President Trump alleges the August jobs report was rigged to harm Republicans, accusing BLS Commissioner Dr. Erika McEntarfer of manipulating data for political gain. He cites downward revisions of previous months' job numbers as evidence. However, the BLS revisions are standard practice, and a former BLS commissioner under Trump stated that data manipulation by the commissioner is impossible. Trump's claims are unsubstantiated and contradict factual data from the BLS.

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