Stephen Moore, President Donald Trump's Fed Reserve Board nominee, on Wednesday fought back against his critics, GOP senators included, writing in The Hill he has "been right a lot more than I've been wrong on monetary policy."
Moore, who advised Trump's 2016 campaign, has recently come under fire for articles he wrote for the National Review that warned against "the feminization of basketball." Moore also complained about female athletes seeking equal pay to male athletes and proposed women only participate in sports "if and only if, they look like Bonnie Bernstein."
Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C. on Tuesday said Moore would be a "very problematic nomination" to the board.
Sen. Joni Ernst, R-Iowa, also cast doubt on Moore's nomination, saying her support is "very unlikely." Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, said she had "reservations," and Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-W.Va., said of Moore's comments, "it's hard to look past some of those." Moore blamed Democrats for the criticism.
"It should be clear to all that the left will engage in scorched-earth battle tactics to destroy almost anyone that he nominates for anything," Moore wrote of Trump.
"That obviously includes me, so I don't take it personally. But it does matter who has a vote on the Fed's Board of Governors, and who will influence the internal debate regarding how it exercises its enormous power," he added.
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