Conservative from Georgia
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Trump just fired the head of the Bureau of Labor Statistics because the jobs report didnāt flatter himā¦
and now heās hand-picking a Heritage Foundation loyalist whoās been trashing the agency for years to take over. This isnāt about āhonest numbers,ā itās about rigging the scoreboard before the next game.
If you thought government stats were supposed to be nonpartisan, buckle up. weāre about to watch the BLS turned into a propaganda machine.
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and now heās hand-picking a Heritage Foundation loyalist whoās been trashing the agency for years to take over. This isnāt about āhonest numbers,ā itās about rigging the scoreboard before the next game.
If you thought government stats were supposed to be nonpartisan, buckle up. weāre about to watch the BLS turned into a propaganda machine.
Trump to nominate longtime skeptic of Bureau of Labor Statistics as new agency head
Trump's naming of conservative economist E.J. Antoni comes after he fired the previous BLS commissioner, claiming without evidence that the July jobs report was "rigged."
