TELL CONGRESS: Trump is asking Congress to strip $1.1 billion from public
media after calling PBS “Radical Left Monsters.” Trump, Musk and Marjorie
Taylor Greene are trying to destroy reliable media sources and boost their
extreme right-wing media ecosystem. Sign the petition: Save PBS and public
radio from Trump’s devastating cuts!

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Hi,

Trump is pushing Congress to strip $1.1 billion in funding from public
media like PBS. He said Republicans must “defund” public media, calling
PBS “radical left monsters.”^1

Trump is running a coordinated campaign to destroy PBS and public radio.
His FCC chair launched a sham investigation targeting public media
outlets, Elon Musk keeps spouting lies, and Marjorie Taylor Greene held
phony DOGE (Delivering on Government Efficiency) committee hearings to
attack PBS.

If Trump succeeds, his extreme allies will be able to further consolidate
the flow of news through channels that spew right-wing disinformation.
Public broadcasters are massively popular across partisan lines, so we
have a chance to pressure Congress to stand by their constituents.



[ [link removed] ]Sign the petition: Tell Congress to OPPOSE Trump’s call to defund PBS
and public radio!



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The White House is not mincing words with its accusatory, inflammatory
attacks on public media, spuriously calling PBS “radical, woke propaganda”
and “trash that passes as ‘news.’”^2

Trump’s loyalists in Congress are ready to support his proposal to strip
funding from PBS and public radio. If it passes, the billion in funding
cuts would effectively end America’s most valued news sources.

A large majority of Americans — including two-thirds of Trump voters —
oppose the defunding of public radio and PBS.^3 Now, we must let our
lawmakers know that people across the country oppose Trump’s proposal.



[ [link removed] ]Sign the petition: Stop Trump’s plan to destroy PBS and other public
media.



Thanks for taking action,

Joey and the team at Demand Progress

Sources:

 1. NPR, “Trump plans order to cut funding for NPR and PBS,” [ [link removed] ]April 15,
2025.
 2. Ibid.
 3. Axios, “Exclusive: PBS poll finds broad Trump voter support amid GOP
defunding push,” [ [link removed] ]February 4, 2025.

 


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