{"id":66693,"date":"2025-07-11T12:47:17","date_gmt":"2025-07-11T19:47:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?p=66693"},"modified":"2025-07-11T12:47:17","modified_gmt":"2025-07-11T19:47:17","slug":"trump-threatens-republicans-who-fail-to-defund-the-monstrosity-public-broadcasters-pbs-and-npr","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?p=66693","title":{"rendered":"Trump Threatens Republicans Who Fail to Defund the ‘Monstrosity’ Public Broadcasters, PBS and NPR"},"content":{"rendered":"

One of the staples of Republican right-wing anti-media conservatism has been their obsessive animosity toward the beloved public broadcasters, NPR and PBS. The GOP has been determined to kill them for decades, despite the overwhelming support they have from the American people who favor continued funding by a nearly two-to-one majority<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n

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The fierce aversion to public media by Republicans is driven by their hatred of an informed and educated populace. And their perverse passion for eliminating any and all sources of such information has never been more pronounced than it is today. Which shouldn’t surprise anyone who has been paying attention to the second coming of Donald Trump, who famously gushed that \u201cI love the poorly educated.\u201d<\/em> How else could he get elected? No wonder Trump despises the media that he refers to as “the enemy of the people,”<\/em> and especially public media…<\/p>\n

SEE THIS: Trump and MAGA Rep FREAK OUT that \u2018Monsters\u2019 at NPR and PBS \u2018Hate Christians and America\u2019<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Trump’s latest salvo aimed at public broadcasting came in a comment<\/a><\/strong> posted to his failing Twitter ripoff, Truth Social<\/a><\/strong>, that unleashed a vicious threat of retribution should his MAGA cult followers in Congress fail to behave obediently. Trump wrote that…<\/p>\n

“It is very important that all Republicans adhere to my Recissions (sic) Bill and, in particular, DEFUND THE CORPORATION FOR PUBLIC BROADCASTING (PBS and NPR), which is worse than CNN & MSDNC put together. Any Republican that votes to allow this monstrosity to continue broadcasting will not have my support or Endorsement. Thank you for your attention to this matter!”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Do you hear that Republicans? You do not have free choice in the Era of Trump. And you may not act in accordance with the wishes of your constituents. You must obey Dear Leader or suffer the consequences. To be clear, Trump is deploring his MAGA troops to fight back against the \u201cmonsters\u201d<\/em> that produce Sesame Street, Antiques Roadshow, All Things Considered, and This Old House, along with highly respected news programming.<\/p>\n

Trump is raising this issue now as the Senate approaches a July 18 deadline to approve a Rescissions Bill that implements $9.4 billion in DOGE-inspired cuts that were passed by the House June. In addition to the defunding of the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, the bill eliminates funding for USAID, the U.S. Institute of Peace, and the President\u2019s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR). So Trump’s demands will not only make Americans less informed, they will result in extraordinary hardship and millions of deaths worldwide. (More info here from the Center for Budget and Policy Priorities<\/a><\/strong>}<\/p>\n

Trump has been on a recent crusade to coerce Republicans to defund public media. Just in the past three months he has raged that…<\/p>\n