{"id":1916,"date":"2026-06-21T17:13:40","date_gmt":"2026-06-21T17:13:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nationwideinterstatemovers.com\/?p=1916"},"modified":"2026-06-21T17:13:40","modified_gmt":"2026-06-21T17:13:40","slug":"republicans-maga-rebrand-of-beloved-tv-icon-backfires-spectacularly","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nationwideinterstatemovers.com\/?p=1916","title":{"rendered":"Republicans\u2019 MAGA Rebrand of Beloved TV Icon Backfires Spectacularly"},"content":{"rendered":"<article>\n<p>The GOP has been faced with their anti-Elmo history after trying to welcome him into the MAGA fold.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/nationwideinterstatemovers.com\/?p=1914\">Tulsi Gabbard Hit With Wild Secret Cult Allegations<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Republicans began warming up to Elmo Friday when he appeared in a FIFA World Cup video on X wearing a USA soccer jersey and declaring: \u201cElmo just wants to set the record straight&#8230; GO TEAM USA!\u201d<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>In the video, Elmo squeaked: \u201cJust to be clear, Elmo wants Team USA to win, okay? But Elmo loves everybody!\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Seemingly predicting that it could become a culture war flashpoint, the red monster ordered: \u201cJust to be clear. Don\u2019t make this a thing. Thank you.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Looking around at his imagined audience, he concluded: \u201cElmo loves you, and Elmo loves you, and Elmo loves you, and Team USA, and everybody who\u2019s playing.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>House Republicans promptly ignored Elmo\u2019s request not to make it \u201ca thing\u201d: \u201cElmo is a certified PATRIOT!\u201d they wrote on X.<\/p>\n<p>The enthusiasm appeared to stem from Republicans viewing Elmo\u2019s support for Team USA as an unapologetically pro-America statement from a character associated with Sesame Street and public broadcasting\u2014institutions conservatives have frequently slammed as \u201cwoke.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>House Republicans then escalated matters further, adding: \u201cMeanwhile, Democrats are rooting for foreigners&#8230;\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/nationwideinterstatemovers.com\/?p=1912\">Trump Drops Profane War Threat on Father\u2019s Day<\/a><\/p>\n<p>While the GOP was happy to invite Elmo to the party, others weren\u2019t so quick to forget their previous slights against the beloved childhood character.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou clowns literally defunded elmo,\u201d one person raged, with another echoing: \u201cYou a&#8212;&#8211;es voted to defund PBS and called Sesame Street woke. You couldn\u2019t be more hypocritical, loud, wrong, or clueless.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The backlash touched on a very real fight involving the fuzzy character.<\/p>\n<p>Last May, Trump signed an executive order axing all funding for PBS and NPR, including kids\u2019 shows <i>Mister Roger\u2019s Neighborhood,<\/i> <i>Elmo\u2019s World<\/i>, and <i>Sesame Street<\/i>.<\/p>\n<p>While Trump claimed that the networks were \u201cbiased,\u201d PBS hit back in a lawsuit that the president was overstepping regulations that prevent him from controlling its content.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe executive order makes no attempt to hide the fact that it is cutting off the flow of funds to PBS because of the content of PBS programming and out of a desire to alter the content of speech. That is blatant viewpoint discrimination,\u201d PBS lawyers complained.<\/p>\n<p>Before Sesame Street was picked up by Netflix, Elmo himself waded into the legal defunding drama by posting on LinkedIn that he was \u201clooking for his next opportunity.\u201d<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>\u201cUnfortunately, Elmo was recently laid off because of federal budget cuts. Elmo worked at Sesame Street for over 40 years. Elmo is sad. Elmo loved his time at Sesame Street,\u201d his bittersweet update began.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/nationwideinterstatemovers.com\/?p=1910\">MAGA Rep. Mocked Over Bonkers \u2018Transgender Mice\u2019 Bill<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The GOP has been faced with their anti-Elmo history after trying to welcome him into the MAGA fold. 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