Presidential candidates are not hard to come by at the moment, in particular for the Republican party, but there are only a few candidates that can claim that they're polling well.
One of those candidates is the mysterious independent "Deez Nuts", and understandably, the media has been asking over the last few days just who exactly that is, given that they haven't made many public appearances. Despite that, they're third in the polls sitting just behind Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton.
The person behind the campaign is, in fact a teenager whose real name is Brady Olson, and based the name of the candidate on a reference to a viral internet video.
While he has admitted that he's just having some fun, Mr. Nuts is tracking at 9% in a Public Policy Poll (PPP) in North Carolina, as well as 8% and 7% in Minnesota and Iowa polls respectively, meaning that there might be some life in the campaign yet.
For now, you can just enjoy this compilation of anchors and news reporters having to say "deez nuts" over and over again.
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Have you guys heard of #Deeznuts ? He's running for president!
Posted by WTF Magazine on Thursday, 20 August 2015
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