Kari Lake calls Voice of America "a rotten piece of fish", Trump wants to shut it down

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https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/25/us/politics/trump-lake-voice-of-america.html?unlocked_article_code=1.R08.aRoj.qV29ZCVoZlcY&smid=url-share

Trump Urges Congress to ‘Kill’ Voice of America as Its Leader Defends Gutting It
In a heated hearing, Kari Lake, the Trump ally in charge of the federally funded international broadcasting network, called the media agency “a rotten piece of fish” that should be defunded.


Kari Lake, the close Trump ally and senior adviser to the U.S. Agency for Global Media, urged Congress on Wednesday to gut the Voice of America and other federally funded news organizations she oversees, as lawmakers of both parties expressed concern about the move.

In a hearing on Capitol Hill that grew testy at times, Ms. Lake defended proposed cuts to the global news organizations, while Democrats and some Republicans warned that they could make it impossible for the United States to disseminate information to countries with limited press freedoms, such as Iran, China and Russia.

“What is going out on V.O.A. airwaves — it’s outrageous, and it has to stop,” she told the House Foreign Affairs Committee. She called independent reporting from international news agencies funded by the government “corrupt” and “biased,” and made clear that President Trump’s goal was not to overhaul but to shut down the global media agency, which she called “a rotten piece of fish.”

Mr. Trump himself chimed in on Wednesday with a social media post, urging Congress to “kill” the Voice of America.

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1. Aren't they now re-broadcasting RW hate radio?

Yes I agree, better to shut down this junk until it can be cleaned up and brought back to its previous standards.

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2. I'll agree..TSF and his policies are not the voice of America.

After 83 years, he has managed to make another historical contribution to democracy vanish. 🤬

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3. Lemme guess: she believes Fox "News" is the best in the world?

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4. Toxic Lake is rotten fish.

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5. Oh KL Rotten Fish head is Projecting herslef

onto VofA?

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6. Hmmmm...agreeing to defund your job/position. Curious.

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She's never won an election, never held public office. I guess the rethugs will find a place for her somewhere since she's so good at kissing TSF's ass.