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Kanye West Tweeted Incorrect Election Results, Claimed He Had 19% Of The Vote In Kentucky

<p><span style&equals;"font-weight&colon; 400&semi;">Kanye West was at peak Kanye West Tuesday night when he proudly tweeted out some alleged early poll numbers that reflected he had secured 19&percnt; of the vote&comma; or about 40&comma;000 votes&comma; for President in Kentucky&period;<&sol;span><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><span style&equals;"font-weight&colon; 400&semi;">His tweet&comma; along with a celebratory video&comma; read&colon; &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;GET THE WEST WING READY&excl;&excl;&excl;&&num;8230&semi;this is how I felt when I saw that Kentucky &lpar;poll&rpar; result&period;”<&sol;span><&sol;p>&NewLine;<blockquote class&equals;"instagram-media" data-instgrm-permalink&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;instagram&period;com&sol;p&sol;CGT0kAdhf1C&sol;&quest;utm&lowbar;source&equals;ig&lowbar;embed&&num;038&semi;utm&lowbar;campaign&equals;loading" data-instgrm-version&equals;"14" style&equals;" background&colon;&num;FFF&semi; max-width&colon;658px&semi; min-width&colon;326px&semi; 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<&sol;div><&sol;blockquote>&NewLine;<p><span style&equals;"font-weight&colon; 400&semi;">In addition to his social media boasting&comma; Kanye also tweeted in typical Kanye fashion that running for president was the right decision after sharing those poll results&period;<&sol;span><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><span style&equals;"font-weight&colon; 400&semi;">&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;PEOPLE TRIED TO TALK ME OUT OF RUNNING FOR PRESIDENT&&num;8230&semi;NEVER LET WEAK CONTROLLING PEOPLE KILL YOUR SPIRIT&period;”<&sol;span><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><span style&equals;"font-weight&colon; 400&semi;">Well&comma; unfortunately for Kanye&comma; those poll results were reportedly fake&period;<&sol;span><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><span style&equals;"font-weight&colon; 400&semi;">While Kanye did&comma; in fact&comma; get on the ballot in Kentucky&comma; the news station to which the results were attributed came forward Monday night to explain the results were fake&period;<&sol;span><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><span style&equals;"font-weight&colon; 400&semi;">&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;The results shown were not valid&period; They were simply part of a test&period; We regret the discovery of the cached web link and have removed the data from that page&period; We apologize for any confusion&comma;” a tweet from LEX18News read&period;<&sol;span><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><span style&equals;"font-weight&colon; 400&semi;">Nancy Cox&comma; a reporter for the station&comma; added that the fake results Kanye West shared were sent out to &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;make sure the systems are working&period;”<&sol;span><&sol;p>&NewLine;<blockquote class&equals;"instagram-media" data-instgrm-permalink&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;instagram&period;com&sol;p&sol;CGT31g0BpWS&sol;&quest;utm&lowbar;source&equals;ig&lowbar;embed&&num;038&semi;utm&lowbar;campaign&equals;loading" data-instgrm-version&equals;"14" style&equals;" background&colon;&num;FFF&semi; max-width&colon;658px&semi; min-width&colon;326px&semi; padding&colon;0&semi; width&colon;99&period;375&percnt;&semi; 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400&semi;">It’s widely believed that Kanye doesn’t have a shot at the White House this year after he failed to get on multiple state ballots before the required deadline&period;<a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;dev&period;theshaderoom&period;com&sol;tsr-updatez-kanye-west-reportedly-files-with-the-federal-election-commission-fec-to-run-for-president&sol;"> His run for presiden<&sol;a>t has been quite the show and got off to a rocky start following a disastrous campaign rally in South Carolina&period;<&sol;span><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><span style&equals;"font-weight&colon; 400&semi;">But Kanye continues to push through and even <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;dev&period;theshaderoom&period;com&sol;kanye-west-drops-his-first-official-campaign-video&sol;">dropped his first presidential campaign ad this week&period;<&sol;a><&sol;span><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><span style&equals;"font-weight&colon; 400&semi;">He has been heavily criticized by voters for allegedly trying to break up the vote&comma; which people most certainly believe would only help Trump in the election&period; It was also proved that <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;dev&period;theshaderoom&period;com&sol;republican-operatives-are-helping-kanye-west-get-on-the-general-ballot-in-several-states&sol;">Kanye had Republican operatives working his campaign&period;<&sol;a><&sol;span><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><span style&equals;"font-weight&colon; 400&semi;">We’ll keep you posted on any updates&period;<&sol;span><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine; <div class&equals;"wpra-reactions-wrap wpra-plugin-container" style&equals;"justify-content&colon; center&semi;&semi;"> <div class&equals;"wpra-reactions-container" data-ver&equals;"1&period;3&period;10" data-post&lowbar;id&equals;"69427" data-show&lowbar;count&equals;"true" data-enable&lowbar;share&equals;"onclick" data-behavior&equals;"regular" data-animation&equals;"true" data-share&lowbar;url&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;dev&period;theshaderoom&period;com&sol;kanye-west-tweeted-incorrect-results-claimed-he-had-19-of-the-vote-in-kentucky&sol;" data-secure&equals;"0d81ef196e"> <div class&equals;"wpra-call-to-action" style&equals;"color&colon; 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