Labor Secretary Lori Chavez-DeRemer on Friday defended President Donald Trump’s decision to fire the director of the Bureau of Labor Statistics. 

Trump on Friday removed the head of the agency that produces the monthly jobs figures after a report showed hiring slowed in July and was much weaker in May and June than previously reported.

Trump, in a post on his social media platform, alleged that the figures were manipulated for political reasons and said that Erika McEntarfer, the director of the Bureau of Labor Statistics who was appointed by former President Joe Biden, should be fired.

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