'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

Elon Musk 

Tesla co-founder and CEO Elon Musk issued a Saturday statement in response to Peanut’s death, declaring that “Government overreach kidnapped an orphan squirreland executed him.” 

Musk, who announced his support for Trump earlier this year, wrote in a follow-up statement on Sunday that it is “NOT ok for the government to barge into your home and kill your pets!” 

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“What has become of the Land of the Free?” he asked. 

In response to a question about one of his Saturday posts about the squirrel, in which an X user asked about the type of people who work for agencies like the DEC, the billionaire entrepreneur answered, “The government is a mindless and heartless killing machine.”

“President Donald Trump will save the squirrels,” Musk wrote in a subsequent X post on Saturday about the deceased pet, adding: “RIP P'Nut.”