Bessent sends Warren handwritten 'Happy Indigenous Peoples' Day' note with letter reply
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent replied to Sen. Elizabeth Warren's latest letter on Treasury yields with a sharp response and a handwritten Indigenous Peoples' Day note. Only right-leaning outlets have covered it so far.
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The story, neutrally told
Right · 1Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent on Saturday, Oct. 10, sent Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) a handwritten note wishing her a "Happy Indigenous Peoples' Day," according to the New York Post, which cited Fox Business Network. New York PostR “Bessent on Saturday sent a handwritten note to lefty Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) wishing her a “Happy Indigenous Peoples’ Day”” Read at New York Post ↗ Right · 2The note accompanied Bessent's written reply to Warren's latest letter about rising Treasury yields; Hot Air, citing Fox Business, said he also posted the reply online. Hot AirR “Bessent sent her one reply, which he posted online for everyone to read, too.” Read at Hot Air ↗ New York PostR “Warren fired off her latest missive to him Oct. 10 demanding answers on what the Treasury Department has been doing to slash borrowing costs for the public.” Read at New York Post ↗ Right · 2The New York Post said the note was a reference to Warren's past claims of Native American descent, and also a dig at her letter-writing; Bessent's team says she has sent him 100 letters since the start of the second Trump administration, while Hot Air put the figure at more than 100 letters to the Treasury Department over 21 months. New York PostR “which has included 100 letters sent to Bessent alone since the start of the second Trump administration, according to his team.” Read at New York Post ↗ Hot AirR “The senator has sent more than 100 letters to the Treasury Department asking for information in the past 21 months.” Read at Hot Air ↗
Right · 1In her letter, Warren wrote that the surge in Treasury yields was "self-inflicted" and followed the Fed's quarter-point rate rise; the Post reported the 30-year yield hit its highest level since 2004 last month. New York PostR ““The surge in Treasury yields is self-inflicted and follows the Fed’s decision to raise the federal funds rate by a quarter of a percentage point, driven by concerns about inflation.””“the 30-year treasury yield, which is the rate of return investors can expect for holding federal government debt, jumped to its highest level since 2004.” Read at New York Post ↗ Right · 1Bessent wrote that it was "difficult to treat your concern as sincere," accused her of cheerleading Biden-era spending, and offered a "Foreign Exchange for Dummies" tutorial and, if she earned a passing grade, a "Fixed Income for Dummies" one. New York PostR ““It is difficult to treat your concern as sincere,” he said.”““[I]f you receive a passing grade to the Yale metric, not the Harvard curve, I would be happy to also include a Fixed Income for Dummies,” he said.” Read at New York Post ↗ Right · 1On "Fox and Friends" Sunday, Bessent called Warren "economically illiterate," said she leaks letters to the press before Treasury receives them, and said she confused a currency swap with a currency intervention and wrongly accused Treasury of a bond market intervention, which he said has been under way since 2024. New York PostR ““[She’s] economically illiterate,” he said. “I can’t remember whether it was one, two, three, four letters ago she confused a currency swap with a currency intervention.”““More than writing the letters, she loves to leak them to the press.” Read at New York Post ↗
Right · 1The Post noted background on Warren's heritage claims, including a Stanford geneticist's finding of an ancestor 6-10 generations ago, her 2019 apology after Cherokee Nation condemnation, and President Trump's "Pocahontas" nickname for her; it said some geneticists dispute such analyses. Warren's office did not respond to its request for comment. New York PostR “She faced condemnation from the Cherokee Nation and later issued an apology in early 2019.”“But some geneticists argue that such analysis is flawed because of the lack of data on Native Americans in genetic databases.”“Warren’s office did not respond to a Post request for comment.” Read at New York Post ↗
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- Framing
- Both outlets present Bessent's reply as a successful put-down of Warren, mixing a policy dispute over yields with mockery of her heritage claims.
- Emphasis
- Bessent's insults and the 'economically illiterate' charge; Warren's volume of letters; her Native American ancestry controversy.
- Leaves out or plays down
- No Warren response, no independent economists on the yield rise or the swap/intervention dispute, and no coverage from left or centre outlets.
- Charged language
- “Pocahontas”“cheeky clapback”“Fake Indian”“lefty”“arch-progressive”“snarky”
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“Bessent taunts ‘Pocahontas’ Elizabeth Warren with cheeky clapback” — New York Post
“Gives the Fake Indian a Lesson in Economics 101” — Hot Air
What every side reports
- Bessent sent Warren a reply on Saturday to her latest letter about Treasury yields.
- Warren has sent Treasury more than 100 letters.
- Fox Business obtained the reply.
Where accounts differ
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Whether Warren's market claims are mistaken
- Left
- No coverage.
- Centre
- No coverage.
- Right
- Both outlets side with Bessent that Warren lacks market knowledge.
Scott Bessent person
Presents Warren as economically illiterate and insincere, a serial letter-writer who leaks to the press, and offers her tutorials.
““[She’s] economically illiterate,” he said.” — New York Post
Elizabeth Warren person
Argues the rise in Treasury yields is self-inflicted and demands answers on Treasury's efforts to cut borrowing costs; her office did not respond to the Post.
“Warren’s office did not respond to a Post request for comment.” — New York Post
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Bessent taunts ‘Pocahontas’ Elizabeth Warren with cheeky clapback: ‘Happy Indigenous Peoples’ Day’
Mixed News report relaying Bessent's jibes with a favourable lean, using the 'Pocahontas' nickname and heritage background.
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Hot AirR ·
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent Gives the Fake Indian a Lesson in Economics 101
Dismissive Opinionated blog post mocking Warren's market knowledge and heritage claims.
- 11 Oct 21:24 First New York PostR Bessent taunts ‘Pocahontas’ Elizabeth Warren with cheeky clapback: ‘Happy Indigenous Peoples’ Day’
- 14 Oct 19:00 +69h 36m Hot AirR Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent Gives the Fake Indian a Lesson in Economics 101
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