Sen. Joni Ernst said she would almost certainly vote against Moore and Sen. Lindsey Graham, a typical ally of Trump's, called his nomination 'problematic' Tuesday.
Stephen Moore, a Heritage Foundation fellow, is President Trump's intended nominee for an opening on the Federal Reserve board, but some Senate Republicans are voicing concerns about Moore's past. .
If four of the 53 Republican senators reject Moore, his nomination would likely fail, as no Democrats are expected to back Trump’s pick. The White House has yet to formally nominate him, raising the possibility Moore’s nomination could be finished before it ever officially began.Blackburn said she has known Moore for a long time but was troubled by what he said as recently as 2014, when he wrote a column questioning whether it would cause societal unrest if women earned more than men.
“It will be a very problematic nomination,” Graham said Tuesday, although he said he is “still looking” at Moore and hasn’t made up his mind if he would support him or not. Sen. Lisa Murkowski , who said publicly she would not vote for Cain, said on Tuesday she had a view on Moore but declined to make it public. “I’m going to share it with the White House,” she said.
Moore, a fellow at the Heritage Foundation and longtime conservative commentator, vowed to keep fighting in an appearance on CNBC Tuesday. He apologized over the weekend for his past comments about women, although he didn’t get into specifics. Moore did have some support in the Senate Tuesday with Rand Paul saying he was “for him,” but most Republican senators dodged reporters questions about Moore or sounded on the fence about whether he should be seriously considered for one of the nation’s top economic posts.
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