Rep. Robert Garcia (D-CA) mocks today's House DOGE hearing on NPR and PBS.
Fuel your success with Forbes. Gain unlimited access to premium journalism, including breaking news, groundbreaking in-depth reported stories, daily digests and more. Plus, members get a front-row seat at members-only events with leading thinkers and doers, access to premium video that can help you get ahead, an ad-light experience, early access to select products including NFT drops and more:
https://account.forbes.com/membership/?utm_source=youtube&utm_medium=display&utm_campaign=growth_non-sub_paid_subscribe_ytdescript
Stay Connected
Forbes on Facebook: http://fb.com/forbes
Forbes Video on Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/forbes
Forbes Video on Instagram: http://instagram.com/forbes
More From Forbes: http://forbes.com
Fuel your success with Forbes. Gain unlimited access to premium journalism, including breaking news, groundbreaking in-depth reported stories, daily digests and more. Plus, members get a front-row seat at members-only events with leading thinkers and doers, access to premium video that can help you get ahead, an ad-light experience, early access to select products including NFT drops and more:
https://account.forbes.com/membership/?utm_source=youtube&utm_medium=display&utm_campaign=growth_non-sub_paid_subscribe_ytdescript
Stay Connected
Forbes on Facebook: http://fb.com/forbes
Forbes Video on Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/forbes
Forbes Video on Instagram: http://instagram.com/forbes
More From Forbes: http://forbes.com
Category
🗞
NewsTranscript
00:00five minutes
00:01Well, thank you. Madam chairwoman. I want to first begin by thanking all of our witnesses that are here today
00:06I know that there's a lot we should be discussing right now at this hearing
00:10We've of course had some pretty shocking security breaches that we're just learning about through about a lot of our national security officials
00:17We know that peak hexath should be removed from office or should resign
00:22We have Donald Trump who of course is crashing the stock market. He's taken away millions
00:27Millions of programs and hurting people across this country to fund tax giveaways to billionaires and our constituents
00:34Can't access their social security
00:37benefits now
00:38I think actually chairwoman green supports everything that the Trump administration is actually doing
00:44So instead of a hearing of a serious hearing we're here to attack NPR and PBS
00:50So let's get right into it now miss Kerger
00:54The American people want to know is
00:57Elmo now or has he ever been a member of the Communist Party of the United States?
01:02Yes, or no. No. Now. Are you sure miss Kerger? Because he's obviously read
01:08Well, he is a puppet but no now that's not all
01:12He also has a very dangerous message about sharing and helping each other
01:16He's indoctrinating our kids that sharing is caring now
01:19Maybe he's part of a major socialist plot and maybe that's why the chairwoman is having this hearing today
01:25But let's talk about somebody else. Let's talk about cookie monster. Now. We know that health secretary RFK jr. Is coming out
01:32Against fast food and baked goods. Are we silencing pro cookie voters?
01:37Yes, or no, miss Gerger, but cookies are a sometime food. Well, thank you now
01:43I I I agree with you and let's also talking about the most important maybe character on Sesame Street
01:48This is actually Big Bird now miss Kerger since Elon Musk actually fired
01:53USDA workers who have been working on the bird flu. Does it make sense to also fire Big Bird? Yes or no?
02:02We would like to keep Big Bird I
02:04Completely agree with you and now it gets it gets even worse. Now. This is actually a a tweet
02:10That Big Bird actually sent out about the kovat 19 vaccine
02:14Encouraging folks to actually get their vaccination, which of course we believe in vaccines now perhaps
02:19The reason why we're having this hearing is because our chairwoman miss green has actually said some really negative things about getting vaccinations
02:26And that perhaps is why we are here. And so we support
02:30Big Bird being pro vaccine and promoting vaccines across this country now
02:34I will admit though the extreme liberal agenda that you're all pushing. I think doesn't stop there
02:39This of course is Burton Ernie now these two guys actually live together. They're friends. They're supportive of each other
02:47Now that might be triggering to our chairwoman and someone this committee and perhaps that's also why we're here today
02:54Miss Kerger an important question our Burton Ernie part of an extreme homosexual agenda
03:00No, thank you. Miss Kerger and thank you for being a good sport now
03:04I'm obviously using some humor here
03:06But the fact that we're sitting here today talking about defunding public television is actually not funny
03:12At a time where we can't agree on basic facts and while the free press is under attack
03:17We need public media like PBS and NPR more than ever a large majority of Americans say they trust
03:25PBS and that's exactly why extremists are trying to tear it down
03:29Public broadcasting is a tool for education for emergencies and a cherished part of our national fabric
03:35We get huge benefits from a tiny federal investment
03:39The majority and our chairwoman should drop this attempt to silence media voices. They don't like so the message
03:46I think today is very very simple if we're going to get rid of any puppeteers
03:50We should get rid of the one that's actually controlling Donald Trump
03:54Fire Elon Musk and save Elmo and with that I yield back. I
03:59I
04:02Now recognize mr. Cloud from Texas for five minutes. Thank you