Elmo becomes viral about the concerns about the public media budget

It is a dark day in Sesame Straße – Elmo, the blurred red icon of joy in childhood, has become the unlikely face of a political storm. A satirical LinkedIn post that was allegedly written by Elmo claimed that the beloved character had been released on the basis of federal budget cuts. While the article was quickly exposed and removed, he hit a nerve online and triggered a wave of emotional reactions and memes. “You know that it is bad when Elmo is released,” wrote a user when the slogan “Fire Elon, Save Elmo” started on social media and staged the threats for public broadcasting.

This moment, operated by Meme, comes as a Republican, led by Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, the efforts to deprive the federal financing of the PBS and NPR, and accused them of driving a “radical, left” and “anti -American” agenda. At a recent hearing of the congress, Greene explained: “This has to end now”, while the Democrats pushed back and defended the value of the public media. With a sign in which “Fire Elon, Save Elmo” was read behind, MP Greg Casar ridiculed the focus of the hearing and said: “It could be a new low.” The leaders of NPR and PBS defended their institutions violently and emphasized their role in the upbringing and information of underverts.

As Variety reports, Trump's most recent order from Executive tries to stop all federal support for public media and revive a fight that began during his first term. Paula Kerger, CEO of PBS, described the order “obviously illegally illegal” and warned that they threaten decades of trustworthy educational programs. While Elmo himself is not unemployed – dyet – the future of public broadcasting remains uncertain. A legal showdown on the executive regulation threatens on May 14th. Until then, Elmos has served as a very real symbol for what is at stake.