Federal Reserve board member Lisa Cook is under fire again, and this time the evidence is damning. Investigative reporter Chris Brunet has uncovered documents that show Cook simply doesn’t have the right background for one of the most important economic jobs in America. While hardworking Americans struggle with high prices, we have someone making critical money decisions who built her career on social justice activism instead of actual monetary policy expertise.
Cook’s resume reads like a diversity hire checklist rather than a serious economist’s background. She spent most of her career studying racial discrimination and writing about how economics is supposedly unfriendly to black women. That might win points with the woke crowd, but it doesn’t teach you how to manage interest rates or fight inflation that hurts working families every single day.
The timing of her Fed appointment tells you everything you need to know about how she got the job. Cook was elected to the Chicago Fed board just one month before her nomination hearing in 2022. Nobody becomes an expert on complex monetary policy in 30 days, but that didn’t stop the Biden administration from pushing her through anyway.
Even worse, Cook barely squeezed through her confirmation with a razor-thin 51-50 vote. Vice President Kamala Harris had to cast the tiebreaking vote to get her confirmed. When half the Senate thinks you’re not qualified, maybe you shouldn’t be making decisions that affect every American’s wallet.
Now President Trump is trying to clean house, and Cook is fighting back hard. The Trump administration has raised serious questions about her personal finances, including allegations that she made false statements to get better mortgage terms. If she can’t handle her own money honestly, why should we trust her with the nation’s monetary policy.
Cook claims she’s just doing her job and helping the American economy. But her track record shows someone more interested in pushing progressive talking points than actually understanding how monetary policy works. The Federal Reserve is supposed to focus on stable prices and full employment, not social justice experiments.
The liberal media is rushing to defend Cook and calling Trump’s actions unprecedented. They’re more worried about protecting their diversity poster child than asking whether she’s actually qualified to do this critical job. Meanwhile, inflation keeps hurting regular Americans while unqualified appointees play politics with our money supply.
This is exactly why Trump won in 2024 and why Americans voted for real change. We need people who understand economics running our economic institutions, not activists who got their jobs because they check the right demographic boxes. It’s time to put America’s economic interests first and stop the failed DEI experiment that’s been hurting our country for years.
