White House Spokesman: Job Trutherism Is ‘Utter Nonsense’

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White House spokesman Josh Earnest pushed back against conspiracy theories from conservatives who believe Friday’s jobs report showing a decline in the unemployment rate was a fake. 

“They’re utter nonsense. Anybody, any serious person who has any familiarity with how these numbers are tabulated understands that these are career employees at the Bureau of Labor Statistics that are responsible for compiling and analyzing these numbers and they do that on their own,” he said.

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