That's the story being played out on Twitter right now. It all started when Fox Business Network's Eric Bolling accused Kermit and his friends of being agents of the radical left. His evidence? The latest Muppet movie, now in theaters, which features as a villain an oil tycoon who goes by the name Tex Richman.
Labeling the movie as the left's latest attempt at class warfare and calling upon various talking heads to support the argument that The Muppets is "brainwashing" children with a liberal agenda, Bolling appears to be actively fishing for a mention on The Daily Show in the segment, viewable here.
The backlash was inevitable, and even though Bolling has since sort-of apologized, live on the air, Twitter has been keeping the fire going since the original "story" via the hashtag #GOPMuppetHearings. Below is a collection of our favorite tweets with the tag, assembled via Storify.