Trump Abruptly Fires Librarian of Congress

Friday, May 09, 2025

President Donald Trump has fired Carla Hayden, the longtime head of the Library of Congress, in a move that Democratic lawmakers panned as "callous" and "ignorant."

Posted by reinheitsgebot at 12:31 PM | 14 COMMENTS | permalink

BREAKING: President Trump just fired our nation's Librarian. My statement here:

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-- Senator Martin Heinrich (@heinrich.senate.gov) May 8, 2025 at 9:09 PM

Comments

#1 | Posted by C0RI0LANUS at 2025-05-09 03:27 AM

I'm not seeing any reason for why she was fired. Hmmmmm I wonder what could it be?

#2 | Posted by Derek_Wildstar at 2025-05-09 12:47 PM

I didn't realize the President chooses the Congress's librarian. I would have guessed Congress chooses their librarian.

#3 | Posted by snoofy at 2025-05-09 12:53 PM

" She was appointed in 2016 by President Barack Obama and sworn in on Sept. 14, 2016."

Of course he fired her, gotta make room for some Fox News person who wants to rewrite American history from a more Aryan perspective.

#4 | Posted by danni at 2025-05-09 12:59 PM

I'm not seeing any reason for why she was fired.

I don't either. Must be just the skin tone.

#5 | Posted by REDIAL at 2025-05-09 01:02 PM

Gee, I wonder if the fact it's a black woman that Obama appointed has anything to do with it.

#6 | Posted by morris at 2025-05-09 01:09 PM

"I would have guessed Congress chooses their librarian."

Good point but the Republicans in the HHouse are too cowardly to evwn bring it up.

#7 | Posted by danni at 2025-05-09 01:09 PM

Good point but the Republicans in the HHouse are too cowardly to evwn bring it up.

They are too busy mis-spelling "Gulf of Mexico".

#8 | Posted by REDIAL at 2025-05-09 01:27 PM

I mean, she had less than a year left in her 10-year term. Trump could have simply waited, but then he would not have seemed sufficiently mean spirited enough to the MAGA crowd as she was an obvious DEI hire, despite the fact that Dr. Hayden was an actual librarian, unlike most of the people who've held that position in the past.

OCU

#9 | Posted by OCUser at 2025-05-09 02:36 PM

#9 I agree with you.

#10 | Posted by gracieamazed at 2025-05-09 02:41 PM

I would have guessed Congress chooses their librarian.
#3 | POSTED BY SNOOFY

Congress has been fully neutered.

Their only job seems to renaming bodies of water.

#11 | Posted by ClownShack at 2025-05-09 02:46 PM

seems to be renaming bodies of water

#12 | Posted by ClownShack at 2025-05-09 02:47 PM

Republicants are all cowardly -----.

#13 | Posted by LegallyYourDead at 2025-05-09 06:45 PM