A “murdered” rodent, described as the “Elon Musk” of squirrels, became an unlikely Trump symbol as supporters avenged the animal’s death.
Instagram famous Peanut the Squirrel was euthanised by the New York officials after it was taken away from its home in Pine City, New York on October 30, following multiple anonymous complaints.
The cute animal, which had amassed around 800,000 followers on Instagram, was rescued by adult content creator Mark Longo after its mother was hit by a car in New York City in 2017.
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The New York Department of Environmental Conservation removed the squirrel, along with Racoon Fred, another rescued animal which was also put down, after receiving “multiple reports from the public about the potentially unsafe housing of wildlife that could carry rabies and the illegal keeping of wildlife as pets,” a DEC spokesperson said.
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As Mark and his OnlyFans wife vowed to take legal action following Peanut’s death, Republicans jumped on the incident, with Vice President JD claiming the Democrats had “murdered the Elon Musk of squirrels” while campaigning in Sanford, North Carolina.
He added that “the same government that doesn’t care about hundreds of thousands of illegal immigrant criminals coming into our country, doesn’t want us to have pets.”
As the DEC received multiple bomb-threats in the days after the incident, Elon Musk claimed Peanut’s death was proof that the States was no longer the land of the free and called on Trump supports to “go out there and vote, for P’nut”.
And it appears they did. Trump supporters flooded X with war cries amounting to a vote for Trump is a vote for Peanut the Squirrel.
“Today is the big day Squirrel Squad.. Go out and make your vote heard,” rallied one Republican, while another wrote: “an innocent pet squirrel slain by the Democrats… Get out and vote for Trump.”
Another Republican urged people to vote for Trump, saying: “He will save the squirrels and the raccoons! It will protect animals, children, families, the country and freedom. America will be great again.”
Another person said: “Democrats will not only let illegal aliens eat your cats, they will kick down your door to kill your pets,” a reference to Donald Trump ’s bizarre claim that illegal Haitian immigrants are eating pets in Springfield, Ohio.
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