President Donald Trump said Friday he had ordered the firing of Erika McEntarfer, the head of the Bureau of Labor Statistics who was appointed by his predecessor Joe Biden, hours after her office released data showing sluggish job growth over the past four months.

Irked by a steep downward revision to the jobs data, U.S. President Donald Trump recommended the firing of Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) Commissioner Erika McEntarfer, and on Sunday, he doubled down on his criticism of her.

Democrats condemned President Donald Trump’s call to fire the head of the Labor Department official in charge of producing jobs data after the latest report showed job growth lower than expected. Trump’s social media post demanding the firing of Commissioner of Labor Statistics Erika McEntarfer was met with swift criticism from Democratic leaders,