President Trump's Federal Reserve pick Stephen Moore expresses regret over a comment he made in 2016 about Trump kicking former President Obama's family out of 'public housing.'
Washington President Donald Trump's Federal Reserve pick Stephen Moore expressed regret over a comment he made in 2016 about Trump kicking former President Barack Obama's family out of"public housing."
"There's that great cartoon going along, that The New York Times headline: 'First thing Donald Trump does as President is kick a black family out of public housing,'" Moore said at a 2016 event shortly after Trump's election."And it has Obama leaving the White House. I mean, I just love that one."Asked about it Tuesday during an interview with PBS'"Firing Line with Margaret Hoover," Moore responded:"I shouldn't have said it.
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