a right & part of our historical fight for freedom & equality. Maybe a refresher on our U.S. Constitution is in order, then get back to opening up our government instead of taking our rights away.

Ultimately, most Senate Democrats dropped their support for the anti-BDS bill, after atheist Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) and Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-CA) pressured their colleagues to stand up for Americans' "First Amendment rights" by refusing to condemn BDS outright.

It's only hate speech when it's directed against Muslims, illegal aliens and LBGT Democrats.

Only four Democrats voted with Republicans to advance the BDS bill, proving that the GOP really is the party of inclusiveness and the Democrats are the actual racists.

The new House bill will be a true challenge for Nancy "Dancing Hands" Pelosi, who was forced to back down just two weeks ago, when she and other high-profile Dems proposed a simple bill expressing unqualified support for the state of Israel, in opposition to comments made by Rep. Ilhan Omar to a group of progressive activists. Democrats are likely to be split on the issue, and may end up at odds publicly, as they were over the previous efforts.

Nadler and Schneider say they'll be bringing their bill to the floor as early as next week.

Hopefully this will wake up the left-leaning Jewish community and bring them into the Republican fold, but don't count on it.

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