Bonnie Bernstein hits at 's Fed nominee after column demanding she wear a ...

Sportscaster Bonnie Bernstein hits out at Trump's federal reserve nominee after his column demanding she is required to wear a halter top resurfaces The last remaining Trump nominee to the Federal Reserve Board faced backlash Monday after articles about women in sports resurfaced Stephen Moore had said in one of the articles he wrote in the early 2000s that female sportscaster Bonnie Bernstein should be required to wear a halter top  Bernstein hit back on Monday, saying that Moore should go to nightclubs if he wants to see women in halter tops Moore insisted that his articles were a 'spoof' and meant to be taken as a joke The unearthed articles were publicized the same day Trump announced his other nominee , Herman Cain, was withdrawing his name from consideration Pizza tycoon Cain was accused last week of a secret 13-year affair by a woman who said she would describe his private parts to prove it

By Katelyn Caralle, U.s. Political Reporter For Dailymail.com

Published: 23:33 BST, 22 April 2019 | Updated: 23:49 BST, 22 April 2019

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Trump's remaining pick to the Federal Reserve board, Stephen Moore, wrote several perceivably sexist articles for National Review about women in sports in the early 2000s

Sportscaster Bonnie Bernstein attacked President Donald Trump's remaining Federal Reserve nominee Stephen Moore Monday after articles he wrote almost 20 years ago resurfaced saying she ;knew nothing about basketball' and should dress skimpily.

Moore was revealed by CNN to have written a March 2002 article where he proposed rule changes to March Madness tournaments that included a suggestion that Bernstein, who was a CBS sidelines reporter at the time, be required to wear halter tops.

'Here's the rule change I propose: No more women refs, no women announcers, no women beer vendors, no women anything,' he wrote. 'There is, of course, an exception to this rule. Women are permitted to participate, if and only if, they look like Bonnie Bernstein. The fact that Bonnie knows nothing about basketball is entirely irrelevant.'

Bernstein hit back at the comments in a tweet Monday.

'You want

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