"And the updates, though part of a routine process, will be taking place in a political environment where both sides have at times expressed skepticism of government economic statistics."
I call BS on the both sidesism. The Democrats have NEVER questioned these numbers produced at the Department of Labor who produce these numbers. The only ones who have ever questioned them are Republicans. As one who has worked directly with many of those DOL employees, I know they have always been of the utmost integrity and the data they produced 100% honest.
Years ago, Republicans started to engage in a smear campaign against the DOL numbers because they didn't like the fact that they honestly showed positive economic conditions. They knew what they were doing. They wanted to stoke distrust in the numbers from their gullible voters. Isn't it funny how they never questioned them during the Trump administration?
It is beyond insulting that the media would try to portray this as a "both sides do it" situation." That claim is 100% false. I have to assume this was done to head off concerns that moving forward Democrats are concerned that for the first time ever, those DOL employees will be forced to no longer report honestly, but rather report only numbers sanctioned by the Trump administration. Given all the unlawful and unethical things be done by Trump and Musk in just the past 2 1/2 weeks, can anyone blame Democrats for being concerned that they will no longer be able to rely on the honesty and integrity of the DOL data?
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