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A growing number of Republicans called for removing federal funding from National Public Radio after a top liberal editor in the company expressed his frustration with the growing left-wing bias of the news outlet.
Sen. Ron Johnson (R-WI) told reporters on Capitol Hill that NPR was 'grotesquely partisan' and floated the idea of cutting government funding for the outlet.
'I would really question you know why is the federal government funding such a partisan institution, we shouldn't,' he said.
Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) agreed.
'Defund NPR,' he wrote on social media.
The headquarters for National Public Radio (NPR) in Washington, DC
Sen. Marsha Blackburn (R-TN) revealed Wednesday she was planning new legislation to cut funding for the news organization.
'The mainstream media has become obsessed with doing the Left’s bidding and taking down strong conservatives — and NPR has led the pack,' Blackburn said in a statement to Fox News. 'It makes no sense that the American people are forced to fund a propagandist left-wing outlet that refuses to represent the voices of half the country. NPR should not