In , Vossoughian became a world poll correspondent for Gallup based in Washington, D. Being a minority myself, being Iranian-American and growing up with Muslim parents and being from a small town, all of that plays into it.
By Dick Anderson. Share: facebook twitter envelope. Taylor Crothers. Join Us and Support Oxy. These efforts haven't traditionally generated any partisan pushback — probably because political figures would've been embarrassed to complain publicly about a Sesame Street character promoting accurate, potentially lifesaving information. What's more, let's pause to note just how weird has become with regards to Republicans and children's entertainment.
It started with the GOP's fixation on Dr. Seuss , which was soon followed by complaints about Potato Head dolls and a Disney Plus disclaimer to some episodes of "The Muppet Show. I can only imagine how much better off we'd be if the GOP invested this much energy in actual governance. But perhaps most important of all is the peek behind the rhetorical curtain. For many prominent Republican voices, there's an official line: They're not anti-vaccine, they're anti-mandates.
There's no shortage of GOP officials at multiple levels of government that claim they're on board with Covid vaccinations, just so long as they're entirely voluntarily and there are no consequences for those who refuse to do the right thing.
It's a deeply flawed argument, to be sure, but the pushback against Big Bird suggests it's not altogether sincere: The Sesame Street character simply helped get the word out about vaccines during a pandemic. For Republicans like Cruz, this was a step too far. Vote for Republicans and they'll mandate English as the official language.
And so on. Obviously, these were and in some cases, are highly contentious cultural and political fights, but there was at least a correlation between the issues and those hoping to make federal policy changes. This new approach to the culture war is different in that Congress couldn't ban the study of race, power, and institutions even if it wanted to.
Similarly, Republicans couldn't spearhead a legislative initiative to force Dr. Seuss Enterprises to publish old books with racist pictures or regulate Big Bird's Twitter account. None of this falls within the purview of Congress. None of these issues can even be conceptually addressed through federal legislation. Republicans are increasingly fixated on cultural grievances with no possible solutions in mind.
We won't hear Republicans saying, "Vote for us and we'll do something about the stuff you hate," but we will hear Republicans effectively saying, "Vote for us because we hate the same stuff you hate. IE 11 is not supported. For an optimal experience visit our site on another browser. Share this —. Follow msnbc. More Brands.
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