PETA seizes on CNN pundit’s ‘escaped monkey’ analysis of Trump

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People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals, or PETA, seized on a never-Trumper’s slam of former President Donald Trump as an “escaped monkey from a cocaine study” during CNN’s pre-debate analysis on Thursday to call for an end to federal animal testing.

“Whoever wins the presidential race must recognize that experiments on animals are failing to lead to treatments for humans and should cut the National Institutes of Health’s budget for animal tests entirely and permanently,” PETA Senior Vice President Kathy Guillermo told Secrets.

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