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(160,177 posts) Fri Aug 1, 2025, 07:47 PM Aug 1

'Shoot the messenger': Democrats condemn Trump's call to fire BLS chief

Source: Politico

08/01/2025 04:29 PM EDT

Democrats condemned President Donald Trump’s call to fire the head of the Labor Department official in charge of producing jobs data after the latest report showed job growth lower than expected.

Trump’s social media post demanding the firing of Commissioner of Labor Statistics Erika McEntarfer was met with swift criticism from Democratic leaders, who accused Trump of blaming underwhelming economic data on the official rather than on policies they say contributed to worse economic conditions.

“What does a bad leader do when they get bad news? Shoot the messenger,” Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer said in a floor speech moments after Trump’s post. “That’s just what happened with the head of the Bureau of Labor Statistics.”

“Instead of helping people get good jobs, Donald Trump just fired the statistician who reported bad jobs data that the wanna-be king doesn’t like,” Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren said on X. Other Democrats likened Trump’s demand to actions taken by totalitarian governments. New Mexico Sen. Martin Heinrich called the move “pure Soviet shit.”

Read more: https://www.politico.com/news/2025/08/01/democrats-condemn-trump-fire-bls-chief-00489063

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'Shoot the messenger': Democrats condemn Trump's call to fire BLS chief (Original Post) BumRushDaShow Aug 1 OP

He's such an insecure child. MLWR Aug 1 #1

Some schadenfreude, at least. hay rick Aug 1 #2

5 Billion jobs will be reported as added to the economy next month BOSSHOG Aug 1 #3

MLWR

(535 posts)

1. He's such an insecure child.

Reply to BumRushDaShow (Original post)

Fri Aug 1, 2025, 08:03 PM

Aug 1

He can't deal with "bad news" so he fires the messenger-- which doesn't alter the facts of the message in the least. He thinks he knows absolutely everything better than the experts and he refuses to appoint competent, qualified, experienced, educated advisers who are capable of helping him. Oh, no. Instead he gets rid of the person who bears the news and information he doesn't like.

hay rick

(9,045 posts)

2. Some schadenfreude, at least.

Reply to MLWR (Reply #1)

Fri Aug 1, 2025, 08:23 PM

Aug 1

The business people who supported him because they know he's "on their side" are seeing their greedy dreams overwhelmed by the needs of his fragile ego and his relentless managerial incompetence. His six bankruptcies should have provided a clue.

BOSSHOG

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3. 5 Billion jobs will be reported as added to the economy next month

Reply to BumRushDaShow (Original post)

Fri Aug 1, 2025, 08:26 PM

Aug 1

And unemployment will be cut by 1,500 percent.

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