This is not a takedown. This is an intervention.

Is Treasury Secretary Scott Besant a stupid man?

No. Not in the least. But is he behaving in a stupid manner?

Unequivocally.

Scott Besant has become the attack dog of the Trump administration, the most over-exposed Treasury Secretary in history,

if you discount Alexander Hamilton. And he is promoting a vision that he does not believe in

and acting out in a manner that is beneath him, unfitting to his position and deleterious to our

global reputation.

And we need to talk about it.

And again, I am sorry that this gentleman is dead,

but he did bring a 9mm semi-automatic weapon with two cartridges to what was supposed to be a peaceful protest. I think that

there are a lot of paid agitators who are jenning things up, and the governor has not done a good job

at tamping this down. Yeah. I mean, as you know, he was an ICU nurse, worked for the Veterans Administration,

and there's no evidence that he brandished the gun whatsoever.

The fact that it appears that he was disarmed before he was. He brought a gun. Have you ever gone to a protest, Jonathan? I mean, we do have a second amendment in this country that... Jonathan, have you ever gone to a protest? I mean... Have you gone to a protest? I mean, I've... No, actually, as a reporter covering it... Okay, I've been to a protest.

Guess what?

I didn't bring a gun.

I brought a billboard.

So this clip went pretty viral. I know actually as a report recovering it okay I've been to a protest guess what I didn't bring a gun

I brought a billboard so this clip went pretty viral made it all the way to the daily show a tone

deaf display of hatred and arrogance that belies a person of Besson's background and stature but this is

who he has become though I don't think it's who he truly is,

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