Calls Grow to Fire Obama-Appointed Carla Hayden and Clinton Donor Shira Perlmutter Over Radical Activism and Leftist Political Ties
The conservative battle against the entrenched federal bureaucracy has taken aim at a surprising new target: the Library of Congress.
This week, the American Accountability Foundation (AAF), a leading conservative watchdog group, launched a campaign urging President Donald Trump to clean house at the top of America’s largest and most prestigious library. Their targets: Librarian of Congress Carla Hayden and U.S. Copyright Office Director Shira Perlmutter — two longtime liberal bureaucrats accused of politicizing the library and pushing radical ideologies.
Obama-Era Holdovers Still Running the Show
Carla Hayden, appointed by Barack Obama in 2016, became the first African American and first woman to serve as Librarian of Congress. But conservatives say her résumé is less about preserving America’s heritage and more about serving as a cultural conduit for leftist activism.
“America’s ‘Librarian,’ Carla Hayden: Obama appointee, Biden-Harris crony, top Clinton donor,” AAF wrote in a post this week. “And she’s been using the Library of Congress to push ‘sexual identity’ on children. HAYDEN’S GOT TO GO!”
According to federal election records, Hayden has made substantial political donations to Obama’s presidential campaigns and numerous other top Democrats. Her appointment of Shira Perlmutter in 2020 to lead the U.S. Copyright Office raised further alarms. Perlmutter’s political contributions include tens of thousands of dollars to Hillary Clinton, Kamala Harris, Barack Obama, Chuck Schumer, and other key Democratic power players.
Activism Masquerading as Archiving
“This is not just about cataloging books,” AAF stated. “The Library of Congress is shaping how future generations interpret history, law, and culture. Under Hayden and Perlmutter, it’s been transformed into an ideological vehicle for the far-left agenda.”
The group blasted the Library’s focus on diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) initiatives, accusing it of abandoning neutrality in favor of woke indoctrination. They’ve labeled Hayden and Perlmutter as “Deep State librarians,” part of a wider network of unelected, entrenched ideologues undermining the Trump administration’s America First mission from within.
Time for a Purge
AAF is now publicly calling on President Trump to act.
“The President and his team have done an admirable and long-needed job cleaning out deep state liberals from the federal government,” AAF told the Daily Mail. “It is time they show Carla Hayden and Shira Perlmutter the door and return an America First agenda to the nation’s intellectual property regulation.”
The group’s message is clear: institutions like the Library of Congress are not immune from political bias, and until the ideological activists are removed, the cultural and intellectual heritage of the United States remains under threat.
As the fight against the Deep State expands beyond national security and immigration to the cultural foundations of the country, one thing is certain: no library is too sacred to escape scrutiny when America’s future is at stake.
