A funny thing happened on the way to leftists claiming President Trump’s budget proposal defunding PBS would axe the iconic figures of Big Bird and Elmo; they forgot that Sesame Street isn’t on PBS any more.
Despite the fact that Sesame Street has been broadcast on HBO, not PBS, since January 2016, Jimmy Kimmel first asserted that Trump’s budget would cut PBS, then played a video of shots of Trump saying, ““I say you’re fired,” followed by Big Bird, responding, “I guess we’ll have to find a new place to live.” Kimmel doubled down, suggesting Trump should watch Sesame Street before cutting PBS:
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