{"id":2564910,"date":"2026-02-05T18:58:01","date_gmt":"2026-02-05T23:58:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/watch-elizabeth-warren-seethes-as-scott-bessent-turns-the-tables-and-reminds-her-she-was-front-and-center-in-affordability-crisis-8\/"},"modified":"2026-02-05T19:01:56","modified_gmt":"2026-02-06T00:01:56","slug":"watch-elizabeth-warren-seethes-as-scott-bessent-turns-the-tables-and-reminds-her-she-was-front-and-center-in-affordability-crisis-8","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/watch-elizabeth-warren-seethes-as-scott-bessent-turns-the-tables-and-reminds-her-she-was-front-and-center-in-affordability-crisis-8\/","title":{"rendered":"Watch: Elizabeth Warren Seethes as Scott Bessent Turns the Tables and Reminds Her She Was &#8216;Front and Center&#8217; in Affordability Crisis"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">42<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fwatch-elizabeth-warren-seethes-as-scott-bessent-turns-the-tables-and-reminds-her-she-was-front-and-center-in-affordability-crisis-8%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2564910&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>This piece juxtaposes a <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >quirky biology fact<\/a> with political commentary about a Senate hearing. It opens by noting that the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/watch-elizabeth-warren-seethes-as-scott-bessent-turns-the-tables-and-reminds-her-she-was-front-and-center-in-affordability-crisis\/\" title=\"Watch: ... Seethes as Scott ... Turns the Tables and Reminds Her She Was &#039;Front and Center&#039; in Affordability Crisis\">adult mayfly<\/a> frequently enough lives less than 24 hours, calling it the shortest lifespan in the animal kingdom, then pivots to a satirical take on a Treasury Department hearing, where Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent endures pointed, partisan questioning from Senators like Elizabeth Warren and Maxine Waters. It portrays Warren as trying to assign blame for inflation to the Trump administration, while Bessent counters that the current affordability crisis stems from the Biden-Warren economy, repeatedly flustering the lawmakers. The narrative suggests that the exchanges were more about grandstanding than substance, with Bessent delivering sharp retorts and critics calling for reform or abolition of such hearings. The piece is interlaced with embedded video, scripting notes, and calls to end congressional hearings, concluding with a bold stance that the time has come to scrap or drastically reform Congress.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<section> \t\t\t\t<script>console.log(\"ad slot (AC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC3)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC4)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (REP_0)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>The adult mayfly, an aquatic insect, often lives for less than 24 hours. That qualifies as the shortest lifespan in the animal kingdom.<\/p>\n<p>Indeed, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/watch-elizabeth-warren-seethes-as-scott-bessent-turns-the-tables-and-reminds-her-she-was-front-and-center-in-affordability-crisis-2\/\" title=\"Watch: ... Seethes as Scott ... Turns the Tables and Reminds Her She Was &#039;Front and Center&#039; in Affordability Crisis\">mayfly&#038;rsquo<\/a>;s existence would seem the height of pointlessness if not for the phenomenon of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/whats-next-great-awakening-or-great-reset\/\" title=\"What\u2019s Next? Great Awakening or Great Reset?\">congressional hearing<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>On Thursday before the Senate Banking Committee, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent endured his second consecutive day of mindless questioning from legislators, in this case led by Democratic Sen. Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts, who tried &mdash; in her usual charming way &mdash; to pin responsibility for inflation on President Donald Trump&rsquo;s administration, only to have Bessent interrupt and remind her that she stood &ldquo;front and center&rdquo; during the runaway inflation that occurred under former President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/leavitt-schools-liberal-media-trumps-successfully-cleaning-bidens-inflation-mess\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Joe Biden<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>In other words, if Bessent had to waste time talking to grandstanding Democrats, at least he made it entertaining again.<\/p>\n<p>On Wednesday, the Treasury Secretary took a similar approach with Democratic Rep. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/watch-scott-bessent-perfect-response-maxine-waters-says-shut-hearing\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Maxine Waters<\/a> of California. By the end of that exchange, Bessent had the flustered Waters begging the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/reports-president-trump-is-traveling-to-gettysburg-to-meet-with-gop-lawmakers\/\" title=\"Reports: ... Is Traveling to Gettysburg to Meet with GOP Lawmakers\">committee chair<\/a> to &ldquo;shut him up.