Peanut the Squirrel’s euthanisation sparked outcry within the days main as much as Election Day, which noticed Donald Trump win by a landslide. Mark Longo, the heartbroken proprietor of the rescue squirrel, believes that its dying “performed a component” within the president-elect’s victory. His remarks got here as tons of gathered at an upstate New York bar Friday for a memorial service for euthanised pets P’Nut and Fred the Racoon.
Did Peanut the Squirrel’s dying play a job in Trump’s victory? Pet proprietor Mark believes so, here is why
“Maybe P’Nut performed a component in his victory. I’m not fairly certain. I’ll by no means know however I wish to hold a bit piece of me realizing that [P’Nut] might need made a change right here, and that’s what I would like essentially the most,” Longo instructed New York Post on Friday. Revealing why he selected to not vote on Tuesday, he defined to the outlet that he’s “not political.”
Despite not caring an excessive amount of about politics, the proprietor of the beloved squirrel stated that it might be an “honour” for Trump to go to his farm in Pine City, the place New York authorities seized Peanut the Squirrel together with Fred the Raccoon throughout a five-hour raid. “President Trump, congratulations on successful the presidency. It’s the voice of those two animals hoping to make change,” Longo stated.
Longo went on to name out the Democrats for not talking up and expressed his resentment of being pressured to stay in a “state that killed him.” “The Democrats have been utterly silent. They haven’t stated a phrase, ” he stated, including that Peanut didn’t “die from pure causes.” “Still to this present day, as we’re speaking, I haven’t obtained any remark or apology. Nothing,” the devastated pet proprietor added.
Memorial service for Peanut the Squirrel, Fred the Racoon
Addressing a sizeable crowd in the course of the memorial service, Longo stated, “Raise your glasses for Fred and for P’Nut.” “We received’t allow them to die in useless,” he declared. The occasion, the place tons of of loyal followers gathered in remembrance of the euthanised pets, featured stay music and particular cocktails- “Fred Juice” (apple cider sangria) and “The P’Nut” (a spiked chai latte martini).
The merch for the beloved pets included a $20 “JUSTICE/PEANUT & FRED” t-shirt. Kyle Evans, who wore a brown squirrel jumpsuit to the memorial service, stated, “We’re right here for P’Nut the squirrel,” referring to himself and his two mates. “He was taken wrongly and wrongly euthanized,” the 29-year-old instructed the outlet.
“I feel they overstepped. They overreached. The squirrel wasn’t inflicting hurt to anybody. It was on TikTok. It was well-known. It wasn’t doing something to anybody. It was supporting a great trigger…. I don’t see something good that would have come out of it,” Evans added.
Meanwhile, Martin Perry, who got here alongside along with his spouse Debbie in assist of Peanut, instructed the outlet, “Just listening to about the entire incident is aggravating, to say the least.” “They come down right here and take his animals and kill his animals… He has an animal farm sanctuary. It’s ridiculous,” the 69-year-old added.