Joe Scarborough Rips Treasury Sec. Scott Bessent for Floating Social Security Privatization: ‘An Own Goal’

SCARBOROUGH I m going ░░░░░░░░ play a clip and ░░░░░░░░ m going to have ░░░░░░░░ respond to it and ░░░░░░░░ me what a what ░░░░░░░░ good response to Treasury ░░░░░░░░ Scott Bessent would be ░░░░░░░░ was at an event ░░░░░░░░ Washington yesterday where he ░░░░░░░░ the so called Trump ░░░░░░░░ actually are a great ░░░░░░░░ to backdoor for privatizing ░░░░░░░░ Security Take a look ░░░░░░░░ this clip Clip starts ░░░░░░░░ I m not sure ░░░░░░░░ the distribution level date ░░░░░░░░ be whether it should ░░░░░░░░ be 30 and you ░░░░░░░░ buy a house Should ░░░░░░░░ be 60 But in ░░░░░░░░ way it is a ░░░░░░░░ for privatizing Social Security ░░░░░░░░ ends SCARBOROUGH Whoa He ░░░░░░░░ the quiet part out ░░░░░░░░ congressman So you got ░░░░░░░░ bill and again I ░░░░░░░░ t know politics but ░░░░░░░░ got this bill that ░░░░░░░░ health care for the ░░░░░░░░ needy among us It ░░░░░░░░ the biggest tax cuts ░░░░░░░░ to billionaires and multinational ░░░░░░░░ And now the Treasury ░░░░░░░░ says it creates a ░░░░░░░░ to privatize Social Security ░░░░░░░░ say you TORRES I ░░░░░░░░ it shows the world ░░░░░░░░ we ve long known ░░░░░░░░ Donald Trump is a ░░░░░░░░ oil salesman You know ░░░░░░░░ slogan of Trump has ░░░░░░░░ Promises made promises kept ░░░░░░░░ made a promise to ░░░░░░░░ Medicaid and instead he ░░░░░░░░ cut it by 1 ░░░░░░░░ He made a promise ░░░░░░░░ protect Social Security and ░░░░░░░░ you have his Treasury ░░░░░░░░ threatening to privatize Social ░░░░░░░░ And of course he ░░░░░░░░ a promise to release ░░░░░░░░ Epstein files And instead ░░░░░░░░ s broken his promise ░░░░░░░░ his own base So ░░░░░░░░ s a pattern here ░░░░░░░░ Yeah There is And ░░░░░░░░ Jon Lemire this is ░░░░░░░░ is an own goal ░░░░░░░░ put it mildly When ░░░░░░░░ you have this massive ░░░░░░░░ that s already hugely ░░░░░░░░ that slashes health care ░░░░░░░░ mean for people in ░░░░░░░░ state America for for ░░░░░░░░ in rural America slashes ░░░░░░░░ care there it slashes ░░░░░░░░ care in blue state ░░░░░░░░ it gives tax cuts ░░░░░░░░ billionaires and IT monopolists ░░░░░░░░ slashes taxes for multinational ░░░░░░░░ and now the Treasury ░░░░░░░░ says It s going ░░░░░░░░ help us privatize Social ░░░░░░░░ I mean you talk ░░░░░░░░ touching all the third ░░░░░░░░ of American politics at ░░░░░░░░ same time They ve ░░░░░░░░ done it LEMIRE Yeah ░░░░░░░░ there s a recognition ░░░░░░░░ they did The Treasury ░░░░░░░░ the department put out ░░░░░░░░ statement a few hours ░░░░░░░░ running back not just ░░░░░░░░ back that but running ░░░░░░░░ it But yes for ░░░░░░░░ it was revelatory that ░░░░░░░░ is something that perhaps ░░░░░░░░ Trump Administration is going ░░░░░░░░ try to push through ░░░░░░░░ the congressman s point ░░░░░░░░ know again Democrats have ░░░░░░░░ warning about this all ░░░░░░░░ And here we have ░░░░░░░░ extremely influential member of ░░░░░░░░ cabinet suggesting it s ░░░░░░░░ possibility.”