In true authoritarian fashion, Trump, confronted by evidence of his failures, fired the labor statistics chief for doing her job and telling the truth.
It’s dangerously insane to set the credibility of government statistics on fire to satisfy presidential whims.
This isn’t how Americans govern; it’s how despots rule. https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/maddowblog/trump-responds-failure-create-jobs-firing-us-labor-statistics-chief-rcna222532
Steve Benen
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