Marjorie Taylor Greene is celebrating, folks. Because the congresswoman from Georgia has just declared victory in her fight against the media.
This week, Greene took to X to announce what she’s calling a major victory for “the American people.” According to Greene, years of taxpayer dollars funding “Left-wing propaganda” are coming to an end thanks to the Trump-backed Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) and its proposed $9.4 billion rescissions package. The cuts will target federal funding for the Public Broadcasting Service (PBS), National Public Radio (NPR), and even the United States Agency for International Development (USAID). Because, you know, nothing screams “fiscal conservatism” like ensuring rural communities lose access to educational programming and global humanitarian aid gets a giant middle finger.
— Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene
IT’S HAPPENING: HOUSE TO VOTE ON DEFUNDING NPR & PBS
After years of demanding an end to the use of YOUR hard-earned tax dollars to fund Left-wing propaganda, we’re finally getting it DONE.
Thanks to President Trump’s leadership and the relentless work of @DOGE &…(@RepMTG) May 29, 2025
Greene’s announcement is less of a victory and more of a desperate attempt to appear relevant. After all, her legislative record isn’t exactly what you’d call impressive. In her time in Congress, she’s introduced a litany of bills, amendments, and resolutions—many of them performative, few of them substantive. Only six of her bills have ever become law, and those were largely limited to, yes, post offices.
She’s alienated moderates, infuriated leadership, and cemented herself as a figurehead of far-right extremism. Recent polling shows her approval ratings in Georgia hovering somewhere between “abysmal” and “please stop.” But hey, why worry about such trivial matters as electability or governance when you can make headlines by defunding public broadcasting? The rescissions package Greene is so proud of has its roots in the Department of Government Efficiency.
DOGE’s mission, ostensibly, is to root out “waste, fraud, and abuse” in federal spending. In practice, this has translated into slashing funding for programs that conservatives have long derided as partisan or unnecessary. PBS and NPR have been frequent targets of Republican ire, accused of pushing a “woke agenda” and being little more than Democratic mouthpieces. Never mind that both organizations consistently rank among the most trusted media outlets in the country.
Public broadcasting serves as a lifeline for millions of Americans, particularly in rural areas where commercial media is scarce. PBS provides educational programming like Sesame Street, while NPR offers in-depth news coverage that goes beyond the soundbites and sensationalism of cable news. These are services that benefit everyone, regardless of political affiliation. But Greene and her allies aren’t interested in nuance. For them, this is a battle against “fake news” and “radical gender ideology,” buzzwords designed to rile up their base without offering any real solutions.
