P’nut the squirrel and Liz Cheney are two bizarre closing symbols of this election campaign. If we read the tea leaves, we can see how they represent what’s really at stake on Tuesday: freedom versus authoritarianism — only it’s the reverse of what Kamala Harris has been saying. (Hint: it’s her political compatriots who killed the squirrel.)
The brutal seizure and euthanasia of a pet squirrel by New York state officials, and the embrace by Harris of the turncoat Republican daughter of the architect of the Iraq War are really two sides of the same coin: the authoritarian nature of the modern Democratic Party and its Deep State allies.
First to P’nut. The cute pet squirrel was orphaned when his mother was hit by a car seven years ago and adopted by an upstate New Yorker, engineer Mark Longo.
Last week, P’Nut and his friend, Fred the raccoon, were seized by officers of the Departments of Environmental Conservation and Health who raided Longo’s home in rural Pine City, and searched it for five hours