Jordan Klepper Pokes Fun at Trump Campaign’s Closing Message Focusing on Peanut the Squirrel’s Death: ‘I’m Glad Republicans Finally Care About Police Brutality’

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Michaela Zee On Monday night’s episode of “The Daily Show,” correspondent Jordan Klepper poked fun at the “important issues” Donald Trump‘s campaign focused on in the final days leading up to the election, including the death of Peanut, an orphaned squirrel-turned-social media star who was euthanized by New York wildlife officials last week. “Trump campaign, this is your last chance to get your message out.

Surely there is someone who is staying focused on the important issues and not getting distracted like some idiot dog when it sees a squirrel,” Klepper said.

The late-night show then cut to a clip of vice presidential candidate JD Vance bringing up Peanut the squirrel’s death. “I know Don’s fired up about Peanut the squirrel,” Vance told supporters at a campaign rally in Sanford, N.C., on Sunday. “We were on the way down here from Cincinnati.

He was like, you know, is it really the case that the Democrats murdered the Elon Musk of squirrels?” “Everyone, we are mere hours before Election Day, and Republicans’ final message is, ‘We must avenge the death of Peanut the squirrel,'” Klepper said. “Don’t get me wrong, I’m glad Republicans finally care about police brutality, but here we are, with all of MAGA world mourning the death of Peanut the squirrel.” During his opening monologue, Klepper compared Kamala Harris and Trump’s closing campaign messages, saying that the latter’s campaign has “gone off the rails.” “While Kamala’s ending the campaign on a note of joy and celebrity hype, Donald Trump’s closing argument is that he’s pissed at basically everyone,” Klepper said.