Related: Conservatives viciously mocked for banning Big Bird, Bert & Ernie from their conferenceAnd this isn’t the first time Cruz has put on his boxing gloves to spar with a children’s puppet.
Last year, he opted to take on Big Bird and handily lost that time as well.Cruz’s ire was piqued by a video produced by Sesame Workshop, the nonprofit educational organization behind Sesame Street, in partnership with the CDC and the American Academy of Pediatrics.
It is part of the show’s ongoing campaign to keep kids and parents safe during the coronavirus pandemic.In the brief spot, available in both English and Spanish, the three-year-old red monster gets his coronavirus vaccine.
The vaccine has now been approved for children under age five.“I had a lot of questions about Elmo getting the covid vaccine.