Fed nominee Stephen Moore apologizes for past writings about women and sports
He's trying to walk it back.
Last week, President Trump's nominee for the Federal Reserve Board, Stephen Moore, defended recently resurfaced articles he wrote in the early 2000s as a "spoof." In the pieces, Moore writes women should not be involved in men's college basketball games at any level unless they "look like Bonnie Bernstein."
While he initially played the writings off as humorous, Moore took a different tone on Sunday while appearing on ABC's This Week with George Stephanopoulos. Moore said the articles were "wrongheaded" and that he was embarrassed, adding that they offended his own sisters.
"Sure I do," potential Fed board nominee Stephen Moore says when asked if he regrets any of his past writings disparaging women.
"They were humor columns, but some of them weren't funny and so I am apologetic, I'm embarrassed by some of those things" https://t.co/ITLVfQsgkk pic.twitter.com/3ouhe8Qa6A— This Week (@ThisWeekABC) April 28, 2019
Despite the apology, Moore still said he doesn't think the articles have much to do with whether he is qualified for the Federal Reserve Board.