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Ted Cruz: “The Senate voted to cut off to zero out taxpayer funding…”

Featuring: Ted Cruz, Republican | U.S. Senate, Texas

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Ted Cruz Discusses Epstein Files, Media Bias, and Defunding NPR on Verdict Podcast

Published | Video Starts at 25:38

John Kennedy is fantastic. But NPR and PBS are a joke and we have reason to celebrate because despite a massive battle, we won. We won. We won. The Senate voted to cut off to zero out taxpayer funding [for NPR and PBS]. We're no longer paying for left wing propaganda. Senator, there is just some news that shocked the left. I don't know how this could be true, but the Late show has been destroyed by Stephen Colbert. (25:38–25:44)

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Asserts that the Senate voted to eliminate taxpayer funding for NPR and PBS.

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