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Critics accuse Bessent of racist and sexist remarks
Original: RE: https:// bsky.brid.gy/r/https://bsky.ap p/profile/did:plc:dci5jlffbhbi4ui4inf2wk6i/post/3mxmajxbt7c2i And, of course
Commenters are sharply criticising Scott Bessent, saying a recent remark of his combined misogyny with what they describe as a racist jab. One widely shared response calls him the worst example of such behaviour the writer says they have ever seen. The specific remark or remarks that prompted the criticism are not detailed in the discussion itself.
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- RE: https:// bsky.brid.gy/r/https://bsky.ap p/profile/did:plc:dci5jlffbhbi4ui4inf2wk6i/post/3mxmajxbt7c2i And, of course, on top of the misogyny, Bessent adds a racist stab in pen at the end. I've said it before and I'm saying it again here: I have never seen an asshole more… · moira@mastodon.murkworks.net · 4
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