LGBTQ Agenda: Trump nominee Bessent becomes 1st gay Treasury secretary
LGBTQ groups overall are pleased to have the first gay U.S. Treasury secretary. But that doesn't mean they had uniform reactions to the news of Scott Bessent's U.S. Senate confirmation to the position January 27. President Donald Trump nominated Bessent November 22.
Scott Bessent becomes first out gay man appointed as Treasury Secretary after receiving bipartisan support
Former hedge fund manager Scott Bessent was confirmed yesterday in the Senate as the new Treasury Secretary. The 62-year-old Tr*mp nominee becomes the first out-gay man to hold the position. He’s also the highest-ranking LGBTQ+ official in US history. The Treasury Secretary is fifth-in-line to the Presidency.
If confirmed by the Senate, Bessent would become the highest-ranking LGBTQ+ official ever. Only four openly LGBTQ+ people ...
Asked whether Congress should abandon the federal debt ceiling, Bessent said that if Trump requested that, he would work with ...
Take a page from the playbook of Reagan and Treasury Secretary James Baker, who managed to douse the ‘prairie fire’ of ...
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