Now, he wants to run it. Garrett lost his re-election bid in 2016 ― in large part because he lost the backing of financial institutions after he made anti-gay remarks. In April, President Donald Trump announced his intent to nominate him to lead the institution that helps finance U.S. exports. Now that he needs a new job and wants to run the bank, Garrett is trying to reassure everyone that he supports it. “It seems to me what’s changed is you’ve been offered this good-paying job to run the Export-Import Bank, not the change of the Export-Import Bank, but perhaps the change of your situation,” Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio) said.

Source: Huffington Post November 01, 2017 17:01 UTC