CHANGE:

Hahahaha Scott Bessent is making these Democrats look like absolute fools again today 💀

Bessent just baited Democrat Congressman John Larsen into a hilarious trap.

After not letting Bessent answer his question, Bessent ultimately revealed that the Trump admin has already… pic.twitter.com/BcNABdVgGX

— TheStormHasArrived (@TheStormRedux) June 4, 2026

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After not letting Bessent answer his question, Bessent ultimately revealed that the Trump admin has already asked Congress to eliminate the gas, after Larsen thought Bessent would be against it.

Of course this Congressmen had no idea; Larsen had no words and responded surprisingly, “You’re in favor of eliminating the gas tax?! Why isn’t it before the committee for a vote?”

Bessent responded with, “I don’t run the agenda.” These people in Congress don’t even know what they are working on!!! Unbelievable.

I’m so old, I can remember Tom Brokaw, The New York Times and The Washington Post simultaneously begging President Elect Obama to raise the gas tax in late 2008, and Hillary being excoriated by Obama earlier that year for wanting to lower it.

Related: Question asked and not answered:

The impact of our failed education system just revealed itself in this congressional hearing, and it shows how incompetent people have become.

Bessent: "Who was the president during World War I?"

Rep. Chu: "I don't know."

This woman is a FEDERAL LEGISLATOR responsible for… pic.twitter.com/lXaTKAY3BJ

— Andrew Kolvet (@AndrewKolvet) June 4, 2026

Americans at the time knew who was president during WWI. Afterwards, not so much: Jill Biden, Edith Wilson, and the Changing American State.