Sen. Alex Padilla (D-Calif.) stated on Sunday he would assist an investigation into President Trump’s firing of the commissioner of the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS).
“I feel an investigation is actually so as,” Padilla stated in an interview on NBC Information’s ‘Meet the Press.”
Padilla famous he recently called for an investigation into potential violations of the Hatch Act associated to the White Home’s involvement within the GOP’s redistricting effort.
“The instance after instance of Donald Trump weaponizing, not simply the Division of Justice, however he is attempting to weaponize the Bureau of Labor Statistics,” Padilla stated.
Trump on Friday directed his workforce to fireplace BLS Commissioner Erika McEntarfer following a big jobs information revision that he blamed squarely on the appointee of former President Biden.
The roles report launched Friday confirmed a major downturn in Could and June of this yr, suggesting the U.S. added 258,000 fewer jobs over these months than had initially been reported.
Trump stated McEntarfer “faked the Jobs Numbers” earlier than the 2024 election as a way to enhance former Vice President Kamala Harris’s White Home bid, citing labor statistics revisions through the Biden administration that boosted job numbers forward of the election.
Padilla stated Trump’s resolution to fireplace the commissioner reveals the GOP’s nervousness in regards to the economic system.
“That tells you a large number about their insecurity in regards to the economic system and the state of financial affairs in America as a result of all the things that they are claiming to be true will not be true,” he stated.
“Costs are nonetheless going up. That is from a president who promised to convey costs down. And so the American individuals are feeling it. The impression of tariffs, $2,400 a yr for working households throughout the nation. That is the fact of tariffs.”