{"id":2610723,"date":"2026-06-04T15:39:18","date_gmt":"2026-06-04T19:39:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/rubio-bessent-show-obsequious-gop-how-to-give-no-quarter-to-propagandists\/"},"modified":"2026-06-04T15:42:12","modified_gmt":"2026-06-04T19:42:12","slug":"rubio-bessent-show-obsequious-gop-how-to-give-no-quarter-to-propagandists","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/rubio-bessent-show-obsequious-gop-how-to-give-no-quarter-to-propagandists\/","title":{"rendered":"Rubio, Bessent Show GOP How To Give No Quarter To Dems"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/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%2Frubio-bessent-show-obsequious-gop-how-to-give-no-quarter-to-propagandists%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=2610723&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>The article argues that under Donald Trump, Republicans have reshaped their culture in Congress from politically deferential to more combative toward democrats and \u201cweak\u201d GOP lawmakers. It highlights a series of confrontations featuring Trump\u2019s Cabinet officials-especially Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent and Secretary of State Marco Rubio-as examples of this shift.<\/p>\n<p>In the Senate Finance Committee, the piece depicts Bessent pushing back sharply on Sen. Ron Wyden, including accusations tied to Wyden\u2019s son\u2019s alleged involvement with Jeffrey Epstein. The author presents the exchange as a case where Bessent challenged Wyden to address specific facts, while Wyden\u2019s replies are portrayed as evasive and insulting.<\/p>\n<p>The article also describes rubio\u2019s House Foreign Affairs testimony as confrontational. It claims democrats repeatedly interrupted or refused to let Rubio finish answers-most notably Rep. Sydney Kamlager-Dove,who the text portrays as cutting him off,shouting,and ultimately being mocked. Similar \u201creclaim my time\u201d disputes with other Democrats (including Rep. Madeleine Dean) are presented as further evidence that Rubio and House Republicans no longer tolerate earlier-style decorum.<\/p>\n<p>the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/just-in-trump-mops-the-floor-with-kamala-harris-in-florida-shows-democrats-have-no-chance-in-the-state\/\" title=\"Just In: ... Mops the Floor with Kamala Harris in Florida, Shows ... Have No Chance in the ...\">piece frames<\/a> these scenes as proof that Trump-driven Republicans are more willing to fight back publicly, using ridicule and direct pressure rather than concession-contrasting this with past GOP behaviour.  <\/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<div>\n<p>President Donald Trump fundamentally altered the Republican Party from one that surrenders cordially to one that treats Democrats and weak Republicans with the contempt they deserve. There was no better display of the benefits than Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent and Secretary of State Marco Rubio repudiating members of Congress on Capitol Hill this week.<\/p>\n<p>Bessent went into the Senate Finance Committee, where he fought off Democrat attacks while dressing down Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., about his son\u2019s involvement with Jeffrey Epstein.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSenator Wyden has mendaciously slandered the Treasury building in an attempt to cover up his son having an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/keep-this-low-key-white-house-chief-of-staff-ron-klain-solicited-money-from-hunter-biden-in-2012\/\" title=\"...Keep This Low Key\u201d \u2013 White ... Chief of Staff Ron Klain Solicited Money From Hunter Biden in 2012\">investment meeting<\/a> with Jeffrey Epstein to ask for funding,\u201d Bessent said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNobody is interested in the ramblings of a capo in the most corrupt regime in American history; we want to get some facts about this deal. That\u2019s what we\u2019re here for,\u201d Wyden responded, without addressing his son\u2019s dealings with Epstein.<\/p>\n<figure>\n<p><span><\/p>\n<blockquote data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<div lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">\n<p>BESSENT: &#8220;Sen. Wyden has slandered the Treasury building to cover up his son having an investment with Jeffrey Epstein.&#8221;  <\/p>\n<p>WYDEN: &#8220;Nobody is interested in the rambling of a capo in the most corrupt regime in American history.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>BESSENT: &#8220;Your son&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >largest investment position<\/a>\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/N8KNmWxvMV\">pic.twitter.com\/N8KNmWxvMV<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u2014 Greg Price (@greg_price11) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/greg_price11\/status\/2062195621017387126?