Ted Cruz: “NPR, PBS have been left wing propaganda outlets forever.”

“Now, as a conservative, I have been fighting to defund NPR and PBS as long as I can remember. NPR, PBS have been left wing propaganda outlets forever. And as bad as they were, look when we were kids, when it was Sesame street and Big Bird and Oscar the Grouch, okay, that was fine.” (17:12–17:20)

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