Overview

• CNN’s KFile linked a since-deleted X account to E.J. Antoni that featured sexually degrading remarks about Kamala Harris, anti-LGBTQ slurs, and conspiracy content posted under multiple aliases it says it verified.
• The White House defended Antoni’s nomination in statements emphasizing a mandate to “restore trust” in BLS reports and modernize data collection, without addressing the posts identified by reporters.
• Antoni, a Heritage Foundation economist associated with the Project 2025 agenda, has promoted positions critical of current labor statistics practices, including interest in shifting away from monthly jobs reports, according to prior reporting.
• NBC News and CNN report Antoni appeared on the Capitol grounds on January 6, 2021, and describe him as a bystander, with no evidence he entered the building.
• The nomination follows President Trump’s firing of BLS Commissioner Erika McEntarfer, and senators, including Democrats on the HELP Committee, are preparing to question Antoni’s qualifications and neutrality.