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Trump’s Fed Nominees: Cain Drops Out, Moore Defends His ‘Spoof’ About Women

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President Trump’s picks for the Federal Reserve Board have a women problem.

 

Herman Cain, the former CEO of Godfather’s Pizza, withdrew himself from consideration for a seat on the Federal Reserve’s board of directors Monday, as past allegations of sexual harassment by multiple women led to opposition among Senate Republicans.

 

President Trump announced Cain’s decision in a tweet.

 

Cain’s exit now puts attention on Trump’s other pick for the Fed, economic commentator Stephen Moore.

 

Already under fire over his questionable expertise on fiscal policy, Moore’s writings in National Review about women and sports received renewed scrutiny Monday, including an article from 2002 in which he wrote there should be “no women refs, no women announcers, no women beer venders, no women anything” in the NCAA men’s college basketball tournament.

 

Moore also decried what he viewed as”the feminization of basketball generally,” and proudly proclaimed his hatred of women’s basketball. But it’s not just watching women play that irritates Moore. He also railed against CBS over its use of female announcers.

 

“Another problem is that CBS now has women announcers and commentators. Is nothing sacred?” Moore wrote.

 

Asked for comment on his old columns, Moore told CNN they were meant in jest. “This was a spoof. I have a sense of humor,” Moore said in an email.

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