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

By Samantha Kamman, Christian Post Reporter

Elon Musk 

SpaceX, X (formerly known as Twitter), and Tesla CEO Elon Musk reacts during the UK Artificial Intelligence (AI) Safety Summit at Bletchley Park, in central England, on November 1, 2023.
SpaceX, X (formerly known as Twitter), and Tesla CEO Elon Musk reacts during the UK Artificial Intelligence (AI) Safety Summit at Bletchley Park, in central England, on November 1, 2023. | LEON NEAL/POOL/AFP via Getty Images

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!” 

“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.”

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

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