The Trump administration is abruptly fires the congress librarian

The White House has released the Congress Librarian Carla Hayden, who has held the position since 2016.

A spokeswoman for the library of the congress confirmed on Friday, May 9th, dismissal towards people. “Last night the White House informed the librarian of the Congress Carla Hayden that it was relieved of its position,” the explanation said.

Trent Morse, deputy director of the presidential staff, informed Hayden in an email with two Sentenz, which was received by NBC News, CBS News and Politico and shared with Congress Democrats. The New York Times In the e -mail, a screenshot of Senator Martin Heinrich from New Mexico, who wrote on social media, also reported that Hayden was released on Thursday at 6:56 p.m.

“In the name of President Donald J. Trump, I write to inform you that your position as a librarian of the congress is immediately ended,” says E -Mail, according to CBS News. “Thanks for your service.”

The deputy, deputy librarian Robert Newlen, wrote to the employees in an e -mail that he “would take on the tasks of the incumbent librarian of the congress until further instructions” according to Hayden's discharge in accordance with NBC news.

Hayden is released before her 10-year term in 2026 expired, as appointed by President Barack Obama in 2016 and checked the Senate in the same year with a 74:18 vote. She was the first woman and African American who held the position, as well as the 14th person who ever did this.

As reported by NBC News, the conservative non -profit American Accountability Foundation aimed at Hayden before her release and accused them of promoting access to titles via “radical gender identity”. From the outlet it is clear that their discharge only a few days after her statement on Tuesday, both in the committee of the Senate requirements and in the committee of the property management, where it discussed the efforts to optimize the systems and employees of the library.

According to the website of the Library of Congress, Hayden's vision for the institution “The Mission of the Library has redefined and modernized: to inspire and inform the congress and the American people with a universal and permanent source of knowledge and creativity”. During her time in the website, according to the website, she invested in the infrastructure and digitization efforts in information technology and has initiated opportunities for municipalities that were underrepresented in his collections in order to “engage” and add its perspectives.

Before that, from 1993 she worked as a CEO of Enoch Pratt Free Library in Baltimore and also worked in the Chicago Public Library and the University of Pittsburgh. From 2003 to 2004 she was in particular the President of the American Library Association.

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In the meantime, several Democrats have expressed their frustrations about the recent step of the Trump government to remove the head of a federal institution, now months after Trump had announced separate efforts to make the Kennedy Center “great” by naming himself. Among the critics, Hakeem Jeffries, the leader of the house minority, referred to the recent decision “unfair”.

“Dr. Carla Hayden is an accomplished, fundamental and respected congress librarian. Their historical term has brought the institution to new heights, and I am grateful for her incredible service,” said Jeffries in a statement. “Donald Trump's unjust decision to dismiss Dr. Hayden in an e -mail sent by a random political hack is a shame and the latest in his constant efforts to ban books, to ban American history Whitwash and to turn the clock back.”

“The Congress Library is the Volksbibliothek. It will soon be a responsibility for this unprecedented attack on the American lifestyle,” continued his statement.

Similarly, Chuck Schumer, Chairman of the Senate Minister, described the government's obvious decision “the recent excursion in his relentless campaign in order to reduce the guardrails of our democracy and to punish public servants who do not bow to every sake”.

“Enough enough. Just as we have blamed the architect of the Capitol, we have to assert our priority of the congress by using the position of the congress librarian appointed by a congress commission -not by presidents who treat federal people such as reality TV prices,” Schumer wrote in an explanation. “Dr. Hayden is a pioneer, a scholar and a public servant of the highest order. She brought integrity, vision and truth into the library of the congress. The fact that she is displaced by a man who knows more about the sowing of the split is an insult not only for her, but for every American who appreciates facts, history and truth.”