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Donald Trump Threatens To Withhold Support For Lawmakers Who Vote Against Effort To Defund PBS, NPR And Public Media


The president said that he will withhold support or endorsements.

Trump posted on Truth Social on Thursday, “It is very important that all Republicans adhere to my Recissions Bill and, in particular, DEFUND THE CORPORATION FOR PUBLIC BROADCASTING ( PBS and NPR), which is worse than CNN & MSDNC put together. Per Politico, some Senate Republicans want to change the bill to reduce cuts to AIDS prevention, healthcare and local public stations. PBS and NPR have each sued Trump over his executive order to prohibit funding to the networks.

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