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ABC: Trump White House refused to provide guest to talk about poor jobs report [View all]
Source: Raw Story
August 3, 2025 9:38AM ET
The Trump administration declined to provide a guest to ABC News after the leader of the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) was fired over a poor jobs report.
On Sunday, This Week host George Stephanopoulos revealed that ABC had contacted the White House after President Donald Trump fired BLS Commissioner Erika McEntarfer.
"After the president fired the head of the BLS on Friday, we invited the White House to provide a guest to respond," the host explained. "They declined."
Instead, Stephanopoulos spoke to former Treasury Secretary Larry Summers about the BLS shakeup.
Read more: https://www.rawstory.com/abc-trump-jobs-report/
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