Opinion: I thought my Fed nomination would be a debate over my ideas—not my divorce and my sense of humor, writes stephenmoore
When President Trump asked me to serve as a member of the Federal Reserve Board, I was honored. I never imagined the storm that would follow. The left and the media instantly launched a relentless campaign against me. Last week a reporter who has covered the Fed for 30 years told me he’d never seen anything like it. On Thursday I reluctantly threw in the towel and asked the president not to nominate me.
I knew that many of my ideas on monetary policy were controversial and outside the box. That’s why the president picked me....
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