Trump's new nominee to take over the Bureau of Labor Statistics is toast

[senseandsensibility]

According to CNN, the White House has sent paperwork to the Senate to withdraw the nomination of E.J. Antoni as head of the Bureau of Labor Statistics, according to three sources.

CNN's KFile reported earlier this month that Antoni 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 Trump.

Surprised that this was apparently a bridge too far for them.

[Irish_Dem]

1. Must have been something else we don't know about.

His background is perfect for the Trump Crime Syndicate.

[eppur_se_muova]

2. Concur. nt

[tblue37]

3. They need to learn how to freaking VETT their candidates first!

[subterranean]

4. What makes you think they didn't?

They probably knew about all this stuff and said, "You're our man."

It's possible a few Senate republicans expressed "concern," and said they weren't sure they could vote for him. I'm guessing that's why the nomination was withdrawn.

Not to worry, they'll no doubt find someone equally bad or worse to fill the position.

[senseandsensibility]

6. Yes, some Rs must have been threatening

not to vote for him. For some reason, this was their red line.

[newdeal2]

5. Why is this a dealbreaker in Trump world?

There must be some really bad stuff in his private messages or something.

[Ruby the Liberal]

18. My take was that it wasn't a dealbreaker at all

It was an excuse drummed up after the fact.

[GopherGal]

7. Or they discovered he's actually qualified for the position...

which is a complete no-go in Drumpf-Bizzarro World

[ananda]

10. That's what I have been thinking.

That he'll actually do the job...

[Wiz Imp]

17. Nope. He has proven in his past writings that he is

Completely ignorant of both statistics and economics. He's even more unqualified than most of Trump's appointees.

[Wiz Imp]

15. He's not remotely qualified. He's genuinely awful.

[Mblaze]

8. Trump doesn't want any competition.

[BlueWaveNeverEnd]

9. " but even conservative economists viewed him as unqualified and too partisan." unqualified ok for health secretary

not for financial roles

https://www.axios.com/2025/09/30/antoni-trump-bureau-of-labor-statistics-head-pulled-reports

[lame54]

11. Thought that was his resume

[progressoid]

12. I bet there is even worse dirt than twitter comments

That hasn't stopped them before.

[Gimpyknee]

13. Don't see anything Trump would find objectionable there.

[Skittles]

14. sounds like a standard Trump humper to me

there has to be more to it than this

[Wiz Imp]

16. Has anyone published those messages yet?

I have a feeling they are far worse than the typical MAGA stuff. I'm guessing several Republicans were too spooked to vote for him and said so - like what happened with Gaetz.