Washington (AP) – US President Donald Trump dismissed abruptly to the Library of Congress, Carla Hayden, while the White House continues to expel those whom he perceives as opponents of the President and his agenda.
Hayden was notified in an email sent Thursday afternoon by the Office of Presidential Personnel of the White House, according to an email obtained by The Associated Press. Confirmed by the Senate for the position in 2016, it was the first woman and the first Afro -American to be a library of Congress.
“Carla,” Email began. “On behalf of President Donald J. Trump, I write to inform you that your position as a library of Congress ends with immediate effect. Thank you for your service.” A spokesman for the Congress Library confirmed that the White House informed Hayden to be fired.
Hayden, whose ten -year mandate would expire next year, faced criticism from a conservative defense group that promised to eradicate those who get in the path of the Trump agenda. The group, called American Accountability Foundation (AAF), accused her and other leaders of the Library to promote children’s books with “radical” content and literary material written by opponents of Trump.
“The current #BibiotecariadelCongreso Carla Hayden is Woke, is Anti-Trump and promotes transsexuality among children,” said the AAF in its X account on Thursday morning, a few hours before the dismissal became public. “It’s time to get it out and hire a new type for work!”
Throughout the government, Trump has eliminated officials who, in his opinion, do not align with his agenda, from the Department of Justice to the Pentagon and beyond. Sometimes, layoffs occur when conservative voices point to officials to criticize them.
On Thursday morning, the interim administrator of the Federal Agency for Emergency Management (FEMA) was expelled a day after declaring that he did not agree with the proposals to dismantle the organization. Trump has suggested that each state, and not the FEMA, should lead the response to hurricanes, tornadoes and other crises.
In the Pentagon, more than half a dozen general general officers have been fired since January, including the president of the Joint Chiefs, General CQ Brown Jr. The only two women who served as four -star officers, as well as a disproportionate number of high -ranking female officers, were also fired.
-The unexpected movement of Thursday against Hayden enraged the Democrats of Congress, who initially revealed the dismissal.
“Enough already,” said Senate Democratic leader Chuck Schumer, who said that Hayden was “a pioneer, an academic and a first -order public servant.”
The Connecticut representative, Rosa Delauro, the main democrat in the Chamber Assignments Committee, said that Hayden was “farewell insensitively” by Trump and demanded an explanation of the administration on why she was separated from the position.
“Hayden has dedicated his entire career to serve people, from helping children learn to read to protect some of the most precious treasures of our nation,” said representative Joseph Morelle in New York, the main Democrat in the Chamber Administration Committee that supervises the library.
“It’s an American heroine,” he said.
The Congress Library, with its majestic buildings in front of the United States Capitol, houses a vast collection of books and history of the Nation, which makes available to the public and legislators. It contains the documents of almost two dozen presidents and more than three dozen judges of the Supreme Court.
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This story was translated from English by an AP editor with the help of a generative artificial intelligence tool.
