Former U.S. Treasury Secretary Larry Summers on Sunday said President Trump's decision to fire the commissioner of the Bureau of Labor Statistics following a dismal jobs report is "way beyond anything that Richard Nixon ever did."

During an appearance on ABC News's "This Week," Summers slammed the decision to fire Erika McEntarfer and said it was worse than the firings made by former President Nixon, who notably fired the special prosecutor investigating the Watergate scandal, with others submitting their resignations alongside him. While Nixon was not impeached, he eventually resigned over the scandal.

"This is way beyond anything that Richard Nixon ever did," he said. "I'm surprised that other officials have not responded by resigning themselves as took place when Richard Nixon fired........

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