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.
not mine but i saw it om facebook pic.twitter.com/10hgDUno2g
— Jeffrey ඞ (@MiguelEsSexy) November 9, 2016
Then rumours of Harambe’s massive electoral mandate took off after this US journalist’s tweet.
Over 11,000 people voted for Harambe. Harambe is a dead gorilla.
Those 11,000 votes would have saved our country. #ElectionNight— David Leavitt 🎲🎮🧙♂️🌈 (@David_Leavitt) November 9, 2016
And then it didn’t take long for people to start really freaking out.
11,000 Americans voted for Harambe…they woke up, get dressed & voted for a dead animal. Trump is the least of some of your worries
— JP (@Jprz1321) November 9, 2016
I mad at people that voted wrote in harambe like seriously this isn't s joke https://t.co/bWbNnVvuaL
— PoeTayToe (@ChrisChari) November 9, 2016
Fuck everyone who voted for Trump, Harambe, Harry Styles, and any others. This is not a joke.
— thk1s lia⁷ (@BlCHOTASZN) November 9, 2016
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.
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