u/dty6

Wow. Dude. I'd say Mr. Rogers was a trained clown. That senate hearing he gave (that the media gushes about to this day) seals it for me. It was all a show. The senators pretended to be hostile and then moved by his wonderful speech. All just a BS show between clowns.

An Ancestry.com report reveals that Hanks and Rogers share a common ancestor named Johannes Meffert, making Hanks and Rogers sixth cousins.

I suspect the iconic "red" sweater further symbolized Nixon (republican). Nixon's wife was famous for her iconic "red" dress.

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/when-republicans-were-blue-and-democrats-were-red-104176297/

That’s right: In the beginning, blue was red and red was blue and they changed back and forth from election to election and network to network in what appears, in hindsight, to be a flight of whimsy. The notion that there were “red states” and “blue states”—and that the former were Republican and the latter Democratic—wasn’t cemented on the national psyche until the year 2000.

https://electoralvotemap.com/the-origins-of-red-and-blue-states/

This atlas did not represent a continuation of tradition nor a trendsetter for media use of colors for each party. Newspapers did not use colors on electoral maps until well into the 20th century, while television networks did not introduce color-coded electoral maps until 1972. CBS News detailed state-by-state victories for Richard Nixon and George McGovern on Election Night using blue and red, respectively.

NBC and CBS used blue for Republican wins and red for Democratic states in the 1976 presidential election between Jimmy Carter and Gerald Ford. ABC News opted to use yellow for Republicans, blue for Democrats, and red for states that were not called for either candidate to that point.

They were experimenting.

Network graphic designers and editors offered practical reasons why media outlets opted for the current use of blue and red. The primary reasons given by network staffers for usage of red and blue were standardization and alliteration. As a few outlets choose blue for Democrats and red for Republicans, other outlets fell in line to avoid viewer confusion. Red was also assigned to Republicans because “R” is the first letter in both words.

The Center for American Politics and Design confirmed blue’s continued strength in campaign logos during the 2018 midterm election. A majority of Republicans and Democrats running for Congress used blue as the primary logo color.

Interior and Design offers a scientific explanation for why blue has staying power in campaign logos. The eye contains cones that receive and process colors. There are roughly 64 percent of cones devoted to registering red, while 2 percent of cones receive blue. The high proportion of red-receiving cones means seeing red creates a stronger physiological response than seeing blue. Blue may be used by Democrats and Republicans to make logo texts stand out or to associate their candidates with calm leadership.

Red is generally a color that can provoke anger. Think of a bull charging. I think Mister Rogers was made to look like Nixon and they put red on him to symbolise a "target".

Tom Hanks was a comm for them moving the child trafficking to islands and off the mainland.

https://greatawakening.win/p/140cWp57ZN/early-tom-hanks-comms-for-offsho/c/

Tom Hanks 1st movie is Splash (1977) which is also Touchstone's first picture. It was filmed in Castaway Cay which has quite the history of illegal activity (but disneyland picked it for getaways).

His connection to Rogers further confirms how they expand their comms.