The president of the American Library Association (ALA) called the backlash to a tweet where she called herself a “Marxist lesbian,” regrettable in an interview with NBC News.
In July, Emily Dabranski’s tweet calling herself a “Marxist lesbian” in celebration of being elected ALA president resurfaced, causing the Montana State Library to vote to leave the association. Since then, GOP lawmakers have called on their state libraries to leave the ALA, a reaction that Dabranski “didn’t anticipate,” according to NBC News on Monday.