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p> <script type=\"text\/javascript\"> \t\t\tif ( getCookie( \"ff_subbed\" ) ) { \t\t\t\tdocument.getElementById(\"stnvideo\").remove() \t\t\t} else { \t\t\t\tdocument.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\", function() { \t\t\t\t\tfunction loadScript(src) { \t\t\t\t\t\tconst script=document.createElement(\"script\"); \t\t\t\t\t\tscript.src=src; \t\t\t\t\t\tscript.async=true; \t\t\t\t\t\tdocument.body.appendChild(script); \t\t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\t\tfunction findPreviousParagraph(selector, x) { \t\t\t\t\t\tconst targetElement=document.querySelector(selector); \t\t\t\t\t\tif (!targetElement) { \t\t\t\t\t\t\tconsole.warn(\"Target element not found.\"); \t\t\t\t\t\t\treturn null; \t\t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Get all <\/p>\n<p> elements in order as they appear in the document \t\t\t\t\t\tlet paragraphs=Array.from(document.querySelectorAll(\"p\"));  \t\t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Find the index of the last <\/p>\n<p> before the target element \t\t\t\t\t\tlet targetIndex=paragraphs.findIndex(p=> p.compareDocumentPosition(targetElement) & Node.DOCUMENT_POSITION_PRECEDING);  \t\t\t\t\t\tif (targetIndex===-1 || targetIndex <x) { \t\t\t\t\t\t\tconsole.warn(\"Not enough paragraphs before the target element.\"); \t\t\t\t\t\t\treturn null; \t\t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\treturn paragraphs[targetIndex - x]; \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Set up IntersectionObserver \t\t\t\t\tfunction observeElement(element) { \t\t\t\t\t\tif (!element) return;  \t\t\t\t\t\tconst observer=new IntersectionObserver( \t\t\t\t\t\t\t(entries)=> { \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tentries.forEach(entry=> { \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tif (entry.isIntersecting) { \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tconsole.log(\"Paragraph is now visible:\", entry.target.textContent.trim()); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tloadScript(\"https:\/\/embed.sendtonews.com\/player3\/embedcode.js?fk=s28Az7AY\"); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tobserver.disconnect(); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t}); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t}, \t\t\t\t\t\t\t{ threshold: 0.5 } \/\/ Adjust threshold as needed \t\t\t\t\t\t);  \t\t\t\t\t\tobserver.observe(element); \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Find the 1st paragraph before #stnvideo and observe it \t\t\t\t\tlet paragraphToObserve=findPreviousParagraph(\"#stnvideo\", 2); \t\t\t\t\tobserveElement(paragraphToObserve); \t\t\t\t}); \t\t\t} \t\t<\/script> <\/p>\n<p>Imagine having to suffer through Waters in the House one day and Warren in the Senate the next. Bessent deserves a vacation after this week.<\/p>\n<p>In any event, the Massachusetts senator opened the questioning by fixating on Democrats&rsquo; perennial, tiresome bugbear: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/pure-gold-watch-trumps-response-asked-office-jan-21-2029-wouldnt-terrible\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Trump<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Specifically, she referred to comments in which the president, she said, characterized the affordability crisis as a &ldquo;hoax,&rdquo; a &ldquo;scam,&rdquo; and a &ldquo;con job,&rdquo; and she asked if the economic numbers supported that characterization.<\/p>\n<p>Here, of course, we have a classic Democrat tactic: misrepresenting Trump&rsquo;s words and then holding others accountable for them.<\/p>\n<p>Bessent refused to bite.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Senator,&rdquo; he replied, &ldquo;it may be a bit nuanced for you, but what President Trump is referring to is the media saying that the affordability crisis was generated by this administration, when it was you and President Biden who destroyed the buying power of the American people.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;So there is an affordability crisis,&rdquo; Bessent added, &ldquo;and you were front and center in it.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Warren grew agitated.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;So let me make sure that I understand,&rdquo; she said. &ldquo;Donald Trump is not saying that affordability &mdash; what&rsquo;s happening to families right now &mdash; is a hoax?&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Having already answered that question, Bessent decided to needle the senator once more.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;He is saying,&rdquo; the Treasury Secretary replied, &ldquo;that trying to lay the blame at this administration, rather than the Biden-Warren economy, is a hoax.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Readers may view the exchange in the YouTube video below.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/F-VfV1MNriY?si=IDiEDA2PYMIMpHJc\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>To veteran observers of these asinine hearings, it goes without saying that Warren had no interest in Bessent&rsquo;s substantive remarks.