Big Bird has been in the news a lot lately after tweeting that he’d just gotten his COVID-19 vaccine and his wing was a little sore. People who know better than this editor say Big Bird is 6 years old, so he and other 5-to 11-year-olds are now approved to get the Pfizer vaccine. This was a big f’in deal … even President Joe Biden replied to the tweet congratulating the yellow puppet on doing the right thing.
There has been some controversy, though. Not everyone is comfortable marketing the vaccine directly to kindergarteners, like when CNN had an “ABCs of the COVID Vaccine” town hall featuring Big Bird and Dr. Sanjay Gupta.
Now, there’s a bit of a feud going on between Big Bird and Sen. Ted Cruz after this tweet:
Government propaganda…for your 5 year old! https://t.co/lKUlomnpq1
— Ted Cruz (@tedcruz) November 6, 2021
Hillary Clinton has decided to weigh in with a photo of her with Big Bird, explaining he’s just a bird that teaches children things.
It’s a bird that teaches children things.
Like how to stay healthy.
That’s it. pic.twitter.com/0w0UCcCwDL
— Hillary Clinton (@HillaryClinton) November 9, 2021
Whoever runs Cruz’s Twitter account is savage:
Captured in the wild, rare image of Big Bird and Oscar the Grouch… https://t.co/DfPZfApyaX
— Ted Cruz (@tedcruz) November 9, 2021
😂😂😂
— Sound the Dread Alarm (@_ThisJustin_) November 9, 2021
The dress color is PERFECT!
— Colin Steinberg (@ColinSteinberg) November 9, 2021
🤣🤣🤣🤣👏👏👏👏👏🙌🙌🙌🙌🙌 pic.twitter.com/uXjQrIMp82
— 🇺🇸Robin Phillips🇺🇸 (@Airforcemom2005) November 9, 2021
— Rudy (@akarudedawg) November 9, 2021
— Eric Bertram boop/bop/beep (@ericbertramg7) November 9, 2021
— Chris O'Leary (@o_leary88) November 9, 2021
🤣🤣🤣 this ☝️ is pure gold 😂
— ♧Bryan♧ (@earningtoast48) November 9, 2021
The Zodiac does it again
— Michael Pittman (@Michael8Pittman) November 9, 2021
This was actually funny. Good job
— Eliiii (@lilpeepeeps) November 9, 2021
That’s pretty mean to Oscar. Even Oscar is somewhat likable
— JamieGB (@jamie02863196) November 9, 2021
Okay, this one is objectively funny. But it’s wrong to do Oscar like that.
— keep austin nasty 🍴💰 (@keepaustinnasty) November 9, 2021
Unrelated, but we have to post this gem from Jim Treacher:
"You think you know these government people? What they're capable of? You don't know nothin'. The Tuskegee Experiment. Google it." pic.twitter.com/hUZz2ICvC0
— jimtreacher.substack.com (@jtLOL) November 7, 2021
Related:
'He's not real, Joe': Official @POTUS Twitter account responds to Big Bird https://t.co/MB2aKAAQc9
— Twitchy Team (@TwitchyTeam) November 8, 2021
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