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 3, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><\/span> <\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<p>Bessent replied back, smirking: \u201cAnd we would like to hear what Adam Wyden and Jeffrey Epstein talked about. Your son\u2019s largest investment position was Rick\u2019s Cabaret. So, did your son and Jeffrey Epstein talk about pole dancing as he begged him for money using your limited credibility?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Bessent also corrected weak Republican Sen. Thom Tillis, R-N.C., about a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/north-koreas-latest-thank-you-from-russia-lions-bears-and-ducks-washington-examiner\/\" title=\"North Korea&#039;s latest thank you from Russia: Lions, bears, and ducks - Washington Examiner\">past exchange<\/a> with Director of National Intelligence nominee Bill Pulte, stating that he was going to \u201ckick his -ss\u201d rather than \u201cpunch him in the face.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure>\n<p><span><\/p>\n<blockquote data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<div lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">\n<p>\ud83d\udea8 TILLIS TO BESSENT: Did you tell Director Pulte you\u2019d punch him in the face?<\/p>\n<p>BESSENT: \u201cNo sir \u2014 I actually said I was going to kick his ASS!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>LMAOOOO \u2620\ufe0f  <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/GcNc6yYLwF\">pic.twitter.com\/GcNc6yYLwF<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u2014 Nick Sortor (@nicksortor) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/nicksortor\/status\/2062229062165156249?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 3, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><\/span> <\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<p>\u201cThat was last summer, summer of \u201925. And many teams have fights in the locker room, and then go out and win for the team on the field,\u201d Bessent said, displaying a kind of barefistedness that was completely absent from the GOP repertoire not too long ago.<\/p>\n<p>This breed of Republican is totally different than anyone serving in Congress or an administration before Trump reforged the party into one that has a fighting spirit. But, in order to do so, Trump had to show a new path forward, obstinately mocking weak Republicans like Jeb Bush out of serious consideration.<\/p>\n<p>He had to clean meek losers out of the Republican Party before bringing in people who were capable of beating back Democrats. Trump\u2019s 2015-2016 campaign did exactly that, while also giving Republican voters new expectations about their candidates.<\/p>\n<p>Rubio, a man who was on the debate stage with Trump in 2016, is someone who has developed the brash strength now expected by the American people.<\/p>\n<p>Rubio testified before the House Foreign Affairs Committee, in a hearing where Democrats went on unbearable diatribes and refused to let him answer. Instead of sitting there and taking it like a Republican would a little over a decade ago, he decided to make fun of them to their faces.<\/p>\n<p>Rep. Sydney Kamlager-Dove, D-Calif., used her \u201cquestion\u201d time to vomit a wall of text at Rubio. After Rubio beclowned her in front of the committee, she started screaming at him and then stomped out of the room as Rubio taunted her.<\/p>\n<p>Kamlager-Dove claimed that \u201cthis is the most corrupt administration in American history,\u201d adding that there are \u201cpardons for sale,\u201d and monetary benefits to Trump\u2019s family. She was also angry about the Anti-Weaponization Fund, which was supposed to offer restitution to Americans who were targeted through lawfare by the federal government, almost entirely when it was under the control of her party.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou\u2019re absolutely wrong about the way the money flows, it\u2019s pretty straightforward,\u201d Rubio began, before Kamlager-Dove cut him off to \u201creclaim my time again.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat kind of process is this? They get to ask questions and you don\u2019t get to answer?\u201d Rubio asked, with Kamlager-Dove shouting over him, saying, \u201cIt\u2019s my time!\u201d<\/p>\n<figure>\n<p><span><\/p>\n<blockquote data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<div lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">\n<p>&#8220;What is this? Is this a dunk tank?&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Marco Rubio doesn\u2019t <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/uk-may-ease-ccp-virus-lockdown-from-march-foreign-secretary-says\/\" title=\"UK May Ease CCP Virus Lockdown From March, Foreign Secretary Says\">hold back<\/a> after Democrat Rep. Sydney Kamlager-Dove cuts him off and refuses to let him answer her questions during a House Foreign Affairs hearing:<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Why am I here if I don\u2019t get to answer your questions or your defamatory\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/ykYJra0ujh\">pic.twitter.com\/ykYJra0ujh<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u2014 Fox News (@FoxNews) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/FoxNews\/status\/2062232081887814122?