Washington (CNN) President Donald Trump's Federal Reserve pick Stephen Moore expressed regret over a comment he made in 2016 about Trump kicking former President Barack Obama's family out of "public housing." "There's that great cartoon going along, that The New York Times headline: 'First thing Donald Trump does as President is kick a black family out of public housing,'" Moore said at a 2016 event shortly after Trump's election. "And it has Obama leaving the White House. Asked about it Tuesday during an interview with PBS' "Firing Line with Margaret Hoover," Moore responded: "I shouldn't have said it." Moore appeared to acknowledge in his PBS interview that his comments may end his chances for confirmation.

Source: CNN May 01, 2019 17:37 UTC