Democrats are in an uproar over President Donald Trump’s decision to fire the first black woman to serve as Librarian of Congress.
Librarian Carla Hayden, 72, was appointed to the position in 2016, and had one year left in her 10-year term. She was also the first professional librarian to serve as Librarian of Congress since the 1970s.
Hayden was informed of her termination by email from the White House Office of Presidential Personnel. The little known office has purged thousands of federal employees from the government’s payroll since Trump was sworn in.
The email said Hayden’s service was “terminated effective immediately.”
Hayden was the target of a group called the American Accountability Foundation (AAF) that accused her of being too “woke”.
The group accused Hayden of being anti-Trump and promoting Drag Queen Story Hour where drag queens read books to children in libraries across the country.
The group accused Hayden of “trans-ing kids” in a post on X on Thursday, May 8. Hours later, Hayden was terminated from her position.
AAF tweeted: “The current #LibrarianOfCongress Carla Hayden is woke, anti-Trump, and promotes trans-ing kids. It’s time to get her OUT and hire a new guy for the job!”
On Thursday night, the group tweeted, “THANK YOU @POTUS !!!! Woke & radical Librarian of Congress Carla Hayden has been fired!”
The White House defended President Trump’s decision to fire Hayden because she “did not fit the needs of the American people.”
White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt accused Hayden of having put “inappropriate books for children” in the library.
“We don’t believe that she was serving the interests of the American taxpayer well, so she has been removed from her position, and the President is well within his rights to do that,” Leavitt said.
