Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga., scolded NPR CEO Katherine Maher over her past statements during Wednesday’s fiery DOGE subcommittee hearing on alleged biased content on public media.
After opening statements, Greene blasted Maher, who testified along with PBS CEO Paula Kerger and two other witnesses, for her previous job of overseeing Wikipedia, saying it’s a “platform that doesn’t tell the truth.” Greene then read personal statements that Maher previously made on social media so the “public can understand” her views.
Greene noted Maher has called President Donald Trump a “deranged, racist sociopath,” has said America is “addicted to White supremacy” — which Greene called “appalling” — and found the terms “boy and girl” to be “erasing language” for non-binary people.
“The federal funding that your outlet receives comes from all American taxpayer dollars. Not just from your viewers who support such statements as these, let me inform you that your federal funding is also paid for by the other half of the country. The 77 million Americans who voted for President Trump. Someone you called a deranged, racist sociopath,” Greene said.
Maher was criticized by conservatives in 2024 when she took over NPR and her old social media posts expressing progressive views were unearthed. But Greene said that many find Maher’s “pro-censorship and anti-free speech views more concerning” than her politics.
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