‘Thousands’ of Americans voted for Harambe and now people are freaking out

Donald Trump's shock election win has already left a lot of people in a fragile state this morning.

And now widespread Twitter rumours that Americans decided to vote for Harambe yesterday have just tipped a load of them over edge.

It started when photos started to emerge of voters writing the slain silverback’s name onto ballot papers.

https://twitter.com/Mexicanabanana/status/796218076953878528

Then rumours of Harambe's massive electoral mandate took off after this US journalist's tweet.

https://twitter.com/David_Leavitt/status/796239651296215041 And then it didn't take long for people to start really freaking out. https://twitter.com/J4CKMULL/status/796270526683643904 https://twitter.com/ChrisChari/status/796267967633686528 https://twitter.com/StxrbucksNiallx/status/796232999708672000 https://twitter.com/EsemonRaymond/status/796282056296648704 It's unlikely that thousands of people did vote for Harambe; even if they did, it wouldn't have affected the result, as some have claimed. But we still despair.