Conservatives fume at an unlikely target: A pro-vaccine Big Bird
The IndependentSign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inbox Get our free Inside Washington email Get our free Inside Washington email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Conservatives, including a Republican US senator, have a new target in their war against public health measures aimed at preventing Covid-19: Big Bird. https://t.co/KPjdHJjpUy — Lisa Boothe November 6, 2021 Tomi Lahren, a right-wing gadfly and Fox Nation host, accused the Sesame Workshop of “shaming into getting a still largely experimental vaccine”. https://t.co/pXugnZzqRf — Tomi Lahren November 7, 2021 The claim that the Covid-19 vaccines being distributed in the US are supposedly “experimental” is false. Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell publicly urged Americans to get vaccinated against Covid-19 as fast as possible in July, and notably did not face the same kind of heat felt by Big Bird after his tweet on Saturday.