The Reason Kevin McCarthy Is Getting Slammed For Reading Dr. Seuss Isn’t What You Think
Samuel Corum/Getty Images By Shana Aborn/March 6, 2021 3:42 pm EST
The recent announcement that Dr. Seuss’s estate is suspending the publication of six of his books was met with immediate outcries of “cancel culture” and “censorship.” It was the topic of a lively debate on The View, and the subject of one of Donald Trump Jr.’s ongoing lectures on how the left is destroying America. Outraged readers hurried to snap up copies of the books, and so many tried to sell them on eBay that the auction site removed the listings (per Forbes).
House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) decided to express his own views on the subject by posting a video of himself reading the Seuss classic Green Eggs and Ham on his Twitter and Instagram accounts. He captioned it, “I still like Dr. Seuss, so I decided to read Green Eggs and Ham. RT if you still like him too!” The post got tens of thousands of likes and retweets, including one from Ted Cruz, who called it “inspired leadership.” However, it also got tons of clapback by users who pointed out that McCarthy’s choice of book was not, in fact, one of the six titles being shelved by Dr. Seuss Enterprises. (The books in question are On Beyond Zebra!, And to Think That I Saw It on Mulberry Street, McElligot’s Pool, The Cat’s Quizzer, If I Ran the Zoo, and Scrambled Eggs Super!) Among the representative replies was one from Rosanna Arquette: “The Dr. Seuss foundation is cancelling a few ignorant racist books because it’s bad for children’s minds and lives. That book is not one of them.”
The Reason Kevin McCarthy Is Getting Slammed For Reading Dr. Seuss Isn’t What You Think
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By Shana Aborn/March 6, 2021 3:42 pm EST
The recent announcement that Dr. Seuss’s estate is suspending the publication of six of his books was met with immediate outcries of “cancel culture” and “censorship.” It was the topic of a lively debate on The View, and the subject of one of Donald Trump Jr.’s ongoing lectures on how the left is destroying America. Outraged readers hurried to snap up copies of the books, and so many tried to sell them on eBay that the auction site removed the listings (per Forbes).
House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) decided to express his own views on the subject by posting a video of himself reading the Seuss classic Green Eggs and Ham on his Twitter and Instagram accounts. He captioned it, “I still like Dr. Seuss, so I decided to read Green Eggs and Ham. RT if you still like him too!” The post got tens of thousands of likes and retweets, including one from Ted Cruz, who called it “inspired leadership.” However, it also got tons of clapback by users who pointed out that McCarthy’s choice of book was not, in fact, one of the six titles being shelved by Dr. Seuss Enterprises. (The books in question are On Beyond Zebra!, And to Think That I Saw It on Mulberry Street, McElligot’s Pool, The Cat’s Quizzer, If I Ran the Zoo, and Scrambled Eggs Super!) Among the representative replies was one from Rosanna Arquette: “The Dr. Seuss foundation is cancelling a few ignorant racist books because it’s bad for children’s minds and lives. That book is not one of them.”
House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) decided to express his own views on the subject by posting a video of himself reading the Seuss classic Green Eggs and Ham on his Twitter and Instagram accounts. He captioned it, “I still like Dr. Seuss, so I decided to read Green Eggs and Ham. RT if you still like him too!” The post got tens of thousands of likes and retweets, including one from Ted Cruz, who called it “inspired leadership.” However, it also got tons of clapback by users who pointed out that McCarthy’s choice of book was not, in fact, one of the six titles being shelved by Dr. Seuss Enterprises. (The books in question are On Beyond Zebra!, And to Think That I Saw It on Mulberry Street, McElligot’s Pool, The Cat’s Quizzer, If I Ran the Zoo, and Scrambled Eggs Super!) Among the representative replies was one from Rosanna Arquette: “The Dr. Seuss foundation is cancelling a few ignorant racist books because it’s bad for children’s minds and lives. That book is not one of them.”
The debate over the books goes on
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