NPR now facing lawmakers calling to LOSE federal funding after whistleblower reveals the newsroom full of left-wing staffers

A growing number of Republicans called for removing federal funding from National Public Radio after a top liberal editor in the company expressed his frustration with the growing left-wing bias of the news outlet.

 Sen. Ron Johnson (R-WI) told reporters on Capitol Hill that NPR was 'grotesquely partisan' and floated the idea of cutting government funding for the outlet. 

'I would really question you know why is the federal government funding such a partisan institution, we shouldn't,' he said.

Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) agreed. 

'Defund NPR,' he wrote on social media. 

Republican senators call for the federal government to defund National Public Radio due to their left-wing bias

The headquarters for National Public Radio (NPR) in Washington, DC

Sen. Marsha Blackburn (R-TN) revealed Wednesday she was planning new legislation to cut funding for the news organization.

'The mainstream media has become obsessed with doing the Left’s bidding and taking down strong conservatives — and NPR has led the pack,' Blackburn said in a statement to Fox News. 'It makes no sense that the American people are forced to fund a propagandist left-wing outlet that refuses to represent the voices of half the country. NPR should not receive our tax dollars.'

NPR veteran editor Uri Berliner wrote an essay in the Free Press last week criticizing the company for shifting the editorial direction of the news organization further left after the election of President Donald Trump in 2016.

'An open-minded spirit no longer exists within NPR, and now, predictably, we don’t have an audience that reflects America,' he wrote.

Journalist Uri Berliner wrote a critical essay of the news outlet he had worked at for 25 years

He revealed there were 87 registered Democrats working in editorial positions in the Washington, DC headquarters and zero Republicans.

In response, NPR suspended Berliner for five days without pay for writing his critical essay of the company for another publication without first obtaining permission. 

Berliner responded by announcing his resignation on Wednesday. 

'I cannot work in a newsroom where I am disparaged by a new CEO whose divisive views confirm the very problems at NPR I cite in my Free Press essay,' he said in a statement. 

Berliner added he did not support calls to defund NPR.  

Berliner received a flood of praise on social media from conservatives for publicly calling out his news organization's bias. 

'Respect. We may disagree on politics as I understand you aren’t conservative but massive respect for doing what you’ve done,' wrote journalist Robby Starbuck in response to the news.

Leftist podcaster and former MSNBC host Keith Olberman, however, accused Berliner of being disingenuous.

'Ah. So you were planning to quit and decided to try to take the place down with you - and then look like a martyr. I tried that one once when I was a kid. Doesn't work,' he said.