1. United States
2. Calif.
3. Letter

Trump has announced he is nominating EJ Antoni, the chief economist at the Heritage Foundation, as the next commissioner of the Bureau of Labor Statistics. I oppose this nomination. Antoni is not only unqualified for the job, he’s a highly partisan operator who can’t be trusted to report the facts. Getting solid, nonpartisan economic statistics from the government is critical for the economy. Posting inaccurate job numbers will wreck the reputation of an independent agency long seen as the gold standard. The Senator should vote no and demand that Trump reinstate Commissioner McEntarfer, who was doing an excellent job.