On Tuesday’s broadcast of CNN’s “OutFront,” Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-MN) reacted to criticism from the White House over the cost of renovations to the Federal Reserve’s building by saying that you can’t fire Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell over that and President Donald Trump has mismanaged the economy himself.
Host Erin Burnett asked, “Russell Vought of the OMB, a crucial player in the White House, said Powell’s mismanaging the Fed. He cited the renovation of the Fed building. And that’s really crucial, Senator, because if Trump wants to fire Powell, he needs cause. And you don’t get cause by saying, oh, I don’t like what he’s doing with interest rates, cause is mismanaging a renovation and losing taxpayer money, right? So, this talk of a renovation
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