Elections 2024: How Peanut, a euthanized pet squirrel, became a Republican talking point

It’s the Monday right before the 2024 presidential election and Republicans cannot stop talking about the state-sanctioned euthanizing of a squirrel named Peanut.

Known colloquially to his 720,000-plus Instagram followers as P’Nut, the tiny, charismatic rodent has become a right-wing martyr…