The “Morning Joe” crew on Monday warned that Donald Trump’s firing of Bureau of Labor Statistics Commissioner Erika McEntarfer will raise further scrutiny into the employment numbers released under the new leadership.

The president fired McEntarfer on Friday after suggesting that weaker-than-expected jobs report was “rigged.”

“When the numbers are good, he praises them,” Jonathan Lemire said on “Morning Joe” Monday. “When the numbers are bad, he gets angry, and he fires the person in charge.”

Earlier this year, Trump praised the bureau’s job reports – but after Friday’s numbers were released he said they were rigged in favor of Democrats, noting that he is looking for “an exceptional replacement” after he deemed the numbers subpar.

“This would have been unthinkable a decade ago befor

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