BREAKING: John Kennedy Accuses Yellen Of Trying To 'Give The Economy A Sugar High' Before Election

During a Senate Appropriations Committee hearing, Sen. John Kennedy (R-LA) grilled Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen over US federal borrowing rates, and accused her of trying to time the market to boost the economy.

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[thomasparrish]

She's either corrupt or incompetent either way she's got to go

[ptate]

I'm so tired of these old people who rub elbows behind closed doors and never have to be accountable for anything 😒 . America is done

[norman]

This woman needs to be in assisted living, not Secretary of the Treasury. Are you frigging kidding me?

[stevenhunt]

Crooks all of them, smoke and mirrors

[allisonladd]

this is so depressing. totally, totally depressing.

[LandaverdeJR]

BORROWING is the problem. NOT THE RATES. At 130years combined they haven’t figured that out yet.

[thomasbeslanovits]

THEY SHOW HER MUCH MORE RESPECT THEN THEY SHOULD SHE IS AN AMERICAN DESTORYER.

[robpacyna]

Yellen & her cronies are doing all they can to make money for themselves and have us, regular Americans PAY FOR IT.

[suzankephart]

216.1 TRILLION in
unfunded liabilities

[matt]

"we don't try to time the market" then 3 minutes later "market participants believe short term yields will drop".
Gosh, the USD is done.

[juckimal]

its time to drain the swamp. I wouldn't let these people watch my dog. for the weekend.

[kimcissell]

Yellen, Garland, Mayorkas, Wray should be in jail.

[marymoore]

Stop giving money to other countries if we can't afford our own. Geez, common freaking sense. These ppl have lost their minds

[darrellflowers]

Jail her, sue her, kick her out of office, do something to stop her now time for action not talk talk talk

[johnbenko]

I wouldnt let her be in charge of pouring slurpees at a 7-11 let alone be in charge of finances

[wyodrifter]

Tax payers are fed up with Washington’s irresponsibility and ignorant printing and spending

[phyllisclement]

Hurray, Kennendy you are the best!!! I love you!!!

[rossrainwater]

Yellen is a WORLD Economic Forum membet !

[donniea]

Thank you Senator Kennedy for pointing out what we all see !!! This administration has not one ounce of common sense this women's a joke 😂😂😂😂

[MrRivecoke]

I'm pretty sure she's getting a "cut" for doing that 😂