“Sesame Street” staple Big Bird has been around since 1969, so we’ll guess the first Democrat politician to cry about Republicans trying to kill him did so sometime around 1970. Despite all evidence suggesting that Big Bird truly is immortal, there’s a popular myth that the 8-foot puppet will die if any federal funding of the Corporation for Public Broadcasting is cut.
Back in 2012, GOP presidential candidate Mitt Romney was followed everywhere on the campaign trail by one protester or another in a knock-off Big Bird getup, and now that the Trump administration has unveiled a budget that would entirely eliminate federal funding for the CPB, Big Bird is once again taking point as the face of NPR and PBS. Here we go again.
Can Big Bird survive Trump? https://t.co/f1CVtoM208 pic.twitter.com/RIvPZ7I3Ky
— POLITICO (@politico) March 16, 2017
Yes he can. Now take a deep breath and calm down
— TheDeplorableBorg (@Yes_Number_One) March 16, 2017
Isn't he on HBO?
— Chris Hynes (@realchrishynes) March 16, 2017
The short answer? Yes, Big Bird will survive Trump. He would have anyway, but inking a deal with HBO in 2015 sure didn’t leave any residents of Sesame Street hurting for food.
it didn't survive Obama. It's on HBO now. I think it's far time for liberalized @PBS to financially or fail on its own merit
— Bama_Girl2020 (@Bama_Girl2020) March 16, 2017
Big Bird is now capitalist and lives on HBO. @politico
— AW (@ArtbyAWOHS) March 16, 2017
Oh, shut up. Big Bird is big business and certainly doesn't need our tax dollars.
— Tom Gregg (@TomG_380) March 16, 2017
of course. It will survive the same way everything else does that's privately funded.
— Robert Watson (@RobertW51385280) March 16, 2017
Since @sesamestreet no longer resides on PBS, it may not have the same impact on them.
— GREAT WHITE NORTH (@Crazy_CanuckCan) March 16, 2017
the better question is – why should hard working people have to pay to support leftist hateful propaganda on NPR and PBS and NEA?
— Pami Q (@Duckypam) March 16, 2017
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Big Bird, NPR receive $445 million; Military death gratuity slashed in shutdown http://t.co/rbDEOUOkAQ
— Twitchy Team (@TwitchyTeam) October 9, 2013
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