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Explainer: Why did the death of the squirrel and the raccoon become an issue in the US elections? Will Trump get the benefit?

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Explainer: Why did the death of the squirrel and the raccoon become an issue in the US elections? Will Trump get the benefit?
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Donald Trump has addressed the issue of the death of the peanut squirrel.

Peanut the squirrel and Fred the raccoon: In the latest poll related to the presidential elections in the United States, there is a close race between Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump. Harris, 60, is the Democratic Party’s presidential candidate and Trump, 78, is the Republican Party’s presidential candidate. Meanwhile, the deaths of a squirrel and a raccoon have suddenly become a big issue in the US elections. You can imagine the controversy that arose over the deaths of these two animals from the fact that it has been strongly raised by everyone from Trump to industrialist Elon Musk.

NYSDEC Officials Privatize X Accounts

Let us tell you that Mark Longo’s squirrel named Peanut, who lives in New York, was euthanized by New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (NYSDEC) officials after a rabies test. Similarly, a raccoon named Fred was also executed. After these two pets were killed in this way, people became angry with the administration. There was a huge storm on social media over the death of the peanut squirrel and after his death, NYSDEC officials even made their X accounts private. People are harshly criticizing department officials on social media.

The squirrel was famous on social media, Trump raised the issue

The peanut squirrel had millions of followers on social networks, hence after learning of his death, people’s anger reached the seventh heaven. Before long, Peanut Squirrel’s name began trending on X and other social media websites. Trump wasted no time in taking advantage of this opportunity, calling the deaths of the squirrel and raccoon “the cruelty of the Democratic government.” The severity of this issue can be gauged by the fact that while something or another was normally posted on NYSDEC’s X accounts every day, there has been silence on this account for the past 5 days.

Will people saddened by the squirrel’s death support Trump?

The biggest question that arises is whether people saddened by the deaths of Fred and Peanut will support Trump. We tell you that the issue of pets was raised a few days ago in the US elections. Many Republican Party leaders had said that immigrants from other countries are killing and eating Americans’ pets. There was a lot of debate on social media about it. Now, the deaths of Peanut and Fred just before the close of the election could certainly create distance for the Democrats in the minds of those who were still undecided. After Trump raised the issue, they may vote for the Republicans.

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