Republican Sens. Joni Ernst and Mitt Romney expressed concerned Monday about Moore's past comments about women.
President Trump has selected GOP operative Stephen Moore to join the Federal Reserve Board. By Seung Min Kim and Seung Min Kim White House reporter Email Bio Follow Heather Long Heather Long Economics correspondent Email Bio Follow April 29 at 7:14 PM Stephen Moore’s Federal Reserve board nomination appears to be under pressure as Democrats and some Republicans are balking at controversial comments Moore has made about women in his long career as a conservative commentator.
The White House has yet to formally nominate Moore for one of the two openings on the Federal Reserve Board of Governors. Press Secretary Sarah Sanders said Monday that the White House is looking into Moore’s past comments, which include saying there would be societal problems if men were not the breadwinners in the family, denouncing co-ed sports and saying female athletes do “inferior work” to men.
No Republican has said explicitly that they would not vote for Moore, but there is unease about his messy divorce, his call in December for Fed Chair Jerome H. Powell to be fired and his numerous digs about women over the years. Moore is fighting the Internal Revenue Service over $75,000 in unpaid taxes and was found in contempt of court in 2013 for failing to pay his ex-wife more than $330,000 in child support and alimony. The Club for Growth, a conservative political group, was fined $350,000 by the Federal Election Commission for improper actions when Moore was president of the organization.
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