"The White House insisted Antoni remained a brilliant economist and an American patriot in a statement on Tuesday night and promised Trump would soon name another nominee. The president's firing of Erika McEntarfer, the previous commissioner, came after a disappointing July jobs report and sharp revisions to earlier data, which are routine in the BLS's history but were painted by Trump as evidence of fixing the numbers."
"Speaking to CNN, Sen. Bill Cassidy, Republican chair of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee, said: If you just look at who we've noticed, I think you'll know whether he's been pulled or not. Correct, he added, when the network pressed him on whether Antoni's nomination had been pulled."
"E.J. Antoni, a Heritage Foundation economist, was tapped by Trump in August and hailed in a Truth Social post as a Highly Respected Economist. But his nomination collapsed after CNN's KFile unearthed a now-deleted Twitter account filled with sexually charged attacks on Kamala Harris and disparaging posts aimed at gay people."
The White House withdrew President Donald Trump's nominee to lead the Bureau of Labor Statistics weeks after Trump removed the previous commissioner. E.J. Antoni, a Heritage Foundation economist, was nominated in August and praised on Truth Social. CNN's KFile uncovered a now-deleted Twitter account with sexually charged attacks on Kamala Harris and disparaging posts about gay people, prompting the collapse of Antoni's nomination. Senator Bill Cassidy confirmed the withdrawal. The White House defended Antoni as a brilliant economist and American patriot and said a new nominee would be named. Trump's firing of Erika McEntarfer followed a disappointing July jobs report and routine data revisions he claimed were rigged.
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