ICYMI: CfG President McIntosh Urges Bessent To Take Action On Debanking

Will Mitola  |   January 31, 2025

Washington, D.C. – In case you missed it, Club for Growth President David McIntosh sent a letter to Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent warning about past discrimination against conservatives through debanking in the financial industry. McIntosh also highlighted the efforts of Republican North Dakota Senator Kevin Cramer during the 118th Congress to codify fair access rules to prevent this practice. Politico’s Morning Money covered the letter in an exclusive report.

Click here to read the full letter from Club for Growth President David McIntosh.

Click here to read the full coverage from Politico.

EXCERPTS:

First in MM: Club for Growth weighs in on debanking — David McIntosh, the president of the anti-tax group Club for Growth, is urging Bessent to back “regulatory approaches to prevent broad-based discrimination against conservatives.” Those include a bill Sen. Kevin Cramer (R-N.D.) introduced during the last Congress that would have codified “fair access” rules that were pursued during Trump’s first term.

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