{"id":27246,"date":"2025-05-09T19:40:26","date_gmt":"2025-05-09T19:40:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/?p=27246"},"modified":"2025-05-09T19:40:26","modified_gmt":"2025-05-09T19:40:26","slug":"trump-fires-librarian-of-congress-carla-hayden-in-abrupt-move-sending-democrats-into-a-frenzy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/?p=27246","title":{"rendered":"Trump fires Librarian of Congress Carla Hayden in abrupt move, sending Democrats into a frenzy"},"content":{"rendered":"

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President Trump unexpectedly fired Library of Congress head Carla Hayden on Thursday in a move that sent Democrats into a frenzy.<\/p>\n

Hayden \u2014 the first woman and black librarian of Congress \u2014 received an email from the White House\u2019s Presidential Personnel Office telling her she was terminated late Thursday.<\/p>\n

\u201cCarla,\u201d the email began. \u201cOn 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.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Dr. Carla Hayden, the librarian of Congress, attends the Library of Congress\u2019 \u201cThe Two Georges\u201d exhibition preview on March 25, 2025.Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Hayden, 72, was nominated by President Barack Obama and confirmed by the Senate in 2016 to head up the nation\u2019s oldest federal cultural institution.<\/p>\n

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Her 10-year term was going to expire next year \u2014 that is, until her abrupt firing late Thursday.<\/p>\n

A spokesperson for the Library of Congress confirmed that the White House told Hayden, who had been in charge of Baltimore\u2019s library system for decades before becoming the librarian of Congress, that she was fired.<\/p>\n

The sudden firing comes after accusations from conservative groups that Hayden promoted children\u2019s books with \u201cradical\u201d leftist agendas.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe current #LibrarianOfCongress Carla Hayden is woke, anti-Trump, and promotes trans-ing kids,\u201d the American Accountability Foundation tweeted earlier Thursday, just hours before the firing was made public. \u201cIt\u2019s time to get her OUT and hire a new guy for the job!\u201d<\/p>\n

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President Trump speaks during the swearing-in ceremony of special envoy Steve Witkoff in the Oval Office of the White House on May 6, 2025.REUTERS<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Hayden shakes hands with Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts after taking the oath of office in the Great Hall of the Library of Congress on Sept. 14, 2016.AP<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Democrats were outraged by the move. They credited Hayden for helping to modernize the library and make it more accessible through initiatives in rural communities and online.<\/p>\n

House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) applauded Hayden as \u201can accomplished, principled and distinguished Librarian of Congress.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cDonald Trump\u2019s 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,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Library of Congress is the People\u2019s Library. There will be accountability for this unprecedented assault on the American way of life sooner rather than later,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n

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The Library of Congress, located at the corner of 1st Street and Independence Avenue near the US Capitol and Supreme Court buildings in Washington, DC, on Dec. 19, 2013.<\/p>\n

Rep. Joseph Morelle (D-NY), the top Democrat on the House Administration Committee that oversees the library, called Hayden \u201can American hero.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Library of Congress contains a vast collection of the nation\u2019s books and history available to the public and lawmakers. It houses the papers of nearly two dozen presidents and more than three dozen Supreme Court justices.<\/p>\n

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