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Peanut the Squirrel Becomes Right-Wing Martyr in Final Election Push From the Extremely Online

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PâNut the squirrel became a symbol and martyr on the right over the weekend .

Donald Trump surrogates like Elon Musk are tweeting about a squirrel who died in a New York state raid last week .

The squirrel was euthanized by the Department of Environmental Conservation in New York after it was seized from Mark Longo's home.

Trump supporters dressed up like garbage and Trump himself did a photo-op in a garbage truck.

The Huffington Post sent a journalist to the swing state of Pennsylvania to talk to Puerto Rican voters.

One man told HuffPo that heâd never voted before but decided to do so after hearing the comedian's joke.

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