Yesterday, Treasury Sec. Scott Bessent absolutely embarrassed the media and their attempts to dismiss and downplay leftist violence. Bessent did that during a press conference during which he discussed the assassination attempt on his life.
Bessent told reporters he was "the subject of an assassination attempt in February 2025 by an adult left-wing activist, two hours after being sworn into my job" before telling the reporters who think this is fiction to "be there for the sentencing this August."
He was likely referring to Ryan Michael English, a 24-year-old man from Massachusetts, who was arrested in February of last year. English pleaded guilty to one count of unlawful receipt, possession, and/or transfer of a firearm and one count of carrying a firearm, dangerous weapon, explosive, or incendiary device on the grounds of the U.S. Capitol. English approached a Capitol Police officer near the South Door of the Capitol building and turned himself in, admitting to possessing a knife and two 'Molotov cocktails.' English later confessed he traveled to the Capitol to kill a presidential nominee who was scheduled for a Senate confirmation vote, and English reportedly had a note in his pocket that said, "This is terrible but I can't do nothing while nazis [sic] kill my sisters."
English will be sentenced on August 14.
But check out this blurb from The New Republic on Bessent's remarks:
At today’s ministerial combatting political terrorism, @SecScottBessent cold-opened by inviting left-wing journalists, who are reflexively derisive of any opposition to left-wing terror, to attend the upcoming sentencing of the leftist who tried to assassinate Scott Bessent.… pic.twitter.com/79Ln6y58hI
— Under Secretary of State Sarah B. Rogers (@UnderSecPD) July 16, 2026
Here's what the publication wrote (emphasis added):
Then Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent joined in on the fun, bringing up that he himself was the target of an assassination attempt by an "addled left-wing activist."
It's so interesting to watch these people wield what they see as this infallible moral compass, never once considering that they—and their predecessors—have created many of the conditions which have forced people to resist, whether it be abroad or domestically.
Translation: "It's your fault we're trying to kill you. You made us mad."
Has The New Republic ever considered these rules they make may be applied to them someday?
— Snarknado ⚓️ 🇺🇸 (@ZannSuz) July 17, 2026
They have not.
But, proverbially speaking, they need to remember the other side gets to move and shoot, too.
“You made me be a violent leftist loser therefore I am not a violent leftist loser”
— politicaldiscomfort (@politicaloof) July 17, 2026
-Leftist losers
Bingo.
"Our attempts to kill you are all your own doing, and you deserve to die" - The New Republic
— Duck0nhead (@gtlpguanthwei) July 17, 2026
That's the hallmark of every abuser, by the way.
New Republic: “Have you ever considered you deserve to be assassinated?”
— DataRepublican (small r) (@DataRepublican) July 17, 2026
There is no functioning country when half the population believes the other half deserves to die. https://t.co/ry8a6hA4dc
Correct. And that half that thinks we deserve to die are egged on and encouraged by Democrats and their media allies.
.@SecScottBessent mentioned being the target of a would-be assassin today. The New Republic reported on his remarks by asking if he’s maybe considered that he deserves to be shot.
— Blake Neff (@BlakeSNeff) July 17, 2026
This is one reason present podcaster conspiracy theories are so harmful: They’re obscuring the very… https://t.co/gkoLkkw7uB
It's terrifying.
And by "resist," they mean "You forced us to try to kill you by saying things like men aren't women" and "actually some people are illegal" https://t.co/neOpB1lMGH
— Meghan Murphy (@MeghanEMurphy) July 17, 2026
This is the mentality of deranged children, and it's them trying to create a permission structure under which they can use actual violence against us.
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