Dem Senator Backs $20 Million Sesame Street Funding for Iraq Amid USAID Cuts

Amid recent cuts to the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) budget, Democratic Sen. Chris Coons (D-DE) offered a ridiculous excuse for why the agency use of taxpayer dollars to fund programs such as the children’s puppet show Sesame Street in Iraq. 

During an interview on CNN, Coons was asked about the Trump administration’s efforts to close down USAID after it was revealed that there had been billions of dollars of waste exposed by the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE). 

Despite the growing concerns over federal spending, the Democrat defended the $20 million allocation for the program, calling it “pennies on the dollar” in comparison to the $30 billion annual budget of the program, which pales in contrast to the U.S. Department of Defense’s $850 billion budget.