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After Trump’s Firing of BLS Commissioner, Republicans Fall in Line With His Criticism

President Trump’s decision to fire the head of the Bureau of Labor Statistics forced his allies into the awkward spot of criticizing an agency they had freely cited in the past.

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President Trump in Allentown, Pa., on Sunday. He has a pattern of accepting results that benefit him and denigrating those he dislikes as being rigged or part of a scam.
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