{"id":1532208,"date":"2022-06-29T10:49:20","date_gmt":"2022-06-29T14:49:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1532208"},"modified":"2022-06-29T10:49:29","modified_gmt":"2022-06-29T14:49:29","slug":"ted-cruz-blasts-sesame-street-for-promoting-covid-vaccine-for-young-kids","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ted-cruz-blasts-sesame-street-for-promoting-covid-vaccine-for-young-kids\/","title":{"rendered":"Ted Cruz Blasts \u2018Sesame Street\u2019 For Promoting COVID Vaccine For Young Kids"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fted-cruz-blasts-sesame-street-for-promoting-covid-vaccine-for-young-kids%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1532208&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Senator <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/ted-cruz\">Ted Cruz<\/a> (R-TX) is not amused by a recent \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/sesame-street\">Sesame Street<\/a>\u201d public service announcement that featured Elmo getting the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/covid-19\">COVID-19<\/a> vaccine just weeks after the shot was approved for children as young as six months.<\/p>\n<p>It was the second time the Republican lawmaker found fault with the children\u2019s show for pushing the vaccine and brushing aside the concerns of parents. It came after the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fda.gov\/news-events\/press-announcements\/coronavirus-covid-19-update-fda-authorizes-moderna-and-pfizer-biontech-covid-19-vaccines-children\">authorized<\/a> emergency use of the shots for babies in mid-June.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThanks, @sesamestreet for saying parents are allowed to have questions! You then have @elmo aggressively advocate for vaccinating children UNDER 5. But you cite ZERO scientific evidence for this,\u201d Cruz tweeted with a clip from the PSA in question.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Cruz also included a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cruz.senate.gov\/newsroom\/press-releases\/sen-cruz-colleagues-demand-answers-from-fda-panel-regarding-covid-vaccines-for-babies-and-toddlers\">link<\/a> to a press release stating that his office was demanding answers from an FDA panel regarding the use of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/covid-19-vaccine\">COVID-19 vaccines<\/a> for babies and toddlers.<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Thanks, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/sesamestreet?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@sesamestreet<\/a> for saying parents are allowed to have questions!<\/p>\n<p>You then have <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/elmo?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@elmo<\/a> aggressively advocate for vaccinating children UNDER 5. <\/p>\n<p>But you cite ZERO scientific evidence for this. Learn more:<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Ss20TmFTSB\">https:\/\/t.co\/Ss20TmFTSB<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/tr67QyfRyC\">https:\/\/t.co\/tr67QyfRyC<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Ted Cruz (@tedcruz) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/tedcruz\/status\/1541823544325246977?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 28, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Elmo, who is supposed to be 3 \u00bd years old, tells the viewing audience that the shot was \u201ca little pinch, but it was okay.\u201d His puppet father, Louie, encouraged Elmo by saying he did a \u201csuper-duper\u201d job of tolerating the jab.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI had a lot of questions about Elmo getting the COVID vaccine. Was it safe? Was it the right decision? I talked to our pediatrician so I could make the right choice,\u201d Louie says in the clip. \u201cI learned that Elmo getting vaccinated is the best way to keep himself, our friends, neighbors and everyone else healthy and enjoying the things they love,\u201d he concludes, then gives Elmo a hug.<\/p>\n<p>This isn\u2019t the first time Cruz criticized \u201cSesame Street\u201d for promoting COVID vaccines to kids. In November, he blasted the show when Big Bird got his vaccine and shared on social media about the experience.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI got the COVID-19 vaccine today! My wing is feeling a little sore, but it\u2019ll give my body an extra protective boost that keeps me and others healthy,\u201d the official account for the character shared at the time. \u201cMs. @EricaRHill even said I\u2019ve been getting vaccines since I was a little bird. I had no idea!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe always knew the media were the Dems\u2019 puppets, but this is getting ridiculous,\u201d Cruz shot back in <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/tedcruz\/status\/1457873770773876737\">reply<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>President Biden, meanwhile, was all in favor of the big yellow bird getting the shot. \u201cGood on ya, @BigBird. Getting vaccinated is the best way to keep your whole neighborhood safe,\u201d he <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/potus\/status\/1457525774530097152?lang=en\">wrote<\/a> on Twitter.<\/p>\n<p>In late June, Biden <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/biden-boasts-as-infants-as-young-as-six-months-now-cleared-for-covid-vaccines\">bragged<\/a> about the United States offering COVID vaccines for babies as young as 6 months old.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re the only country in the world doing this right now,\u201d the president said. \u201cThis is a great day for you all. Thanks for the example you are setting.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEverybody knows I like kids better than people,\u201d Biden joked.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Senator Ted Cruz (R-TX) is not amused by a recent \u201cSesame Street\u201d public service announcement that featured Elmo getting the COVID-19 vaccine just weeks after the shot was approved for children as young as six months. It was the second time the Republican lawmaker found fault with the children\u2019s show for pushing the vaccine and &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":345,"featured_media":1532268,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1532208","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1532208","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/345"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1532208"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1532208\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1532268"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1532208"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1532208"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1532208"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}