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Trump Officials Struggle to Spin Firing of Jobs Report Messenger

President Donald Trump’s acolytes are scrambling to rationalize his decision to fire the nation’s top labor statistician after she delivered a bruising reality check. Trump was confronted with a weak jobs report Friday showing just 73,

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Trump fires labor statistics boss hours after the release of weak jobs report

Without evidence, Trump called the data "rigged" and implied that BLS Commissioner Erika McEntarfer manipulated the numbers "for political purposes."

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White House economist backs Trump firing Labor stats head, hits 'partisan pattern' in jobs data: 'Propaganda'

National Economic Council Director Kevin Hassett supports President Trump firing Bureau of Labor Statistics head, citing unreliable job data and revisions.

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Trump calls fired BLS commissioner's job numbers the 'biggest miscalculations in over 50 years'

U.S. President Donald Trump accused BLS Commissioner Erika McEntarfer of faking employment data to all-time highs before the ...

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What to Know About the Jobs Report That Led Trump to Fire the Labor Statistics Chief Amid Trade War Fallout

The data come after economists have expressed concern that the Trump Administration’s flip-flopping tariff policies and ...

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The former New Jersey governor said Trump just wanted “someone to blame” for poor job numbers.

Former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie ripped President Donald Trump as a “petulant child” on Sunday for his dramatic firing ...

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Bad jobs numbers leads president to fire the messenger

President Donald Trump fired Bureau of Labor Statistics Director Erika McEntarfer after the revised report, claiming without ...

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'Shoot the messenger’: Democrats condemn Trump’s call to fire BLS chief

Democrats accused Trump of shifting blame for an underwhelming jobs report. Democrats condemned President Donald Trump’s call ...

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White House adviser Kevin Hassett defends Trump firing

White House economic adviser Kevin Hassett defends President Trump’s decision to fire the head of the Bureau of Labor ...

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