From Daily Signal:

President Donald Trump was right to fire BLS Commissioner Erika McEntarfer, a Biden appointee, for these mistakes, even if they were the result of systemic flaws, not partisanship. Antoni, whom Trump nominated as her replacement on Monday, can restore integrity and precision to our most critical economic data agency.

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Critics claim Antoni is under-credentialed for the position. For instance, a Wednesday Wall Street Journal article unfavorably pointed out the number of academic citations Antoni has received compared to McEntarfer. Yet there’s literally no one outside the ivory tower of academia who cares about citation numbers.

The reality is that conservatives rarely climb the traditional academic ladder—not because of a lack of skill or scholarship, but because universities, especially in the social sciences, overwhelmingly deny tenure to right-leaning scholars. It’s a vicious cycle: Conservatives are shut out of faculty jobs, which in turn means they don’t accumulate the “elite”