After Sesame Street’s Big Bird got the vaccine, Ted Cruz slammed “government propaganda”

Senator of Texas Ted Cruise Announcing that Sesame Street’s Big Bird’s tweet about getting the COVID-19 vaccine was “government propaganda” to children.

“I got the COVID-19 vaccine today! My wings feel a little sore, but it will give my body an extra protection to keep me and others healthy,” the tweet said, a few days later Children’s dose recommended by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) The Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine is suitable for children from 5 to 11 years old.

Big Bird’s tweet added CNN The reporter Eric Cahill “even said that I have been vaccinated since I was a child. I don’t know!”

Cruz quickly condemned the message, writing: “The government propaganda…for your 5-year-old child!”

His tweets sparked backlash, including gun control activist David Hogg.

Hogg said on Twitter: “Ted Cruz is doing our enemy’s job by spreading more false information, which has killed more than 200,000 Americans this year.” “I can’t believe a real incumbent The senator will tweet.”

In response to Cruz’s tweet, Hogg also recalled the Senator’s trip to Cancun, Mexico, because Texas experienced a deadly winter storm earlier this year.

“At least it is acceptable for birds to fly to the south for the winter—unlike some senators who let millions of voters die in the cold,” Hogg wrote.

Franklin Leonard said on Twitter that Cruz “thinks HBO Marx is the government. “

Rep. Eric Svalwell, a Democrat from California, wrote on Twitter: “Imagine comparing it to a fictional bird The man who scolded your wife for being ugly. “

Reporter Aaron Rupar pointed out that Cruz’s response indicated that Republicans Realize the “Politicization of Basic Public Health”.

Rupar wrote: “There is no better illustration of how Republicans have politicized basic public health than Ted Cruz’s anger when Big Bird posted about vaccinations on Twitter.”

Cruz responded to the criticism in another tweet. “Liberals are weird,” he wrote. “They don’t care about open borders. Or rising inflation. Or schools cover up sexual assault. Or the disaster in Afghanistan. Or the tyrannical Democratic Party that violates medical privacy and freedom. But criticize the big bird? They lost their sex.”

Several conservatives have joined Cruz’s attack on fictional characters promoting the COVID-19 vaccine, among them Fox News Contributor Lisa Boothe wrote on Twitter: “Brainwashing children who are not at risk of contracting COVID. Distorted.”

However, others ridiculed the criticism and pointed out that this beloved character has been helping children learn about vaccines for decades.

“Today’s anti-vaccineists are very angry with Big Bird-he had been doing it for about 5 years at the time,” Rex Chapman tweeted on Sesame Street in 1972 with Big Bird’s vaccination clip. .

Sarah Wire reporter Los Angeles Times, Adding that Sesame Street also helps children understand the COVID-19 pandemic.

Wire wrote: “Sesame Street told the children about the pandemic in a way they understood from the beginning, explaining how to wash their hands and wear masks, or why they couldn’t go to preschool or see grandma.” “The children see 6 years old. The injection of Big Bird helps them understand what is going on.”

The Cruz office has been contacted for comments.