To the editor : Another headline for this story could be, “President Trump fires competent government official because he didn’t like her accurate jobs report” ( “A raging Trump digs in on his trade war, fires official after brutal jobs report,” Aug. 1). Or, as some say, he’s shooting the messenger because he doesn’t like seeing job numbers that reflect a damaged economy.

Erika McEntarfer is a career civil servant known for her professionalism and accuracy who has worked as a labor economist for the federal government for two decades and was approved as commissioner of the Bureau of Labor Statistics by the Senate in a bipartisan 86-8 vote. Even current Vice President JD Vance and Secretary of State Marco Rubio voted for her .

Dismissing data, facts and professional opinions, Tru

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