Trump Treasury Secretary Says Far-Left Organizations Being Treated Like Terrorists ‘After 9/11’

Alex Griffing Oct 15th, 2025, 2:06 pm

Trump Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent joined the Charlie Kirk podcast this week and claimed that the U.S. government is now treating far-left protestors and extremists the same as it did terror suspects after the 9/11 attacks — which he compared to the assassination of Charlie Kirk. Bessent made clear that protestors have a right to free speech, but then added that the government has begun to “compile lists” of left-wing groups that they believe to be violent.

Andrew Kolvet, Kirk’s longtime producer of his show, hosted the conversation and began by saying, “I want to play a clip here that’s really important, because you’re working on a very imp

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