PBS and NPR are using taxpayer dollars to dishonestly push their own political agendas, Sen. John Kennedy (R-La.) said Tuesday, calling for the Senate to vote to approve Pres. Donald Trump’s request to rescind funding of public media.

In a social media thread posted on X.com, Sen. Kennedy began by detailing the cost to American taxpayers of subsidizing public media:

“In 2025 alone, Congress will send the Corporation for Public Broadcasting $535M. The CPB is a government-backed nonprofit that issues taxpayer-funded grants to NPR, PBS, and their affiliates. By 2027, the CPB expects the federal government to send it nearly $600M.”

Instead of reporting issues fairly and accurately, “these organizations are using taxpayer money to advance their own political agendas,” Kennedy explained:

Even if the content on NPR and PBS was fair, the American people don’t need tax-funded media today – and they can’t afford it, given the country’s massive debt, the senator said:

“With more than $37T in federal debt, the idea of giving these organizations a single penny is bone-deep, down-to-the-marrow stupid.”

“That’s why President Trump has paused federal funding to NPR and PBS and asked Congress to formally rescind previously allocated funding,” Kennedy explained, calling on the Senate to pass Trump’s rescission request “as soon as possible.” The House approved the rescission request last week.

“NPR, PBS, and their affiliates have the right to publish biased points of view, but they do not have the right to make Louisianians pay for it,” Sen. Kennedy concluded.

To free taxpayers from being forced to subsidize biased public media once and for all, Sen. Kennedy has introduced the No Propaganda Act to permanently defund the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, which funnels taxpayer money to PBS and NPR.