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4. The numbers don't lie just because Grump doesn't like them.

Reply to imanamerican63 (Original post)

Fri Aug 1, 2025, 05:47 PM

Aug 2025

"The statistics are what they are," Republican Senator Cynthia Lummis of Wyoming told CBS News. "It's not the statistician's fault if the numbers are accurate and that they're not what the president had hoped for."

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-fires-commissioner-of-labor-statistics-july-jobs-report-erika-mcentarfer/

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