Trump threatens to take the extraordinary step of adjourning Congress after going on a wild rant against Voice of America – By Sonam Sheth (Business Insider) / April 16 2020
- President Donald Trump threatened to take the extraordinary step of forcing Congress to adjourn because the Senate hasn’t confirmed Michael Pack, his nominee for the US agency that oversees Voice of America and other taxpayer-funded outlets.
- The White House has railed against VoA in recent days, falsely accusing the 75-year-old broadcaster of spreading Chinese propaganda.
- “If you hear what’s coming out of the Voice of America, it’s disgusting,” Trump said on Wednesday. “The things they say are disgusting to our country.”
- He then said that he would “exercise my constitutional authority to adjourn both chambers of Congress” and make recess appointments if the Senate doesn’t confirm Pack to his position.
President Donald Trump threatened on Wednesday to take the extraordinary step of forcing Congress to adjourn because the Senate has not yet confirmed his nominee for a US agency that oversees Voice of America and other taxpayer-funded media outlets.
The White House has railed against VoA in recent days, falsely accusing the 75-year-old broadcaster of spreading Chinese propaganda.
“American taxpayers — paying for China’s very own propaganda, via the US Government funded Voice of America! DISGRACE!!” the White House social media director, Dan Scavino, wrote on Twitter while sharing a VoA post about a light show in China last week.
The light show was performed to celebrate the reopening Wuhan, the Chinese city where the coronavirus outbreak first began. It was on lockdown for months until last week.
“If you hear what’s coming out of the Voice of America, it’s disgusting,” Trump said. “The things they say are disgusting to our country.”
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