‘Ok, But Sesame Street?’ Jake Tapper Taken Aback When House Republican Likens PBS to North Korean Media

TAPPER Speaker Johnson has ░░░░░░░░ he would additionally like ░░░░░░░░ cut funding for public ░░░░░░░░ PBS which does receive ░░░░░░░░ support from the federal ░░░░░░░░ I just it s ░░░░░░░░ I just have to ░░░░░░░░ on a personal level ░░░░░░░░ learned to read by ░░░░░░░░ Sesame Street and Mister ░░░░░░░░ Neighborhood and The Electric ░░░░░░░░ That s literally how ░░░░░░░░ learned to read as ░░░░░░░░ kid Why do you ░░░░░░░░ think PBS is important ░░░░░░░░ Well listen we were ░░░░░░░░ m a member of ░░░░░░░░ DOGE Subcommittee of Oversight ░░░░░░░░ were tasked with finding ░░░░░░░░ fraud and abuse in ░░░░░░░░ federal government and highlighting ░░░░░░░░ And one of those ░░░░░░░░ we found which Republicans ░░░░░░░░ conservatives have talked about ░░░░░░░░ decades is state sponsored ░░░░░░░░ in the United States ░░░░░░░░ North Korea have state ░░░░░░░░ media the United States ░░░░░░░░ not need state sponsored ░░░░░░░░ Listen if Fox News ░░░░░░░░ any other conservative news ░░░░░░░░ came to me and ░░░░░░░░ for taxpayer money I ░░░░░░░░ tell them no and ░░░░░░░░ certainly don t think ░░░░░░░░ should be funding left ░░░░░░░░ propaganda outlets like NPR ░░░░░░░░ PBS I had a ░░░░░░░░ just a couple weeks ░░░░░░░░ where I got to ░░░░░░░░ the head of NPR ░░░░░░░░ ask her about some ░░░░░░░░ the wild outrageous things ░░░░░░░░ she had been posting ░░░░░░░░ the internet for the ░░░░░░░░ world to see And ░░░░░░░░ had no answer for ░░░░░░░░ The American people are ░░░░░░░░ of funding institutions who ░░░░░░░░ values that they find ░░░░░░░░ And that s what ░░░░░░░░ re doing with NPR ░░░░░░░░ PBS And that s ░░░░░░░░ we are hopefully soon ░░░░░░░░ a rescission bill going ░░░░░░░░ pull those funds back ░░░░░░░░ OK but Sesame Street ░░░░░░░░ mean Daniel the Tiger ░░░░░░░░ Kratts I mean you ░░░░░░░░ little kids I know ░░░░░░░░ I m sure you ░░░░░░░░ your wife can bring ░░░░░░░░ great educational programming But ░░░░░░░░ lot of kids might ░░░░░░░░ have access to cable ░░░░░░░░ I didn t when ░░░░░░░░ was little because cable ░░░░░░░░ t exist But I ░░░░░░░░ PBS really helps little ░░░░░░░░ I mean I m ░░░░░░░░ specifically about kids learning ░░░░░░░░ to read through Sesame ░░░░░░░░ and similar programming GILL ░░░░░░░░ they ve already spun ░░░░░░░░ Sesame Street to HBO ░░░░░░░░ that s not with ░░░░░░░░ anymore But what I ░░░░░░░░ t think the government ░░░░░░░░ be doing is funding ░░░░░░░░ institutions that are radically ░░░░░░░░ wing and are oftentimes ░░░░░░░░ in their cartoon shows ░░░░░░░░ towards young children promoting ░░░░░░░░ left ideologies that are ░░░░░░░░ teaching children how to ░░░░░░░░ but are teaching them ░░░░░░░░ trans agenda and other ░░░░░░░░ that large portions of ░░░░░░░░ country do not agree ░░░░░░░░ Our tax dollars should ░░░░░░░░ be funding institutions and ░░░░░░░░ that are promoting values ░░░░░░░░ many people including the ░░░░░░░░ of Texas 26 that ░░░░░░░░ represent find repulsive TAPPER ░░░░░░░░ right Congressman Brandon Gill ░░░░░░░░ so much Good to ░░░░░░░░ you, sir.”