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With new accusations, Trump's labor statistics nominee goes from bad to worse
E.J. Antoni’s nomination was already dreadful. New reporting about his alleged social media habits makes it vastly worse.
"With new accusations, Trump’s labor statistics nominee goes from bad to worse.
— TheBlackPage (Woke, DEI forever against fascism) (@theblackpage.bsky.social) 2025-09-05T22:11:26.280Z
E.J. Antoni’s nomination was already dreadful. New reporting about his alleged social media habits makes it vastly worse."
www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddo...
https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/maddowblog/ej-antoni-labor-statistics-trump-nominee-bls-rcna229399
Just when it seemed Antoni’s record couldn’t get much worse, NBC News reported that the BLS nominee was also among the crowd outside the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021.
It’s against this backdrop that CNN reported:
While the reporting hasn’t been independently verified by MSNBC or NBC News, CNN’s report does dovetail with a recent report from Wired magazine that highlighted, among other things, apparent Antoni posts referencing conspiracy theories related to Covid and the 2020 election, and references to weapons used by Nazi Germany in World War II.......
UPDATE (September 5, 2025, 4:49 p.m. ET): Responding to the latest reporting, Democratic Sen. Patty Murray of Washington, a senior member and former chair of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee, said in a written statement:
“E.J. Antoni is seriously unwell — he is apparently a disturbed, hateful, conspiracy-driven man who does not belong in government. Not only is he an unqualified, partisan hack but apparently he has been a prolific promoter of vile, hate-filled screeds against women, sexual abuse survivors, and anyone who disagrees with Donald Trump. E.J. Antoni should withdraw his nomination immediately, and this kind of revolting behavior should be a red line for all Senators. Every Republican Senator should be asked about these comments and whether they trust Antoni’s judgment. Any Senator who considers voting to confirm him should understand: a vote for Antoni is not only a vote against America’s economic stability and the credibility of our jobs data, but the implicit endorsement of hateful, disgusting, and backward ideas that belong in the garbage heap of history.”
It’s against this backdrop that CNN reported:
President Donald Trump’s nominee to lead the Bureau of Labor Statistics operated a since-deleted Twitter account that featured sexually degrading attacks on Kamala Harris, derogatory remarks about gay people, conspiracy theories, and crude insults aimed at critics of President Donald Trump. ... [Antoni] posted the comments from approximately 2017 through 2020 under a series of usernames and display names. CNN verified that all of Antoni’s posts came from the same Twitter account and that the posts from the anonymous aliases shared strikingly similar biographical details as Antoni.
While the reporting hasn’t been independently verified by MSNBC or NBC News, CNN’s report does dovetail with a recent report from Wired magazine that highlighted, among other things, apparent Antoni posts referencing conspiracy theories related to Covid and the 2020 election, and references to weapons used by Nazi Germany in World War II.......
UPDATE (September 5, 2025, 4:49 p.m. ET): Responding to the latest reporting, Democratic Sen. Patty Murray of Washington, a senior member and former chair of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee, said in a written statement:
“E.J. Antoni is seriously unwell — he is apparently a disturbed, hateful, conspiracy-driven man who does not belong in government. Not only is he an unqualified, partisan hack but apparently he has been a prolific promoter of vile, hate-filled screeds against women, sexual abuse survivors, and anyone who disagrees with Donald Trump. E.J. Antoni should withdraw his nomination immediately, and this kind of revolting behavior should be a red line for all Senators. Every Republican Senator should be asked about these comments and whether they trust Antoni’s judgment. Any Senator who considers voting to confirm him should understand: a vote for Antoni is not only a vote against America’s economic stability and the credibility of our jobs data, but the implicit endorsement of hateful, disgusting, and backward ideas that belong in the garbage heap of history.”