President Donald Trump said on Monday that he is nominating economist E.J. Antoni as the new Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) commissioner.
Antoni is currently the chief economist at the Heritage Foundation.
Trump fired BLS’s previous commissioner, Erika McEntarfer, on Aug. 1 after the July jobs report. He accused McEntarfer of manipulating the job data and falsifying the employment numbers before the 2024 election to “boost [2024 Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris’s] chances of victory.”
“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,” Trump said on Truth Social….