This is literally it. This is all they have anymore. Matt Schlapp, head of the Conservative Political Action Committee (CPAC, which is meeting in Hungary next year, which gives the game away if one knows much about Hungary) doesn’t want to talk about privatizing a water delivery system to Southern California, or even “government grants” to oil companies facing decreasing profit from a greener world (we hope). No, they have no real issues to talk about. So what to do?

They talk about defunding what cannot amount to more than .003% of the federal budget, the amount allotted to PBS’s creation of Sesame Street because Sesame Street had the temerity to add… a-rockin’ out, skateboarding, Asian American.

From Mediaite:

Sesame Street is introducing a new Asian-American muppet character, and in response Matt Schlapp said PBS should be defunded.

The long-running educational children’s series has made diversity and inclusion one of its themes over the years. This week, Ji-Young was added to the repertoire of muppet characters on Sesame Street.

There’s been a lot of discourse about Sesame Street since the show taught young kids about the importance of getting vaccinations. Senator Ted Cruz (R- TX) went after Big Bird multiple times.

What race is Ernie is Bert? You are insane PBS and we should stop funding you. https://t.co/iHyGYJvG5l

— Matt Schlapp (@mschlapp) November 15, 2021

And from the AP:

What’s in a name? Well, for Ji-Young, the newest muppet resident of “Sesame Street,” her name is a sign she was meant to live there.

“So, in Korean traditionally the two syllables they each mean something different and Ji means, like, smart or wise. And Young means, like, brave or courageous and strong,” Ji-Young explained during a recent interview. “But we were looking it up and guess what? Ji also means sesame.”

At only 7 years old, Ji-Young is making history as the first Asian American muppet in the “Sesame Street” canon. She is Korean American and has two passions: rocking out on her electric guitar and skateboarding.

The devil’s music! No, that’s not the problem. Obviously, the problem is that Sesame Street continues to diversify as if having people of all colors on an American show is normal or something.

They don’t want to talk about high-speed rail down the Northeast corridor (Japan would be ashamed about not having a Boston to DC bullet train that went 270 mph. They don’t want to talk about giving each baby born a $1500 trust for college (up to $12K by 18-19 yrs old) in order to invest and save money. No, they want to talk about defunding Sesame Street over an Asian muppet.

This is the Republican party on Trump.

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