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muriel_volestrangler

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10. It is a president-nominated, and Senate-approved, position

Reply to mahatmakanejeeves (Reply #1)

Fri May 9, 2025, 07:18 AM

May 9

https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2016/07/14/485992207/senate-approves-carla-hayden-as-new-librarian-of-congress

So perhaps he did have the power to fire her too. She only had one year of her ten left, but Trump is all about performative bigotry, so he had to fire the Black woman.

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Trump fires longtime Librarian of Congress Carla Hayden [View all] highplainsdem May 8 OP

If she was the Librarian of Congress, show could Trump fire her? NT mahatmakanejeeves May 8 #1

It is a president-nominated, and Senate-approved, position muriel_volestrangler May 9 #10

I was wondering what the excuse for Trump firing her was. hadEnuf May 8 #2

She was appointed by Obama. LudwigPastorius May 8 #4

Are the GQP going to burn it down?.... Lovie777 May 8 #3

They're going to burn it down and replace it with some bizarre neo-serfdom kingdom. Initech May 8 #5

I seriously doubt Donnie Twodolls thought of this on his own. Prof. Toru Tanaka May 9 #6

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"... first woman and African American..." GiqueCee May 9 #9

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