President Joe Biden’s @POTUS X account responded to a post from the account for the “Sesame Street” character Elmo.
The Tuesday tweet from the president’s account came after a prior post on the Elmo account went viral. On Monday, the red monster’s social media account posed a seemingly innocuous question, “Elmo is just checking in! How is everybody doing?”
But that question triggered a torrent of replies, with the post amassing more than 167 million views so far, appearing to become something of a phenomenon.
“The world is burning, Elmo. No amount of tickles can fix this,” the Not the Bee account quipped in response to Elmo’s question.
“America is struggling, Elmo. We need Trump back!” Brigitte Gabriel tweeted.
“Elmo, my man, you been to the grocery store lately? I don’t know if you drive, but you filled up a gas tank? Stop gas lighting us. You know it’s real out here,” someone else wrote.
Then, on Tuesday, the Elmo account tweeted, “Wow! Elmo is glad he asked! Elmo learned that it is important to ask a friend how they are doing. Elmo will check in again soon, friends! Elmo loves you.” The post also included the hashtag “#EmotionalWellBeing.”
Biden’s @POTUS account responded to that post, writing, “I know how hard it is some days to sweep the clouds away and get to sunnier days. Our friend Elmo is right: We have to be there for each other, offer our help to a neighbor in need, and above all else, ask for help when we need it. Even though it’s hard, you’re never alone.”
Unsurprisingly, the post swiftly earned backlash.
“To the staffer or intern who wrote this… Do you need help?” Rudy Giuliani tweeted.
“Shut up and close the border,” Ben Deeter declared.
“U.S. service members are being killed overseas. There’s an invasion at our border. Americans are struggling to make ends meet. And our president is tweeting at Elmo….you really can’t make this up,” Courtney Holland wrote.
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