President Trump has withdrawn Dr. E.J. Antoni’s nomination as Bureau of Labor Statistics Commissioner.
Per CNN: “The White House has sent paperwork to the Senate to withdraw the nomination of E.J. Antoni as head of the Bureau of Labor Statistics, three sources told CNN.”
News: The White House has withdrawn EJ ANTONI’s nomination to run the Bureau of Labor Statistics, 3 sources tell CNN.
Comes less than 2 months after Trump tapped him following the post-jobs report firing of Erik McEntarfer.
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President Trump last month announced he was nominating conservative economist Dr. E.J. Antoni as the next Bureau of Labor Statistics Commissioner.
Dr. E.J. Antoni is a favorite guest on the Bannon War Room. E.J. Antoni is currently the Chief Economist and Richard Aster Fellow, in the Heritage Foundation’s Grover M. Hermann Center for the Federal Budget. Antoni’s work has been featured in a variety of news outlets, including Fox News and Fox Business, Wall Street Journal, Townhall, Bloomberg, Daily Caller, National Review, CNBC, Washington Times, Washington Examiner, Breitbart, The Federalist, and The War Room.
Trump posted on TRUTH Social: “I am pleased to announce that I am nominating Highly Respected Economist, Dr. E.J. Antoni, as the next Commissioner of the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Our Economy is booming, and E.J. will ensure that the Numbers released are HONEST and ACCURATE. I know E.J. Antoni will do an incredible job in this new role. Congratulations E.J.!”
President Trump previously fired the Biden-appointed Commissioner of the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) after she ‘faked’ the jobs numbers before the 2024 election to try to boost Kamala Harris’s chances of a victory.
Dr. Erika McEntarfer was promptly fired after an abysmal July jobs report. The US only added 73,000 jobs in July and the previous months were all revised down.
“Nonfarm payrolls growth totaled 73,000 for July, above the June total of 14,000 but below even the meager Dow Jones estimate for a gain of 100,000,” CNBC reported.
“June and May totals were revised sharply lower, down by a combined 258,000 from previously announced levels,” the outlet reported.
Trump accused McEntarfer of rigging today’s jobs numbers in order to make him look bad.