When Ramy Youssef paid a visit to Sesame Street earlier this month, he celebrated Arab American Heritage Month by teaching Elmo certain Arabic words on the children’s show. After the episode aired, conservative critics slammed the segment.

Fox News’ Raymond Arroyo spoke out about his frustrations with the program. “I wish Sesame Street would stick to teaching kids about letters and numbers and leave the Arabic immersion to someone else,” he said on The Ingraham Angle. “Next, Bert and Ernie will be praying five times a day on Sesame Street, facing east.”

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