Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent lashed out Friday after a viral video showed him leaving a Washington, D.C. restaurant following a public heckling, insisting in a Fox News interview that the confrontation was set up and blaming not only the “deranged” activist, but also the restaurant itself.
And he had a few choice words for both.
Appearing on “The Ingraham Angle,” Bessent downplayed the incident while unleashing a string of insults at the woman who confronted him and those he believes were involved.
“First of all, I’m not going to be a coward,” Bessent said. He claimed diners were actually booing the protester, not him.
“They were booing that deranged woman, who clearly, her dad didn’t pat her on the head enough when she was younger,” he said. “So now the rest of us have to live with this.” The top Trump administration official went on to say that the woman “interrupted everyone’s dinner,” and suggested he really wasn’t that upset about leaving early.
“I wasn’t that sad to be interrupted because the food wasn’t very good at the restaurant,” he said, adding, “and it was also clear that the restaurant owner was in on it with her. It was a setup.”
Bessent concluded the interview by suggesting the administration would respond with a “MAGA night” in the near future.
“So don’t worry,” Bessent said in the Friday night Fox News interview. “We will be having MAGA night there sometime in the next month. We hope everyone will show up for that.”
Bessent: Her dad didn’t pat her on the head enough when she was younger so now the rest of us have to live with this. She stood up and interrupted everyone’s dinner. I wasn’t that sad because the food wasn’t that good and it was also clear that the restaurant owner was in on it… pic.twitter.com/BFYaJnu8fp — Acyn (@Acyn) December 20, 2025
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