Trump Criticizes Jobs Data Amid White House Defense and Political Tensions
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President Trump and his advisors falsely claimed that the recent weaker jobs report was 'rigged' by federal workers, following the firing of BLS chief Erika McEntarfer, as part of an effort to discredit the data and align it with political narratives, despite lack of evidence and common revisions in economic data.
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