Kevin Warsh Will Be Trump's Puppet as Fed Chair if the Senate Doesn't Stop Him
Phone scripts and email tools to demand they protect our economy and Fed independence
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The Federal Reserve Board of Governors is meant to set monetary policy in the United States to achieve maximum employment and stable prices. It has been set up to be independent, setting interest rates without interference from elected officials reacting to short-term incentives. Donald Trump, in his desire for total power and in fury at the Fed’s refusal to ignore the damage done by his tariffs, has taken unprecedented and dangerous action to hijack it.
The president has repeatedly threatened to illegally fire chairman Jerome Powell in response to the board not lowering interest rates, and actually attempted to terminate governor Lisa Cook, although he has so far been barred from doing so. He’s gone as far as having the Justice Department threaten Powell with a criminal indictment. We’ve been repeatedly warned that in doing so, Trump is risking economic catastrophe that the United States will not easily recover from. (We can look to Argentina, Weimar Germany and Richard Nixon’s America for previews.)
In January, Trump nominated Kevin Warsh to serve as chair when Powell’s term ends in May. A former inflation hawk, Warsh has not coincidentally shifted his public stance to favoring the lower interest rates the White House so desperately wants. He’s also the son-in-law of Ron Lauder, Trump’s billionaire friend who convinced him to blow up NATO over Greenland.
In the context of the regime’s massive, authoritarian power grab at the Fed, their pick clearly cannot be trusted to serve the interests of the public rather than letting Trump pull his strings. The president has even said flat out that “anybody that disagrees with me will never be the Fed Chairman.”
Let’s call our senators and tell them to protect our economy and the independence of the Fed and reject Warsh’s nomination as chairman. We can find scripts and language below, or send this email via Resistbot by texting SIGN PWOQTZ to 50409.
Last updated 4/15/26.
PHONE SCRIPTS
You can find your senator’s contact info here. Please adjust, add, and reword as you would see fit - you will be most effective speaking in your own words!
Hi, my name is _________, and I’m a constituent from (city, zip). (If voicemail, leave street address).
I am calling to urge Senator ______ to oppose Kevin Warsh’s nomination as chairman of the Federal Reserve. Donald Trump has made it clear he wants to seize power at the Fed, even at risk of cratering our economy. We can’t trust his handpick to do what’s right for the public, instead of acting as a puppet.
It would also be ridiculous to treat this like a normal confirmation process while Trump tries to illegally fire and prosecute governors who won’t bend to his will. No Fed nominee can be allowed to move forward until the illegal firing of Lisa Cook and the investigation into Jerome Powell are dropped. Use every power available to stop this from moving forward.
Thank you for your time and consideration.
EMAIL LANGUAGE
We can send this message directly to our members of Congress by texting SIGN PWOQTZ to 50409, or use it as a starting point for the standard congressional email system.
The selection of Kevin Warsh to serve as the next chairman of the Federal Reserve is not a normal nomination by a normal White House. Do not treat it that way.
We are in the middle of an unprecedented and dangerous attack on the independence of the Federal Reserve Board. A president who wants to rule as a king is attempting to illegally terminate one governor and use a criminal investigation to extort or punish another - and now he’s threatening to fire him, too. And all because they have refused to ignore the damage his policies have done to our economy.
The Fed was designed to be independent so that our monetary policy serves the interests of the public, rather than what’s best for the politicians. It is nowhere near a flawless institution, but we have seen in Argentina, Weimar Germany, and Richard Nixon’s America how bad things can get when the executive branch starts pulling the strings of the central bank. We are risking investors giving up on the United States, with consequences that could haunt us for decades.
We cannot believe Donald Trump would have put forward Warsh as anything other than a puppet, prepared to do whatever the president instructs. Trump has said himself that “anybody that disagrees with me will never be the Fed Chairman.” His nomination is simply the legal side of an authoritarian power grab, and one that could touch the lives of every American who wants a house, a car, a business or has a credit card. The Senate must not confirm him.
Frankly, there should not even be the pretense that this is business as usual. Allowing any sort of standard confirmation process for the Fed while Trump tries to remove and imprison board members who won’t bend to his will is effectively giving his actions a pass.
Please make it clear you will vote against Kevin Warsh’s confirmation and use every power available to you as a senator to disrupt Trump’s efforts to put him on the Federal Reserve Board.