Fake Trump Statement on Euthanized Squirrel Goes Viral (Correction)

CORRECTION: Mediaite erroneously mentioned on a fake picture of a observation attributed to Donald Trump, which the campaign has considering validated was not real. Trump did not comment on the story in question nor did he or his campaign unlock any statements on it. We regret the submit, and have eliminated it from our systems. The submit under has been up to date to mirror the location. – Ed.

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A satirical remark in a image meant to make it appear as if it came from former President Donald Trump went viral on Saturday, depicting Trump railing in opposition to New York officials for euthanizing Peanut the Squirrel, a rescued squirrel who had transform a social media sensation on Instagram, TikTok, and different platforms. The fake picture getting a lot consideration it even made TMZ.

The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) established this week that two animals had been euthanized after their proprietor, Mark Longo, published that they had been seized. Along with Peanut the Squirrel, Fred the Raccoon was additionally taken into custody throughout a raid and later euthanized.

“I was treated as if I was a drug supplier they usually had been going for medication and guns,” Longo told the Related Press after his house was raided.

The agency said they raided the house after receiving “a couple of experiences from the public in regards to the doubtlessly dangerous housing of wildlife that might raise rabies and the unlawful keeping of natural world as pets.”

A commentary attributed to Trump and his marketing campaign went ultra viral on X, spawning jokes and commentary including from pundits like Megyn Kelly and others EJP loads of humor within the commentary.

One line specifically caught fire: “If Peanut could have advised them he used to be from Mexico, they’d have despatched him on his means and given him a lodge room and a $500 reward card to Pal Squirrel. Instead, he was taken from his domestic.”

right Here’s the textual content of the satirical statement in the picture:

There had been horrible studies out of New York, my former house state, the place state environmental agents raided the house of Mark Longo and his wife. Mark used to be taken into custody for hours whereas officers searched his dwelling and eventually took two of their pets, Fred the Raccoon and Peanut the Squirrel. These animals were later finished through the state of New York.

New York authorities, beneath their bad Governor, put extra effort find an casting off a squirrel, who was harmless with the aid of all money owed, than they do to control the unchecked unlawful immigrants who have flooded their state. If Peanut will have told them he was once from Mexico, they would have sent him on his means and given him a lodge room and a $500 present card to Pal Squirrel. Instead, he was once taken from his household. Very unhappy, and an entire waste of instruments! When we win, we can get our priorities so as and MAGA!

In a submit to Instagram, Longo blamed his animals being taken away on the “selfishness” of the internet.

 

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“Well web, you WON. You took one of the vital amazing animals away from me because of your selfishness. To the workforce of people that called DEC, there’s a distinct place in hell for you,” he wrote.

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