Elmo, antisemitism
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The popular X account for the “Sesame Street" character Elmo began posting controversial messages that were quickly deleted after going viral on Sunday.
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Al Jazeera on MSNSesame Street puppet Elmo’s X account posts anti-Jewish rant after hackingThe posts on Elmo’s account on Sunday called for the extermination of Jewish people, referred to United States President Donald Trump as a “puppet” of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and demanded the release of law enforcement files about Epstein, the accused sex trafficker who died in 2019.
Sesame Street shared a statement on Elmo's X condemning the anti-semitic and racist posts made by the hacked account over the weekend.
The X account for Elmo from “Sesame Street” spewed some unsavory comments after getting hacked on Sunday. The posts included a series of antisemitic and racist slurs as well as commentary about President Donald Trump and Jeffrey Epstein.
People posing as Elmo have a history of saying really bad stuff about Jews. Larry David may have been right to attack the puppet.