On Monday night, Donald Trump appeared in Lexington, Kentucky, to hold a campaign rally for Republican Governor Matt Bevin, a close Trump ally. In his speech at the rally, Trump shifted the focus to himself, as if he were on the ballot. According to NBC News, Trump told his supporters that if they could not bring him a Bevin victory, “they are going to say Trump suffered the greatest defeat in the history of the world.”
But on Tuesday, Bevin did indeed lose the hotly contested governor’s race. At about 8 p.m. CST, Decision Desk HQ projected a stunning upset win for the state’s attorney general, Democrat Andy Beshear.
At the previous night’s rally, Trump pleaded with Kentucky voters to prevent a Beshear victory, imploring them, “You can’t let that happen to me!”