Trump-loving economist and Heritage Foundation fellow Stephen Moore was held in contempt of court in 2012 for failing to pay more than $300,000 in child support and alimony to his ex-wife.
Moore’s financial woes were only part of the reason his nomination was criticized. Moore has defended Robert E. Lee, said men must “be the breadwinner” in households, and argued that the lower and middle classes should be paying more in taxes. He’s alsoTrump ultimately withdrew the nomination, but Moore has continued to have a home prognosticating across right-wing media, including Fox News’ primetime lineup.
Moore’s comments on Thursday night add to a glut of conservative hypocrisy over Biden’s loan relief plan. Republican politicians have complained incessantly that American taxpayers shouldn’t have to help pay off the debt of college students. The White House on Thursday night posted a devastating Twitter thread highlighting several such GOP politicians who had their own Covid relief loans forgiven at the expense of — you guessed it — the American taxpayer.
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