Stephen Moore Stephen MooreTrump economist touts nation's low poverty rate Sunday shows - Trump team defends coronavirus response Economist Moore calls on Pelosi, Schumer to 'get a deal done' amid stimulus stalemate MORE will not reprise his role as a contributor at CNN after he withdrew from consideration for the Federal Reserve Board

“Stephen Moore will not be returning as a contributor,” a CNN spokesperson confirmed in a statement to The Hill.

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Moore, a conservative economic commentator, withdrew his name from consideration after media outlets, including CNN, unearthed several controversial comments he had made in columns and other mediums, mainly about women.

For example, he wrote there should be no female referees in male professional sports and that it would be “disruptive” to a family if a wife earned more money than her husband.

The comments drew the ire of several Senate Republicans, with Sen. Joni Ernst Joni Kay ErnstThe Hill's Campaign Report: GOP set to ask SCOTUS to limit mail-in voting Liberal super PAC launches ads targeting vulnerable GOP senators over SCOTUS fight Romney backs pre-election Supreme Court vote, paving way for McConnell, Trump MORE (R-Iowa) slamming his “ridiculous” commentary and Sen. Lindsey Graham Lindsey Olin GrahamSenate GOP aims to confirm Trump court pick by Oct. 29: report The Hill's Campaign Report: GOP set to ask SCOTUS to limit mail-in voting Senate GOP sees early Supreme Court vote as political booster shot MORE calling his potential nomination “problematic.”

Democrats also hammered Moore over his partisan leanings, harsh rebukes of the current Fed regime and what detractors considered dubious and inconsistent economic analyses.

He was seen by Democrats as a loyalist of President Trump Donald John TrumpBiden on Trump's refusal to commit to peaceful transfer of power: 'What country are we in?' Romney: 'Unthinkable and unacceptable' to not commit to peaceful transition of power Two Louisville police officers shot amid Breonna Taylor grand jury protests MORE who could threaten the independence of the Fed board by advocating for the administration's economic policies. Moore worked on Trump’s 2016 campaign

Moore told Trump in a letter Thursday that “the unrelenting attacks on my character have become untenable for me and my family and three more months of this would be too hard on us.”

“I will continue to be a loud economic voice advocating for your policies, which will keep us on a prosperous path of 3 to 4 percent growth with rising wages and low inflation for as far as the eye can see,” he added. “I am always at your disposal.”

Moore joined CNN in 2017 and left the network in March.