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Ron Johnson: “We should have cut [funding to NPR and PBS] off probably…”

Featuring: Ron Johnson, Republican | U.S. Senate, Wisconsin

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Senator Ron Johnson Discusses Federal Spending Cuts and NPR Funding on Salem Radio Network

Published | Video Starts at 01:10

… NPR and pbs given that there are now a million outlets out there, all of which have to compete on a level basis? Except for the federally funded ones. No. We should have cut [funding to NPR and PBS] off probably decades ago. So nothing persuasive to me. But the argument's being put forward. Well, so much of this goes to local broadcasting, your, your local station, the emergency broadcast system, that type of thing. (01:10–01:13)

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Asserts that funding for NPR and PBS should have been cut decades ago.

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