President Donald Trump fired the chief labor statistician after the Bureau of Labor Statistics released its monthly jobs report showing that the economy added only 73,000 jobs in July.
The number came the same day that Trump resumed his global tariffs. Hours later, Trump criticized Erika McEntarfer, the commissioner for Labor Statistics, because former president Joe Biden nominated her.
"We need accurate Jobs Numbers," he said. "I have directed my Team to fire this Biden Political Appointee, IMMEDIATELY. She will be replaced with someone much more competent and qualified. Important numbers like this must be fair and accurate, they can't be manipulated for political purposes.
The U.S. Senate confirmed McEntarfer last year with an 86-8 vote. JD Vance, then a senator from Ohio whom Trump nominated to be his running mate, voted to confirm her. Secretary of Labor Lori Chavez-DeRemer said that deputy commissioner William Wiatrowski will serve as interim commissioner.
The report showed that the unemployment rate of 4.2 percent ticked up slightly. The bureau also downwardly revised the number of jobs added in May from 144,000 jobs to only 19,000 while it revised the number of jobs added in June from 147,000 to 14,000.
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