Rep. Greene on Defunding NPR: ‘Taxpayers Shouldn’t Be Forced to Bankroll Propaganda’

Earlier this year, Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) accused the Corporation of Public Broadcasting of using taxpayer dollars to “actively suppress the truth” and to “suppress diverse viewpoints.”

Now National Public Radio (NPR) and the Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) have both filed suit to block President Trump’s executive order stripping them of federal funding.

Following the appearance of the heads of NPR and PBS before a House Subcommittee on Delivering on Government Efficiency hearing in late March, Greene called for a “complete and total” defunding and dismantling of the Corporation for Public Broadcasting.

MTG : ” After listening to what we’ve heard today, we will be calling for the complete and total defund and dismantling of the Corporation for Public Broadcasting.

NPR & PBS can hate us on their own dime.

It’s time American taxpayers stop footing the bill.” pic.twitter.com/DF4VLkKCiS

— JOSH DUNLAP (@JDunlap1974) March 27, 2025

In her closing remarks at the March hearing, Rep. Greene explained that private news outlets “operate on their own” every day without government funding.

Greene told President and CEO of National Public Radio Katherine Maher and President and CEO of Public Broadcasting Service Paula Kerger that if they want to “hate us” they can do it “on their own dime.”

Greene told Maher and Kerger, “NPR and PBS have increasingly become radical left-wing echo chambers for a narrow audience of mostly wealthy, white, urban liberals and progressives who generally look down on and judge rural America.”

“It’s up to Congress to determine if Americans are going to continue to provide … taxpayer funds to continue to pursue their progressive, or rather, communist agenda,” Greene added.

Last week, PBS and NPR both argued that the president is overstepping his authority and violating their rights to free speech by denying them access to taxpayer dollars.

Both organizations have been under fire after NPR Katherine Maher was quoted saying that the pursuit of truth is a “distraction” and can get in the way of “getting things done” while PBS faces criticism for its expansion of LGBT content aimed at children.

Your taxpayer dollars paid for this.

This is called Grooming.

Can Republicans grow a spine and defund PBS and NPR finally?pic.twitter.com/MF3UuVu39d

— Benny Johnson (@bennyjohnson) June 2, 2025

Congress currently funds public media through the Corporation for Public Broadcasting to the tune of $535 million for the current fiscal year.