‘Deez Nuts’ exposed: How a 15-year-old farm boy pranked presidential race
By Ryan Struyk
Good Morning America
It all started as a joke by a 15-year-old kid on a small-town Iowa farm. But before long, the independent presidential contender was thrust into national headlines.
His name: “Deez Nuts.”
Sophomore student Brady Olson, who lives on a corn, soybean and beef cattle farm in Wallingford, Iowa, filed a statement of candidacy form under the name “Deez Nuts” with theFederal Election Commission in late-July.
“The form was very generic, and barely needed anything to go with it,” the 15-year-old told ABC News in an email interview today.
When asked why he chose that name, Brady responded with two words: “good marketing.”
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