Jasmine Crockett Rages at Republicans in Hearing: The Fact ‘That You Want To Shut Down Everybody That Is Not Fox News Is Bullsh*t!’
Rep. Jasmine Crockett (D-TX) accused her Republican colleagues of being on a mission to shut down unfriendly media outlets at a Wednesday hearing where NPR and PBS were put in the hot seats.
Crockett blasted Republicans at a House hearing on Wednesday where Paula Kerger, the chief executive of PBS, and Katherine Maher, the chief executive of NPR, testified as both outlets and their public funding have become targets of Republicans.
During Crockett’s time at Wednesday’s hearing, the congresswoman accused Republicans of not caring about the “safety” of rural Americans, noting local outlets responsible for emergency broadcasting receive public funds. She also pushed back on accusations from Republicans that PBS and NPR have pushed biased coverage of the right, noting Maher was named CEO of NPR only in 2024.
At Wednesday’s hearing, Republican lawmakers called for an end to public funds going to NPR and PBS and blasted both as having a history of being biased towards the left.
“For too long, taxpayers have been asked to fund biased news. this needs to end, and it needs to end now,” Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) said in her opening remarks. She called NPR and PBS “radical left-wing echo chambers.”
Crockett, who is facing backlash this week for mocking disabled Texas Gov. Greg Abbott (R) as Gov. “Hot Wheels,” claimed Republicans are on a warpath against unfriendly media outlets. According to Crockett, they want to get rid of everything but Fox News.
“To be clear, free speech is not about what y’all want somebody to say and the idea that you want to shut down everybody that is not Fox News is bullshit! We need to stop playing because that’s what y’all are doing here,” she said.
The Texas representative continued by quoting the Constitution as she was gaveled and informed her time was up.
“You don’t want to hear the opinions of anybody else and the Constitution says Congress shall make no law respecting or establishing of religion or prohibiting the free exercise thereof or abridging free speech or the press,” she said.
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