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President Donald Trump warned congressional Republicans on Thursday that he would withdraw his support from any member who opposes his proposed cuts to public broadcasting, including NPR and PBS.
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The warning follows the House’s narrow passage of a $9.4 billion rescissions package on June 12 that includes more than $1 billion in cuts to the Corporation for Public Broadcasting. The Senate has until July 18 to act on the measure.
“It is very important that all Republicans adhere to my Rescissions Bill and, in particular, DEFUND THE CORPORATION FOR PUBLIC BROADCASTING (PBS and NPR), which is worse than CNN & MSDNC put together,” Trump wrote on Truth Social, using his nickname for MSNBC, which he often calls an extension of the Democratic National
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