On Sunday’s episode of “State of the Union,” Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent took on CNN’s Dana Bash with a level of confidence that left no doubt about his command of the facts behind President Trump’s “Big Beautiful Bill.” As Bash pressed him with bogus statistics from the Tax Policy Center and the Yale Budget Lab—both arguing that the majority of tax benefits would flow to Americans earning over $217,000—Bessent didn’t flinch.
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What unfolded was less an interview and more a public schooling, as Bessent dismantled Bash with a precision that left the host visibly scrambling.
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Bash opened with cherrypicked data from the Tax Policy Center and the Yale Budget Lab, painting the bill as a windfall for the wealthy and a blow to
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