The fate of the Peanut squirrel has become the focal point of the election battle.
Peanut the squirrel was adopted by Mark Longo after it was orphaned. The animal’s account has more than 667,000 followers on Instagram. AOP
The last few meters of the US presidential election have seen a peculiar twist.
A squirrel named Peanut is now in the middle of burning election topics.
New York authorities euthanized the animal, which a resident of Pine City Mark Longo had adopted it as a pet after it was orphaned.
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The authorities justified the decision with rabies-related concerns, but the decision has received fierce criticism.
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A fake news spread about Peanut in the air of the election campaign.
A false statement in the name of the Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump was distributed in the messaging service X. The anti-Trump website Mediaite mistakenly thought the statement was correct.
“If Peanut had been able to tell them (authorities) he was from Mexico, they would have sent him on his way and given him a hotel room and a $500 gift card to Buddy Squirrel,” the false statement said, according to the Daily Mail.
Trump’s campaign denied the veracity of the statement to the New York Post. Mediaite deleted its article and apologized for its mistake.
Although the statement was not authentic, Trump’s son Donald Trump Jr. posted a close-up statement on X.
– It’s time to vote out an administration that kills a pet squirrel, but willingly and knowingly lets 600,000 criminals into the country, of which 13,000 are murderers and 16,000 are rapists, Trump’s son complains.
– Maybe Peanut’s murder will be the catalyst for real change and awakening against the broken priorities of our administration.
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We want to harness the rage into voting enthusiasm
According to opinion polls, Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump and Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris are in a very tight race.
Many conservative and far-right commentators have used Peanut’s fate as an indication of the risks that they say are associated with strict state control.
Commentators say the case shows how authorities can walk over citizens’ rights by citing public safety or regulation.
If Republican commentators succeed in harnessing the outrage over Peanut’s death into voting, the squirrel could potentially play a meaningful role in a tight election battle.
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