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Jon Stewart Spoofs Elmo’s X Account Getting Hacked | News Channel 3-12
JUL 15 – Jon Stewart spoofed Sesame Street with a puppet Elmo to highlight racist tweets from a hacked account and political tensions linked to Epstein files and Trump, Sesame Workshop confirmed the account was secured.
- On Monday, Jon Stewart spoofed Elmo's hacked X account using an Elmo puppet on The Daily Show.
- This spoof followed a hacking incident on Sunday when Elmo's X account posted antisemitic and racist messages before Sesame Workshop secured it.
- Stewart voiced the puppet, joking about Elmo being alt-right to pander for public broadcasting funding amid Trump urging Congress to cut PBS support.
- Elmo exclaimed, "Viva la revolucin!" and said Stewart's analysis re-radicalized him to the populist left, while Stewart insisted Elmo take responsibility.
- The segment highlighted tensions over public broadcasting funding and used humor to comment on political and social issues surrounding Elmo and PBS.
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