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LetMyPeopleVote

(162,387 posts) Fri May 2, 2025, 06:23 PM 15 hrs ago

Why trump is so mad at PBS and Sesame Street

trump holds a grudge

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Why trump is so mad at PBS and Sesame Street (Original Post) LetMyPeopleVote 15 hrs ago OP

He couldn't afford the rent nt mr715 15 hrs ago #1

The GOP has always wanted to get rid of PBS and NPR. Ocelot II 15 hrs ago #2

And teaching children how to read and count. Irish_Dem 15 hrs ago #4

Because it's educational without having Muppet Jesus to flvegan 15 hrs ago #3

mr715

(1,699 posts)

1. He couldn't afford the rent nt

Reply to LetMyPeopleVote (Original post)

Fri May 2, 2025, 06:27 PM

15 hrs ago

Ocelot II

(124,498 posts)

2. The GOP has always wanted to get rid of PBS and NPR.

Reply to LetMyPeopleVote (Original post)

Fri May 2, 2025, 06:28 PM

15 hrs ago

The attempt to defund them has been going on for as long as those organizations have existed. They are also much too "woke" and full of all kinds of DEI and science stuff.

Irish_Dem

(69,081 posts)

4. And teaching children how to read and count.

Reply to Ocelot II (Reply #2)

Fri May 2, 2025, 06:34 PM

15 hrs ago

Can't have that.

flvegan

(64,932 posts)

3. Because it's educational without having Muppet Jesus to

Reply to LetMyPeopleVote (Original post)

Fri May 2, 2025, 06:32 PM

15 hrs ago

cram Christian Nationalism down the kids' throats daily.

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