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senseandsensibility

(24,163 posts) Tue Sep 30, 2025, 06:17 PM Sep 30

Trump's new nominee to take over the Bureau of Labor Statistics is toast [View all]

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.

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Trump's new nominee to take over the Bureau of Labor Statistics is toast [View all] senseandsensibility Sep 30 OP

Must have been something else we don't know about. Irish_Dem Sep 30 #1

Concur. nt eppur_se_muova Sep 30 #2

They need to learn how to freaking VETT their candidates first! tblue37 Sep 30 #3

What makes you think they didn't? subterranean Sep 30 #4

Yes, some Rs must have been threatening senseandsensibility Sep 30 #6

Why is this a dealbreaker in Trump world? newdeal2 Sep 30 #5

My take was that it wasn't a dealbreaker at all Ruby the Liberal Oct 1 #18

Or they discovered he's actually qualified for the position... GopherGal Sep 30 #7

That's what I have been thinking. ananda Sep 30 #10

Nope. He has proven in his past writings that he is Wiz Imp Sep 30 #17

He's not remotely qualified. He's genuinely awful. Wiz Imp Sep 30 #15

Trump doesn't want any competition. Mblaze Sep 30 #8

" but even conservative economists viewed him as unqualified and too partisan." unqualified ok for health secretary BlueWaveNeverEnd Sep 30 #9

Thought that was his resume lame54 Sep 30 #11

I bet there is even worse dirt than twitter comments progressoid Sep 30 #12

Don't see anything Trump would find objectionable there. Gimpyknee Sep 30 #13

sounds like a standard Trump humper to me Skittles Sep 30 #14

Has anyone published those messages yet? Wiz Imp Sep 30 #16