<\/p>\n<p>After asking the Treasury Secretary about the affordability &ldquo;hoax,&rdquo; the senator then subjected him to a two-minute harangue on grocery prices. At no point did she ask Bessent for anything besides &ldquo;yes&rdquo; or &ldquo;no&rdquo; answers.<\/p>\n<p>If legislators insist on wasting everyone&rsquo;s time with their partisan inanities, then who can blame <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/watch-perfect-troll-vs-lamest-response-scott-bessent-nails-dem-heated-exchange-dem-gives-literally-lamest-response-possible\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Bessent<\/a> for punching back?<\/p>\n<p>The time has come to get rid of these congressional hearings or, better yet, the Congress members themselves.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position: relative;\">\n<div class=\"ff-fancy-header-container\"> \t\t\t \t<\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-submit-correction inner-content\">\n<div class=\"correction-form\">\n<form style=\"display: none;\">\n<div class=\"sc-name-field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* Name<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"name\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"sc--field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* <\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<label>* Message<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t<textarea name=\"message\" required><\/textarea> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"required-message\" style=\"display: none; padding-bottom: 15px;\">* All fields are required.<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"submit\" value=\"Submit\" onclick=\"event.preventDefault(); firefly_sc();\"> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"firefly-sc-confirm\" style=\"display: none;\">Success!<\/div>\n<\/p><\/form>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p> \t\t<script> \t\t\tfunction firefly_sc() { \t\t\t\tif( typeof window.captchaPublicKey==typeof undefined ){ \t\t\t\t\tconsole.error('window.captchaPublicKey is not defined'); \t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\tgrecaptcha.execute( window.captchaPublicKey, { action: 'submit_correction' } ).then( function( token ) { \t\t\t\t\tvar opts={ \t\t\t\t\t\taction:    'firefly_sc_submit', \t\t\t\t\t\tname:      document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"name\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\t:     document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tmessage:   document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"message\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tpost_id:   firefly_post_id, \t\t\t\t\t\tcap_token: token \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\tvar inputs=[ 'name', '', 'message' ];  \t\t\t\t\tfor( var i=0; i <inputs.length; i++ ) if( ! 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The piece uses that idea to highlight the oddity of congressional hearings. On Thursday, at a Senate Banking Committee hearing, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent faced another round of mind-numbing questions from lawmakers, led by Senator Elizabeth Warren. Warren tried to place blame for inflation on the Trump administration, but Bessent pushed back, reminding her that she had been central to the run-up in inflation during President Biden\u2019s term. In other words, if he has to spend time answering grandstanding Democrats, at least he makes it entertaining. The previous day he had a similar exchange with Representative Maxine Waters, which ended with Waters flustered and asking the chair to \u201cshut him up.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The article notes incidents captured on video and argues that Warren\u2019s aim seemed more about partisan theatrics than substance. After asking about the so-called affordability \u201choax,\u201d Warren then spent two minutes lecturing about grocery prices, without seeking a straightforward yes-or-no answer. The writer suggests that if lawmakers insist on wasting everyone\u2019s time with partisan posturing, it\u2019s understandable that Bessent pushes back. The piece ends with a provocative call to scrap these congressional hearings, or even to dissolve Congress<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2564911,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Warren-vs-Bessent.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651],"tags":[65623,14096,34813,37043,48678],"class_list":["post-2564910","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","tag-affordability-crisis","tag-confrontation","tag-elizabeth-warren","tag-political-debate","tag-scott-bessent"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Warren-vs-Bessent.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2564910","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2564910"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2564910\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2564918,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2564910\/revisions\/2564918"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2564911"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2564910"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2564910"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2564910"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}