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Hacked Elmo X Account Shares Antisemitic Posts, Calls Trump Netanyahu’s ‘Puppet’
Elmo's hacked X account shared antisemitic posts and called Donald Trump Netanyahu’s "puppet" on Sunday night.
The X account belonging to Sesame Street character Elmo was hacked on Sunday, resulting in a series of antisemitic posts that included violent threats against Jewish people. The six now-deleted posts called on the muppet’s followers to “kill all Jews” and declared that Donald Trump is the “puppet” of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu because “he is in the Epstein files.” The uncertain fate of the beloved children’s series reached a depressing turning point before the Netflix announcement when an unofficial LinkedIn post claimed that Elmo had lost his job.
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