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 3, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><\/span> <\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<p>\u201cWhen is it my time?\u201d Rubio asked in response. \u201cSo why am I here if I don\u2019t get to answer your questions or your defamatory statements? \u2026 Do I get time? Because you make these defamatory statements and no one can talk here. This is crazy!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Rubio wouldn\u2019t let up, and kept asking her if he was going to be able to speak, or if this was just her moment in the sun, and was clearly holding back laughter. He pointed out that the Democrats were trying to shriek long enough to force him to use Republican members\u2019 time to answer.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is a joke. \u2026 Can I reclaim my time?\u201d he smirked.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou don\u2019t have this time yet,\u201d Kamlager-Dove sassed back. Rubio laughed at her.<\/p>\n<p>Kamlager-Dove\u2019s time \u201cunfortunately\u201d expired, the chairman jokingly said, but she responded by screaming into the microphone: \u201cAnd giving contracts with no transparency is exactly the reason why you shut down USAID, so practice what you preach.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOh, she gets to scream now too?\u201d Rubio asked. \u201cWhat kind of thing is this? What is this? You get asked questions for five minutes and you don\u2019t get time to answer? It\u2019s not a hearing!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Another congressman interjected, \u201cI think you said clown show before.\u201d Kamlager-Dove started to get up to leave, and Rubio bullied her all the way out of the room: \u201cWhy is she leaving, I\u2019m gonna answer her questions!\u201d She responded by screaming from the back of the room, to which Rubio replied, laughing, \u201cWell, thank you for coming!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The room erupted, laughing at Kamlager-Dove.<\/p>\n<p>The exchange with Kamlager-Dove was not the only one that ended in a Democrat being laughed out of the room.<\/p>\n<p>Every time Rep. Madeleine Dean, D-Penn., appeared to be asking a \u201cquestion,\u201d Rubio could only get a few words out before Dean squawked back, \u201creclaiming my time.\u201d She continued her tirade only to \u201creclaim\u201d her time again, cutting off Rubio\u2019s answer.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHere we go with the reclaiming our time thing,\u201d Rubio said. \u201cYou guys gotta fix your rules here, you can\u2019t even answer a question.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure>\n<p><span><\/p>\n<blockquote data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">SECRETARY RUBIO: &#8220;This is a weird rule, where you ask a question and I can&#8217;t answer?&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/zxj47PorCh\">pic.twitter.com\/zxj47PorCh<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Department of State (@StateDept) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/StateDept\/status\/2062214237569642709?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 3, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><\/span> <\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<p>Dean cut him off again, saying he was not following the rules and that he was \u201cvery familiar\u201d with House rules. Rubio had to remind her that he only served in the Senate.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI never served in the House. This is a weird rule, where you ask a question and I can\u2019t answer?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Dean asked the chairman to add time to her question clock, to which the chairman responded with a quick \u201cnope,\u201d before the room burst into laughter at Dean.<\/p>\n<figure><\/figure>\n<hr>\n<p>      Breccan F. Thies is the White House correspondent for The Federalist. He is a co-recipient of the 2025 Dao Prize for Excellence in Investigative Journalism. As an investigative journalist, he previously covered education and culture issues for the Washington Examiner and Breitbart News. He holds a degree from the University of Virginia and is a 2022 Claremont Institute Publius Fellow. You can follow him on X: @BreccanFThies.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Trump remade the GOP into a party that confronts Democrats and weak Republicans. 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