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Don’t Boot the Messenger: Trump Fires Jobs Report Chief

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ABC News

News, Daily News, Politics

4.56.4K Ratings

🗓️ 4 August 2025

⏱️ 31 minutes

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President Trump fires the official who published a disappointing jobs report. Texas Democrats flee the state to stymie efforts to change congressional district maps. And a government agency investigates former Special Counsel Jack Smith.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:49.9

It's Monday, August 4th.

0:51.8

Numbers don't lie unless the number crunchers are scared of their boss.

0:56.0

We start here.

0:59.0

President Trump dismisses a disappointing jobs report, then fires the person in charge of releasing it.

1:05.0

What President Trump is doing is shooting the messenger.

1:08.0

This sent shockwaves throughout the economic world this weekend.

1:11.3

We'll explain why.

1:12.9

Texas Republicans want to dramatically reshape their congressional map.

1:16.9

Now Democrats are fleeing the state to avoid it.

1:19.9

My Democratic colleagues and I have just left our beloved state.

1:23.6

This has implications for Congress no matter where you live.

1:26.5

And the special counsel who investigated Donald Trump is now being investigated himself.

1:31.1

This is an office that does not typically investigate former government employees.

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