Matt Schlapp calls for PBS federal funding to stop after Sesame Street ...
‘What race is Ernie? Is Bert?’ Conservative Matt Schlapp calls for federal government to stop funding PBS after Sesame Street announced the show’s first Asian American character Matt Schlapp has called for the federal government to pull its funding from PBS The chairman of the American Conservative Union's call comes after new Sesame Street character PBS, the home network of Sesame Street, receives government grants each year Ji-Young will make history as first-ever Asian American character on the show
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The chairman of the American Conservative Union has called for federal funding to be pulled from Sesame Street after the introduction of the show's latest character.
Sesame Street unveiled its brand new character Ji-Young, the show's first-ever Asian American character, earlier this week.
However, Matt Schlapp has called for the federal government to pull its funding from the channel PBS, which is home to the children's show.
Taking to Twitter earlier this week, Schlapp wrote: 'What race is Ernie is Bert? You are insane PBS and we should stop funding you.'
Matt Shclapp (pictured, file image from January 3, 2021) has called for the federal government to pull its funding from PBS after
