President Trump just made another brilliant move to drain the swamp and get honest numbers for American workers. He fired the failed Bureau of Labor Statistics commissioner who gave us fake jobs data that made our economy look terrible. Now he picked E.J. Antoni, a real economist who will finally tell the truth about jobs in America.
The old commissioner, Erika McEntarfer, was a total disaster who couldn’t even count jobs correctly. Her July report showed only 73,000 new jobs when everyone expected much more. Then she had to admit she was wrong about May and June too, cutting those numbers by a massive 258,000 jobs. That’s not just a mistake – that’s incompetence that hurts working families.
Antoni is exactly what we need to clean up this mess. He has a doctorate in economics and works at the Heritage Foundation, fighting for conservative values every day. Unlike the swamp creatures who came before him, he actually understands that bad data hurts real Americans trying to find work and plan their futures.
The new nominee has been calling out the Bureau’s phony methods for years. He even joked that the “L” is silent in BLS because they weren’t being honest with the American people. Antoni knows these government bureaucrats have been playing games with numbers instead of doing their jobs right.
Here’s the smart part – Antoni wants to pause the monthly jobs reports until he can fix the broken system. Liberal critics are crying about this, but it makes perfect sense. Why keep publishing wrong numbers that confuse everyone and hurt our markets when we can take time to get it right?
Trump promised to give Americans honest and accurate data, and that’s exactly what Antoni will deliver. The president wrote that Antoni “will ensure that the Numbers released are HONEST and ACCURATE” – something we haven’t had in years under the previous administration.
Of course, the Senate will have to confirm Antoni, and you can bet Democrats will fight this tooth and nail. They love their rigged numbers and fake statistics because it helps them push their failed policies on hardworking Americans. But Antoni has the experience and backbone to stand up to their attacks.
This is what draining the swamp looks like in action. No more phony government data designed to fool the American people. With Antoni running the show, we’ll finally get the truth about jobs and the economy so families can make smart decisions about their future.
