'Justice for Peanut': 5 reactions to killing of celebrity squirrel seized by New York authorities

By Samantha Kamman, Christian Post Reporter Tuesday, November 05, 2024

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U.S. former President and 2024 Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump (bottom L) smiles as he is cheered on by U.S. Senator from Ohio and 2024 Republican vice-president candidate J. D. Vance (R) and his sons, Donald Trump Jr. and Eric Trump during the first day of the 2024 Republican National Convention at the Fiserv Forum in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, July 15, 2024. Donald Trump won formal nomination as the Republican presidential candidate and picked J. D. Vance, a right-wing loyalist for running mate, kicking off a triumphalist party convention in the wake of last weekend's failed assassination attempt. | BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI/AFP via Getty Images

The eldest of Trump’s children, Donald Trump Jr., declared, “Justice for Peanut!” during the Sunday rally in Sanford, North Carolina, where he joined Sen. JD Vance. Both criticized the focus on a pet squirrelinstead of the issue of illegal immigration.

"Our government will let in 16,000 rapists, 13,000 murderers, 600,000 criminals across our border, but if someone has a pet squirrelwithout a permit, they'll go in there and kill the squirrel,” Trump’s son stated.

According to Immigration and Customs Enforcement data, as of this past July 21, nearly 650,000 criminal illegal aliens were on the agency’s Non-Detained Docket. ICE Deputy Director Patrick Lechleitner sent lawmakers a letter about the data in late September.

As House Committee on Homeland Security Chairman Mark E. Green, a Republican, noted in a statement last month, ICE documented the criminal history of the illegal aliens on the NDD before releasing them into the United States. Around 15,000 of the individuals had been charged or convicted of murder, more than 20,000 of sexual assault and over 100,000 of assault.

Samantha Kamman is a reporter for The Christian Post. She can be reached at: samantha.kamman@christianpost.com. Follow her on Twitter: @Samantha_Kamman