Scott Bessent‘s interview with George Stephanopoulos quickly devolved into a verbal sparring match on Sunday.

The Treasury Secretary appeared on This Week and spent a good portion of his interview speaking over and throwing jabs at the ABC host.

Tensions rose when Stephanopolous asked about the government shutdown, with the duo raising their voices while Bessent derailed into bashing the former Democratic advisor’s book sales.

Stephanopoulos opened a segment about the shutdown, asking Bessent what he thought about President Donald Trump’s fixation on scrapping the Senate filibuster in order to push votes through.

“Is that the best way to end this shutdown right now? Is that what the administration position is?” he asked.

“No, George, the best way to do it...” Bessent began, before aba

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