Democrats and their willing acolytes are going all in, hoping to kill the spending cut package that includes cutting funding for NPR and PBS.
I think the bill is likely to pass. But Democrats will say anything, no matter how silly, to push their narratives.
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I reported earlier on the remarks from Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-MN), who claimed PBS was essential for disaster weather updates in rural areas. As though it were 1945 and no one had other outlets, smartphones, or other apps. I don’t know anyone who is checking PBS for weather alerts.
READ MORE: Watch: Amy Klobuchar Wants Us to Know the Disasters That Will Befall Us If We Defund NPR, PBS
Now, NPR head Katherine Maher is hitting the airwaves to push a similar take: tribal and rural areas