White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt on Thursday brushed off National Public Radio CEO Katherine Maher’s assertion that slashing federal funding to the network would potentially be a “risk to the public safety of the country.”

“I’m not sure how NPR helps the public safety of our country, but I do know that NPR unfortunately has become, really, just a propaganda voice for the left,” Leavitt said at a press conference.

“So just a few examples for you, in 2020, NPR refused to cover the Hunter Biden laptop scandal in the run-up to the election. They said ‘their assertions don’t amount to much,’ writing [that] they did ‘not want to waste the listeners and readers’ time on stories that are just pure distractions.’

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