Partnership for Public Service statement on President Trump firing BLS commissioner

August 4, 2025

WASHINGTON – The nonpartisan, nonprofit Partnership for Public Service today released the following statement from President and CEO Max Stier on President Trump’s decision to fire Bureau of Labor Statistics Commissioner Dr. Erika McEntarfer over the results of the July jobs report: 

“The American people rely on a nonpartisan Bureau of Labor Statistics to help them make informed financial decisions and better understand our economic health. Having unbiased access to this information underpins public trust in our institutions. President Trump is once again destroying the credibility of our government by firing expert and nonpartisan officials because he does not like the facts that they present. Governments that go down this path find themselves in ugly territory very quickly.” 

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