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Trump fires Librarian of Congress Carla Hayden in abrupt move, sending Democrats into a frenzy

May 9, 2025
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President Donald Trump unexpectedly fired Library of Congress head Carla Hayden on Thursday in a move that sent Democrats into a frenzy.

Hayden — the first woman and black Librarian of Congress — received an email from the White House’s Presidential Personnel Office telling her she was terminated late Thursday, according to the Associated Press. 

“Carla,” the email began. “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.” 

Dr. Carla Hayden, the Librarian of Congress, attends the Library of Congress “The Two Georges” exhibition preview on March 25, 2025. Getty Images

Hayden, 72, was nominated by former President Barack Obama and confirmed by the Senate in 2016 to head up the nation’s oldest federal cultural institution. 

Her 10-year term was going to expire next year, that is, until her abrupt firing late Thursday night. 

A spokesperson for the Library of Congress confirmed that the White House told Hayden, who had been in charge of Baltimore’s library system for decades before becoming the Librarian of Congress, that she was fired.

The sudden firing comes after accusations from conservative groups that Hayden promoted children’s books with “radical” leftist agendas.

“The current #LibrarianOfCongress Carla Hayden is woke, anti-Trump, and promotes trans-ing kids,” the American Accountability Foundation tweeted 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!”

President Donald Trump speaks during the swearing-in ceremony of Special Envoy Steve Witkoff in the Oval Office of the White House on May 6, 2025.
President Donald 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
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.
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

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.

House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) 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,” he said.

“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,” he added.

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.
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. AP

Rep. Joseph Morelle of New York, the top Democrat on the House Administration Committee that oversees the Library, called Hayden “an American hero.” 

The Library of Congress contains a vast collection of the nation’s 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.

The post Trump fires Librarian of Congress Carla Hayden in abrupt move, sending Democrats into a frenzy appeared first on New York Post.

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