Weasel of The Week: Matt Schlapp

 Why do conservatives have a problem with Sesame Street?

The long running children's series introduced a new Asian-American Muppet, Ji-Young, who will debut in a special episode airing on Thanksgiving Day. Still stinging from one of the show's core characters, Big Bird, endorsing the COVID-19 vaccine for the kiddo's, leading to Ted Cruz showing his virtual butt on social media yet again, another conservative is whining about the new kid in town.

Awww, don't they look so cute?

Matt Schlapp, who runs the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC), followed Timex Cruz's leaden trail, and whined about the addition of Ji-Young, ignorant of the fact that Sesame Street's Muppet community has expanded in recent years to include a Latina (Rosita), and an African-American family. Come to think of it, I don't think Schlapp's ever bothered to watch the show.

Anyway, what Schlapp wants to do is have PBS defunded because of this. Like, hello? First run episodes of Sesame Street now air first on HBO, then go to PBS, PBS Kids, & HBO Max. Like most conservative whiners, Schlapp has no real basis for his complaints, other than virtue signaling the bigots in our midst.

Conservative criticism of Sesame Street goes all the way back to the Nixon administration, which only goes to prove that conservatives and GOPers don't want education to evolve as society does.

Schlapp gets the Weasel ears this week for his ignorance.