Mister Rogers Speech Goes Viral After PBS & NPR Funding Is Cut by Congress

The powerful words of the late Fred Rogers have gone viral following the Senate’s vote in favor of a bill that will cut federal funding to public broadcast networks PBS and NPR.

On Wednesday (July 16), Senate Republicans won a close 51-48 vote to pass the legislation, which will see President Donald Trump and his administration reclaim $9 billion that Congress had previously approved for foreign aid and public broadcasting. Trump, who has long argued that PBS and NPR are “biased,” now needs to sign the bill into law for it to go ahead.