Trump pulls EJ Antoni to lead the work statistics office
On Tuesday, President Trump withdrew the nomination of EJ Antoni to include the position of the following commissioner for the work statistics office after he was expelled the agency former president for criticizing job data.
Trump announced in August that Anthony, senior economists at the Conservative Heritage Foundation, would be nominated to lead the work statistics office.
The Heritage Corporation confirmed late on Tuesday that Anthony was returning to his role with Think Tank.
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A White House official in a statement called “Anony” is a wonderful American economist and an American national who will continue to do a good job on behalf of our great country. “
“President Trump is committed to reforming the long failures in the BLS that undermined the public’s confidence in the critical economic data,” the official said. “The president is planning to announce a new candidate soon.”
In the past, Anthony has expressed doubts about the data of the work statistics office. Among those who urged Trump to shoot the former commissioner, Erika Minarf.
In early August, Trump ordered the launch of Minarker, one of the appointed in the White House who was confirmed by a large majority of the two parties in the Senate in 2024. The move came after the job report in August showed less than expected employment in July and the main declining reviews to job reports from May and June.
In addition to the concerns of Democrats and Economists that Anthony could establish or block job data, CNN’s Kfile reported earlier this month that Anthony has been running an account on deleted social media since then making inflammatory positions about the gay people and Trump’s critics.
CNN, which first reported that Anthony’s nomination had been withdrawn, reported that Anthony may have had difficulty securing the support of Republicans, Susan Collins (Maine), Lieza Morkovsky (Alaska), which may expose his way to confirmation.
