WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Senator Jack Reed is calling for a special investigation into President Trump’s abrupt firing of the Commissioner of the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) following a jobs report that shows the economic damage sparked by Trump’s tariffs and failing fiscal policy.

Reed, a member of the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies, which funds BLS, says Trump unfairly terminated BLS chief Erika McEntarfer and is actively seeking to undermine the integrity of U.S. economic data to the detriment of all Americans.

“President Trump’s policies are what’s slowing down the economy, not the independent statistician charged with releasing the numbers,” said Senator Reed. “This unwarranted firing sets a dangerous precedent, erodes investor confidence, and undermines BLS’s critical mission and Americans’ trust in our economic data.”

Without a shred of evidence to back his outlandish claim, President Trump wrote on Truth Social that BLS’s jobs numbers were “RIGGED in order to make the Republicans, and ME, look bad” and contended the U.S. economy, which has been buffeted by Trump's destabilizing tariff taxes, is “BOOMING” on his watch.

Citing the need for accurate, objective statistics in order for lawmakers to effectively do their jobs and for businesses and investors to make informed decisions, Reed stated: “President Trump’s attempts to politicize BLS by firing people for providing accurate statistics jeopardizes the U.S. economy. President Trump seems to think he can cheat on U.S. economic data the way he cheats at golf, but he’s putting our economy at serious risk. Congress needs to exercise its oversight responsibilities and investigate this matter to ensure BLS is not unfairly politicized or manipulated.”

During an appearance on ABC News’s This Week, former U.S. Treasury Secretary Larry Summers said President Trump’s decision to fire the commissioner of the Bureau of Labor Statistics was “way beyond anything that Richard Nixon ever did.”

Summers called Trump’s accusation that BLS rigged the numbers “preposterous” and said: “There’s no conceivable way that the head of the BLS could have manipulated this number. The numbers are in line with what we’re seeing from all kinds of private sector sources.”

And William Beach, a former BLS commissioner appointed by President Trump during his first term, co-signed a letter by the Friends of the Bureau of Labor Statistics calling the rationale for McEntarfer’s firing “without merit”.