Hello there, everybody. It is 4 o'clock in the East. I am Stephanie Rule in for Nicole Wallace,

and we start with breaking news following a disappointing new jobs report that showed cracks in the labor market.

Donald Trump decided he didn't like that message. So he went out and shot the messenger. Just a short time ago on social media, he made an alarming announcement that he directed the firing of the head of the Bureau of Labor Statistics. In his post, Trump attacked Commissioner Erica McIntyrere, excuse me, claiming that the jobs numbers

were, quote, being produced

by a Biden appointee.

He insisted, without any evidence,

quote, we need accurate jobs numbers.

She will be replaced

with someone much more competent

and qualified.

Important numbers like this

must be fair and accurate.

They can be manipulated

for political purposes.

End quote. It is here we should note that she was confirmed by the Senate in an 86-8 vote.

Then Senator, now Vice President, J.D. Vance, was one of those 86 as well.

I want to show the moment our colleagues over at CNBC found out about this firing

and tore the president's reasoning to absolute shreds. Let's tee up the most ridiculous

conspiracy of all time, okay? I got a few. That nothing to do with the jobs numbers. I can assure you.

No, but let's do it.

Let's do it.

You have an election happening.

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