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Moore defends his qualifications for Fed nomination 02:46In fact, if you closed your eyes and listened to the rantings of these two powerful men, it would be difficult to tell which man was talking, Trump or Moore: "Here's the rule change I propose: No more women refs, no women announcers, no women beer venders, no women anything," Moore wrote about March Madness a in National Review column in March 2002. "There is, of course, an exception to this rule.
Panelist: Moore's comments on women just not funny 01:23Clearly, not only do millions of women play and watch sports but our dollars also help to drive the entire sports economy. Americans spent more than $100 billion on sports in 2017 , according to Steven Kutz at marketwatch.com. And that's not even including the biggest revenue driver in college and professional sports: television ratings.
Trump adviser compared Trump's proposal to Nazi Germany 02:30But based on Moore's public bias against women, I can't help but question if his nomination is accepted whether he will advocate for women under the The Equal Credit Opportunity Act, a federal law created to ensure financial institutions cannot discriminate against people based on their race, color, national origin, sex, religion or marital status in deciding whether to approve their credit application.
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