Trump says Stephen Moore, his choice for Federal Reserve Board, abandons bid. Moore had faced GOP opposition in the Senate.
By Felicia Sonmez Felicia Sonmez National reporter on The Washington Post's breaking political news team Email Bio Follow May 2 at 12:54 PM Stephen Moore, President Trump’s planned nominee for a seat on the Federal Reserve Board, on Thursday abandoned his bid to join the powerful U.S. central bank, the second presidential favorite to bow out in the face of Republican opposition.
Moore’s decision comes after Herman Cain, another Trump choice for the Fed Board, stepped aside as it was clear that he lacked the votes in the Senate. The 2012 presidential candidate had denied multiple accusations of sexual misconduct and harassment. Ohio is a swing state that was central to Trump’s win in 2016 and will be a key part of his 2020 reelection efforts.“I was so honored when I got the call from Donald Trump. But all it’s been since then has been one personal assault after another and a kind of character assassination having nothing to do with economics . . . They’re pulling a Kavanaugh against me,” Moore told a conservative talk radio show Tuesday morning on North Dakota-based WZFG.
Last month, CNN resurfaced several columns in which Moore decried the “feminization of basketball,” denounced coed sports and argued that women should not be allowed to be men’s sports referees — unless they are good-looking. Stephen and Allison Moore, who have three children together, were married for two decades before divorcing in 2011. Allison Moore began divorce proceedings in 2010, and her divorce complaint said her then-husband had opened a Match.com account and had a mistress.
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