Trump fires longtime Librarian of Congress Carla Hayden

[highplainsdem]

Source: CBS

President Trump has fired longtime Librarian of Congress Carla Hayden, a congressional source confirmed to CBS News.

Hayden was fired in an email Thursday from Trent Morse, deputy director of presidential personnel.

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The move was blasted by Democratic House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, who called the "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."

Hayden has been the librarian of Congress since 2016. She was first woman and African American to hold the position.

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Read more: https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-fires-longtime-librarian-of-congress-carla-hayden/

[mahatmakanejeeves]

1. If she was the Librarian of Congress, show could Trump fire her? NT

[muriel_volestrangler]

10. It is a president-nominated, and Senate-approved, position

https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2016/07/14/485992207/senate-approves-carla-hayden-as-new-librarian-of-congress

So perhaps he did have the power to fire her too. She only had one year of her ten left, but Trump is all about performative bigotry, so he had to fire the Black woman.

[hadEnuf]

2. I was wondering what the excuse for Trump firing her was.

Then I read she is African-American.

Open racism. No other reason.

[LudwigPastorius]

4. She was appointed by Obama.

But yeah, racism foremost...

[Lovie777]

3. Are the GQP going to burn it down?....

[Initech]

5. They're going to burn it down and replace it with some bizarre neo-serfdom kingdom.

Complete with sweatshops, reeducation, and death / wellness camps. Education? No more public education for anybody, only private education for the worthy, featuring carefully selected curriculums that teach white nationalism and MAGA. Healthcare? Dealt out by church to who they deem worthy. Jobs and housing only go to those who kiss the MAGA ring and wave the flag enough. Which is absolutely insane.

[Prof. Toru Tanaka]

6. I seriously doubt Donnie Twodolls thought of this on his own.

I doubt he even knew the Library of Congress existed before one of his psychophants informed him that the librarian of Congress was an African-American woman.

[NJCher]

7. He thought she was the

Lie-berian. You know, the one who issues daily reports on the # of lies he tells each day.

[riversedge]

8. "The current #LibrarianOfCongress Carla Hayden is woke, anti-Trump, and promotes trans-ing kids," AAF said on its X acco

Any Federal worker is subject to this cruel firing by Trump and his gang--anyone!!




https://apnews.com/article/donald-trump-library-of-congress-carla-hayden-20a1862ce6d2e0d51a84a37b264ce2ef
............Hayden, whose 10-year term was set to expire next year, had come under backlash from a conservative advocacy group that had vowed to root out those standing in the way of Trump’s agenda. The group, American Accountability Foundation, accused her and other library leaders of promoting children’s books with “radical” content and literary material authored by Trump opponents.

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

[GiqueCee]

9. "... first woman and African American..."

... tells you all you need to know about the decision. Trump's depraved racism rears its ugly head yet again. This repulsive homunculus masquerading as a human being is bad enough; that it is writhing about in a fist-waving, flatfooted dance while it perverts the presidency is unforgivable. Every Republican that Satan ever defecated must be held responsible for this obscene travesty.

[GenThePerservering]

11. "It's time to get her OUT and hire a new guy for the job!"

Yeah, some mediocre white male with a 6th grade reading level.