Legends by no means die.
UFC fighter Jim Miller used his victory speech at Madison Sq. Backyard to name consideration to the pet-political reason behind P’Nut the Squirrel.
Miller prolonged his personal document for many wins ever within the UFC to 27 on Saturday night time — however the New Jersey native had different issues on his thoughts when host Joe Rogan met him for the put up combat interview.
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“New York, I acquired one factor to say, first. We’d like justice for P’Nut,” Miller said after he rapidly submitted his opponent Damon Jackson within the first spherical with a guillotine chokehold.
The group started to roar – some cheering, others booing the state in outrage — on the point out of P’Nut, who was confiscated from his house and killed by New York State final month.
“It’s not only a squirrel,” Miller continued. “It’s all the children that went hungry that night time. And all the opposite issues that the cash and sources may’ve been put to.”
“Hopefully that DOGE cleans issues up down on the state degree,” Miller concluded, referencing the newly minted government department challenge launched by President-elect Trump, Elon Musk, and former presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy.
A bemused Joe Rogan replied, “I like the way you used your put up victory speech for a political rally.”
The saga of P’Nut the squirrel has served as a significant political motivator in conservative circles — turning into a pet cause of Elon Musk and even gracing the dialog of Supreme Court Justice Neil Gorsuch.
Conservatives have held the story up for instance of unnecessary authorities intrusion and overreach.
Earlier this week, state officers would later verify that P’Nut was put to death as a part of a rabies take a look at.