Trump Abruptly Fires Librarian Of Congress Carla Hayden | EUROtoday

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump abruptly fired Librarian of Congress Carla Hayden on Thursday because the White House continues to purge the federal authorities of these perceived to oppose the president and his agenda.

Hayden was notified in an e-mail late Thursday from the White House’s Presidential Personnel Office, in accordance with an e-mail obtained by The Associated Press. Confirmed by the Senate to the job in 2016, Hayden was the primary lady and the primary African American to be librarian of Congress.

“Carla,” the e-mail started. “On behalf of President Donald J. Trump, I am writing to inform you that your position as the Librarian of Congress is terminated effective immediately. Thank you for your service.” A spokesperson for the Library of Congress confirmed that the White House advised Hayden she was dismissed.

Hayden, whose 10-year time period was set to run out subsequent 12 months, had come beneath backlash from a conservative advocacy group that accused her and different library leaders of selling youngsters’s books with “radical” content material and literary materials authored by Trump opponents.

“The current #LibrarianOfCongress Carla Hayden is woke, anti-Trump, and promotes trans-ing kids,” the group, American Accountability Foundation, mentioned on its X account earlier Thursday, simply hours earlier than the firing was made public. “It’s time to get her OUT and hire a new guy for the job!”

The surprising transfer infuriated congressional Democrats, who initially disclosed the firing.

Connecticut Rep. Rosa DeLauro, the highest Democrat on the House Appropriations Committee, mentioned Hayden was “callously fired” by Trump and demanded a proof from the administration as to why she was dismissed.

House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y., applauded Hayden as “an accomplished, principled and distinguished Librarian of Congress.”

“Donald Trump’s unjust decision to fire Dr. Hayden in an email sent by a random political hack is a disgrace and the latest in his ongoing effort to ban books, whitewash American history and turn back the clock,” Jeffries mentioned. “The Library of Congress is the People’s Library. There will be accountability for this unprecedented assault on the American way of life sooner rather than later.”

At a gala Wednesday, Secretary of State Marco Rubio joked that he has assumed three different positions within the Trump administration as nationwide safety adviser, performing archivist and performing director of the U.S. Agency for International Development. During his remarks on the Congressional Hispanic Leadership Institute occasion, he mentioned main the Library of Congress “would be a good job,” then paused and jokingly proposed Florida Rep. Mario Diaz-Balart for the place.

“You know what would be good? Library of Congress. That would be a good job,” Rubio mentioned. “Acting librarian Mario Diaz-Balart. Do you want it?”