Not directly, but a reporter can greatly influence hiring/firing and elections.

The point is, we truly do not know her intentions. If a reporter, of if you and I were having a conversation and asked that question, would we infer that the person asking is trying to ban books? I'm not defending her tactics, but if this librarian quickly answered "sure thing, I will ban whatever you say" - would you want that person as the head of your library?

We just do not know what was going on. We are making inferences and being led down the wrong path.   There are more important issues. Her stance on abortion, her religious beliefs which could greatly influence her decisions, her environmental problems, her so called "ethics" which seems like great flip-flopping, etc. etc. etc. There are plenty of issues to discuss that will reveal this person as unfit for public office.

If she was hellbent on banning books in a local library for a town of 7000 people back in 1996, what else has she done along these lines since then?   She has done plenty of things that I resent, but I have yet to hear of her "banning books" or "freedom of speech" as govenor or elsewhere. IF the proof is out there, please bring it forward and I will be the first on line to march in protest.   Until then, we are acting like the lemmings that the other party thrives on.