The president’s desire to install ally Stephen Moore on the Federal Reserve board seems increasingly imperiled as several Republican senators have come forward to raise concerns about the potential nomination.
Sen. Joni Ernst, R-Iowa, was the first to say Monday that she is “not really enthused about” the nomination, before going further Tuesday to say she would be “very unlikely” to support it.But in perhaps the greatest warning sign for the nomination’s viability, one of the president’s top allies on the Hill, Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., called Moore's nomination"very problematic.”
“Obviously some of his past writings are of concern,” Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine, said. “Certainly it appears that he has a lot of personal financial issues and well as troubling writings about women and our role in society, in sports, and also how he views the Federal Reserve.” The nomination would require a simple majority to be approved, but with Moore unlikely to garner any Democratic votes, four Republican defections would be enough to sink the nomination.
But it’s not just Moore’s past comments that are raising eyebrows. He drew fresh scrutiny on Tuesday in an interview on CNBC when he identified the decline in male earnings as the biggest problem facing the US economy in the last quarter century. The White House did not respond to a request for comment Wednesday about whether the White House continues to stand behind the president’s pick, but the White House said on Monday that they continue to stand behind Moore.
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