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Bureaucracy Thwarts Ambitious Muppet

Ernie Sanders, we barely knew thee.  

The politically inclined puppet learned the hard way real people don’t appreciate when fantasy beings intrude on their livelihoods.

“We got a DMCA notice from Twitter notifying us that Sesame Street's lawyers are none too pleased with Ernie's campaign. Considering the current growing field of actual puppets running for party nominations, we never imagined that our campaign would be the first to end … oh well,” Team ES shared with HOH via email. “Some people just cant handle a little lighthearted fun before the upcoming 2016 slugfest.”  

So long, straw felt man.  

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