Trump fires Librarian of Congress Carla Hayden, longtime leader of Baltimore's library system

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

59% : " While Trump "wants to ban books and tell Americans what to read -- or not to read at all, Dr. Hayden has devoted her career to making reading and the pursuit of knowledge available to everyone," Heinrich added.
52% : At a gala Wednesday, Secretary of State Marco Rubio joked that he has assumed three other positions in the Trump administration as national security adviser, acting archivist and acting director of the U.S. Agency for International Development.
24% : Hayden, whose 10-year term was set to expire next year, had come under backlash from a conservative advocacy group that accused her and other library leaders of promoting children's books with "radical" content and literary material authored by Trump opponents.
21% : Connecticut Rep. Rosa DeLauro, D-District 3, the top Democrat on the House Appropriations Committee, said Hayden was "callously fired" by Trump and demanded an explanation from the administration as to why she was dismissed. House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-District 8, from New York, applauded Hayden as "an accomplished, principled and distinguished Librarian of Congress.
20% : The unexpected move by Trump infuriated congressional Democrats, who initially disclosed the firing.

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