A weekend host for the left-leaning cable channel MSNBC said he was “conflicted” by President-elect Donald Trump’s decision to nominate openly gay hedge fund manager Scott Bessent as the next Treasury Secretary.
Jonathan Capehart, a Washington Post opinion writer who hosts “The Sunday Show with Jonathan Capehart” on the Comcast-owned news channel, admitted he was concerned about Bessent’s nomination because it was a Republican who picked him. that he was the most ranked. gay official ever.
“Wait, Scott Bessent is gay, married and has kids,” Capehart, who is also gay, said during Sunday’s broadcast. His comments were posted in a clip on X.
“You know if confirmed, he would be the highest-ranking LGBT person to ever serve — to be nominated and confirmed by the United States Senate,” he added.
“And I’m kind of conflicted about that.”
Jon Reinish, a Democratic strategist who was a guest on Capehart’s panel, said: “In that case, credit where it’s due…”
Reinish correctly predicted that the stock market would “surge” once they opened in reaction to the news of Bessent’s nomination, adding: “Wall Street likes the guy.”
“It’s very interesting, yes, it’s Trump and not one of our team that made that historic nomination,” Reinish said.
Capehart, who once shed tears in the air while discussing events at the US Capitol on January 6, 2021, is the latest name on a list of MSNBC stars who have struggled to cope with Trump’s landslide victory over Vice President Kamala Harris in the US presidential election. November 5.
“Morning Joe” co-hosts Joe Scarborough and Mika Brzezinski traveled to Mar-a-Lago to meet Trump in person, despite telling viewers the Republican was a “fascist” who posed a danger to the republic.
Brzezinski last week announced she was leaving X, the social media platform owned by prominent Trump supporter Elon Musk, in favor of Bluesky, which has seen an influx of left-leaning internet users leave from the platform formerly known as Twitter.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average rallied more than 300 points on Monday and the S&P 500 hit a new all-time high as investors cheered Bessent’s nomination.
At its peak, the Dow rose more than 500 points before paring gains.
Bessent, the founder of Key Square Group, became a money manager for billionaire financier George Soros.
“I am very pleased to nominate Scott Bessent to serve as the 79th Secretary of the Treasury of the United States,” Trump wrote in his announcement, posted on Social Truth.
“Scott is widely respected as one of the world’s leading international investors and geopolitical and economic strategists,” said the president-elect of the Treasury Department.
Bessent, the 62-year-old founder of Key Square Group, has repeatedly supported the president-elect’s pro-tariff stance in a series of op-eds and media appearances over the past year.
“Scott’s story is that of the American dream,” Trump said Friday, noting that Bessent “has long been a strong advocate of the America First Agenda.”
Bessent’s nomination ended a bitter and behind-the-scenes race that saw a toe-to-toe between Wall Street power players, including Cantor Fitzgerald CEO Howard Lutnick and Apollo Global Management chief Marc Rowan.
Lutnick, who co-chairs Trump’s transition team and was thought to be the front-runner for Treasury Secretary, was named Commerce Secretary.
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