Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt on Wednesday revealed why the White House withdrew Dr. Antoni’s nomination as Bureau of Labor Statistics Commissioner.
On Tuesday, it was reported that President Trump had withdrawn Dr.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.”
President Trump recently 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.
On Wednesday, Karoline Leavitt revealed the White House pulled Dr. Antoni’s nomination as head of BLS because he didn’t have the votes.
RINO Senators Collins and Murkowski did not meet with Antoni.
“We will be announcing a replacement nominee very soon,” Karoline Leavitt said.
WATCH:
WATCH: Karoline Leavitt says the White House pulled EJ Antoni’s nomination as head of Bureau of Labor Statistics because “he was not going to have the votes.” A replacement nominee will be announced soon, Leavitt adds.
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