Donald Trump wants Club For Growth, Cato, and Heritage alumnus Stephen Moore to serve on the Federal Reserve Board, but CNBC firefighter John Harwood is sounding the alarm:

GOP likes “capitalism against socialism” as a 2020 bumper sticker but Trump’s Fed pick Stephen Moore has written one Democrats like better: “capitalism against democracy” my @cnbc columnhttps://t.co/6QhxfMKhFR — John Harwood (@JohnJHarwood) April 18, 2019

Wow. This sounds serious, you guys. And we have no doubt that Harwood wouldn’t make such a bold claim without some hard evidence to back him up.

Oh, wait:

This quote makes up the entire basis of Harwood's claim that Moore is anti-democracy https://t.co/t5i2WzMJQn pic.twitter.com/lD137xtxQM — Alex Griswold (@HashtagGriswold) April 22, 2019

Do you mean to suggest that Harwood would mischaracterize Moore’s remarks in order to stoke fear among the Resistance? But that’s so unlike him!

mainstream Republican conservative Steve Moore, one of President Trump's choices for the Federal Reserve Board, has admitted he's "not even a big believer in democracy" because it allows the have-nots to take from the haves. my @cnbc column https://t.co/6QhxfMKhFR — John Harwood (@JohnJHarwood) April 22, 2019

Naturally, Harwood’s strategy seems to be working. At least among those too historically ignorant and illiterate to understand the point Moore was making:

So, an autocrat as Fed Chairman? — Bad Language (@Christophera65) April 22, 2019

This is who Republicans are. He’s simply saying it out loud. — ?Sharon #JusticeFor2016 #ReleaseTheReport (@nhdogmom) April 22, 2019

Republicans want a modern day feudal system. That's why they are working so hard to make Trump king. — #ImpeachTrump (@Jseriousaccount) April 22, 2019

Antithetical to American values… — Surf4peace (@AGsurfer6) April 22, 2019

Wow. Trump has empowered the authoritarian fascists to say things they never could before. Be afraid. — SteveHeimoff (@SteveHeimoff) April 22, 2019

Right out of Putin’s playbook. Steven Moore is one of @realDonaldTrump’s treasonous saboteurs of democracy. #MondayMotivation #MondayMorning — Shazzah USA (@shazzahusa) April 22, 2019

Wow. The “haves” want to take away my right to vote. I suggest these people do some research on revolutions of the past and what caused the “have nots” to rise up and take back control over their own destinies. History just keeps repeating itself. — Judie Bradshaw (@judielovesdan) April 22, 2019

And these dolts keep falling for Harwood’s B.S. Every single time.

It's a good thing the US is a republic, not a democracy. The article also says Democrats want to pack the Supreme Court, abolish the Electoral College and stifle opposition. Sounds like it's the Democrats who freedom-loving Americans should fear. — Bruce H.G. Calder ?? (@caldernet) April 22, 2019

No kidding. When Moore says democracy can be dangerous, he’s not being “anti-American”; he’s being correct.

Moore is of course exactly right — JAC (@michcusejoe5) April 22, 2019

Several founding fathers also said same about democracy. — mikevolpe (@mikevolpe) April 22, 2019

Lol he's basically quoting Benjamin Franklin. — AnnaZ (@AnnaZ) April 22, 2019

Unfettered democracy is dangerous and it needs to be okay to say that. Moore is 100% correct. — A (@Aposter1228) April 22, 2019

Harwood, on the other hand, is still a pathetic excuse for a journalist.

Harwood is one of those guys where I mostly read his tweets and then sometimes accidentally encounter his work and am shocked to discover that he's supposed to be an objective journalist — Alex Griswold (@HashtagGriswold) April 22, 2019