Trump's Fed nominee update: Cain drops out, Moore defends his 'spoof' about women
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. My friend Herman Cain, a truly wonderful man, has asked me not to nominate him for a seat on the Federal Reserve Board. I will respect his wishes.
— Donald J. Trump April 22, 2019 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.
“How outrageous is this? This year they allowed a woman ref a men's NCAA game. Liberals celebrate this breakthrough as a triumph for gender equity," Moore wrote."The NCAA has been touting this as example of how progressive they are. I see it as an obscenity. Is there no area in life where men can take vacation from women? What's next? Women invited to bachelor parties? Women in combat? Why can't women ref he women's games and men the men's games.
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.“Women are permitted to participate, if and only if, they look like Bonnie Bernstein,’ Moore wrote. “The fact that Bonnie knows nothing about basketball is entirely irrelevant.
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