At her press briefing, Karoline Leavitt defended the firing of Librarian of Congress Carla Hayden.
Category
🗞
NewsTranscript
00:00I heard this yesterday. Not going to happen.
00:01Question on ceasefire. Has he got any reaction from Zelensky or Putin on the proposal for ceasefire?
00:06Is he satisfied by the reaction to that proposal?
00:09Not to my knowledge, but certainly if there is reaction and updates, I'm sure you'll hear directly from the President.
00:14Question. The President fired the Librarian of Congress. Why did he choose to do that?
00:18We felt she did not fit the needs of the American people.
00:21There were quite concerning things that she had done at the Library of Congress in the pursuit of DEI
00:26and putting inappropriate books in the library for children,
00:30and we don't believe that she was serving the interests of the American taxpayer well,
00:33so she has been removed from her position, and the President is well within his rights to do that.
00:37John.