http://twitchy.com/dougp/2025/02/08/dem-sen-chris-coons-explains-why-us-funding-iraqi-sesame-street-was-vital-for-natl-security-n2408039
When the Trump administration and DOGE began exposing the wasteful spending that's been going on at USAID and from other government entities, the Democrat immediate spin was to wave it all off as silly conspiracy theories, misrepresentations and lies. Some in the media were, of course, happy to help push that angle:
Brian Stelter (@brianstelter) ~ Open this app. See that it's absolutely bursting with wild falsehoods about government spending. Maybe that's just how Musk likes it?
Yeah, well ... Tater is a liar and a moron, and everyone has seen how the only thing WILD about USAID spending is how ridiculously stupid, wasteful, and corrupt it has been. So, the Tater's attempts at deceptive distraction have aged like milk in the hot August sun.
Now that we've reached the point where the spending can't be denied, they've got to explain why it's important to the U.S., which is exactly what Dem Sen. Chris Coons tried to do, here. Iraqi Sesame Street is vital for U.S. national security, or something like that:
Western Lensman (@WesternLensman) ~ 🚨 Democrats are now reduced to desperately defending the indefensible on USAID. Sen Chris Coons explains that sending $20M US taxpayer dollars to Iraq for Sesame Street is completely justified:
“It’s a show that helps teach values."
Video ~ http://twitter.com/i/status/1888277093869297906
Bullsh!t. Sesame Street shows aren't teaching Iraqi kids squat when their grandparents, parents, uncles & aunts, brothers & sisters are teaching them that the only good Jew or American is a dead Jew or American. You are only deluding yourself. If you want to spend some money in order for another culture to possibly have some affinity for the United States and its citizens, then you need to spend it on something that is worthwhile and long-lasting for that population's well-being - like a system that provides clean drinking water. And, it's going to be far more effective if that culture is not one that blindly worships a death-cult like islam.
"Pennies on the dollar"! The U.S. is nearly $40 trillion in debt thanks to politicians saving money in such a fashion.
The "conspiracy theories" almost always turn out to be true and then the Dems end up at the next phase of the operation:
Phocion The Good (@Phocion) ~
Stage 1. It’s not happening.
Stage 2. It’s happening, but not like you think.
Stage 3. It’s happening, and here’s why it’s a good thing.
Homesteadlander (@Homesteadlander) ~ They’re doing that thing where they say it’s not happening and it’s a far right conspiracy theory, and then ... okay, it’s happening, but it’s good & how dare you point it out!
We've seen that only about a million times.
Kevin M. Nelson (@KevinMNelsonUSA) ~ These people have no shame. It is NOT the responsibility of the U.S. government to teach another country’s children certain “values.” Especially since domestic Sesame Street has gone woke and is NOT what GenX grew up with.
Coons is another living testament to the need for term limits.
The essential American soul is hard, isolate, stoic, and a killer. It has never yet melted. ~ D.H. Lawrence
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