This Was a Bad Decision
Donald Trump has fired Colleen Shogan, the Archivist of the United States.
When Ms. Shogan last made news, Joe Biden and his Administration were pressuring Ms. Shogan to announce that the Equal Rights Amendment had been ratified and added to the Constitution.
Ms. Shogan refused, going so far as to issue a public statement that she would not only not do what Biden wanted but also did not recognize his authority under the Constitution to do what he demanded.
President Trump seems to have fired Ms. Shogan as retaliation for the National Archives’ participation in the classified documents case against him.
Ms. Shogan became Archivist less than thirty days before the case was filed and was not involved in the prelude to that case. Before taking the job on May 4, 2023, she had been the Center for White House History director. The Grand Jury that indicted Trump unsealed its work on June 8, 2023. Jack Smith’s archival accomplice was Ms. Shogan’s predecessor in the office.
During her short tenure as Archivist, Ms. Shogan expedited the review of COVID-19 backlogged veteran records and eliminated the backlog that her predecessor seemed incapable of processing.
She then defied Joe Biden and the left as they attempted to pressure her into making a public statement of support for the Equal Rights Amendment as part of the Constitution.
However, Donald Trump fired her over the classified documents case in which she played no role.
This was a mistake. Donald Trump just fired the woman who stood up to Joe Biden and also who made veterans a priority for the National Archives. The Archivist should be a non-partisan position precisely because of the pressure brought by Joe Biden, and Ms. Shogan showed she had the fortitude to defy political pressure.
This is a question that conservatives must ask ourselves in the age of Trump, are we fixing what's wrong with the government and shrinking it or are we just simply doing the corrupt things that the Left does with a Right-wing spin? Firing the Archivist for partisan reasons would be the later.
I don't see anything bad or unfortunate about it. We have all seen what happened when he left in place so many people installed by the Obama administration and have no reason to believe that anyone installed during the Biden administration is going to be any more cooperative. That she made the correct decision on the whole amendment issue does not make her a cooperative employee of the current president. It would be nice if the republicans would hold their fire until the dust settles. This time he is doing it right. Yes, there will be some mistakes, hopefully that can be corrected. But anyone thinking that a wrecking ball isn't what is needed is out of touch with reality.