The White House is struggling to defend President Donald Trump’s sudden decision to fire the Bureau of Labor Statistics commissioner, without citing specific evidence.
National Economic Council Director Kevin Hassett, in an interview with NBC News on Sunday, repeatedly pointed to the revisions in Friday’s employment data to justify Trump’s firing of BLS Commissioner Erika McEntarfer, but did not provide data showing the latest jobs report was “rigged,” as Trump claimed.
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