On Thursday morning, Stephen Moore was "all in" and pumped to fight for a seat on the Federal Reserve Board. Minutes later, President Trump tweeted that Moore had "decided to withdraw" from consideration. On Fox News Thursday evening, Moore told an outraged Tucker Carlson he's "bummed out today because I hate quitting," and while he's "not playing the victim here," "the left" had "launched this character assassination" based on "things that were written 25 years ago," a decade-old divorce settlement, and apparently even old Christmas cards, and he had to bow out.
"The White House never should have given in to this," Carlson said. "They shouldn't have, because it abets more weakness, draws more aggression from these nutcases." "I will say this: Do you know who the biggest fighter, the guy who did not want me to withdraw from this?" Moore said. "Donald J. Trump." "Good, I believe that," Carlson said. "I mean, that's what I love about him," Moore said. "He's a fighter, and I just — at the end, I just had to say I don't know if I can get through this."
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