Pressed for her specific objections to Stephen Moore's appointment to the Federal Reserve, Republican Sen. Joni Ernst said: “Look at his writings … I’m a woman.”
The tide in the Senate is showing signs of turning against Stephen Moore, President Donald Trump’s pick for a seat on the Federal Reserve, with one member of Republican leadership voicing strong concern over his disparaging comments about women.
Moore, who has not yet officially been nominated, in a 2002 column decried the fact that the NCAA had allowed female referees. “Is there no area in life where men can take vacation from women?” he wrote. By signing up you agree to receive email newsletters or alerts from POLITICO. You can unsubscribe at any time.that women earning more than men could be “disruptive to family stability.” On Sunday, he apologized for some of the things he has written about women but wasn’t specific.
But his demeaning comments about women have added yet another obstacle to his path to potential confirmation.
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