Rapper Kanye West announces U.S. presidential bid on Twitter
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Source: Reuters
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - American rapper Kanye West, a vocal supporter of U.S. President Donald Trump, announced on Saturday that he would run for president in 2020 in an apparent challenge to Trump and his presumptive Democratic rival, former Vice President Joe Biden.
We must now realize the promise of America by trusting God, unifying our vision and building our future. I am running for president of the United States, West wrote in a Twitter post, adding an American flag emoji and the hashtag #2020VISION.
Read more: https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election-kanye-west/rapper-kanye-west-announces-u-s-presidential-bid-on-twitter-idUSKBN24601P
Rebl2
(13,311 posts)an idiot
comradebillyboy
(10,119 posts)BlueIdaho
(13,582 posts)And like many with that condition - hard to stabilize for any length of time.
Bernardo de La Paz
(48,789 posts)And he had a bizarre meeting with tRump in Oval Office.
Perhaps Putin or tRump operatives have been whispering to West.
Dave Starsky
(5,914 posts)You CAN be bipolar and a fucking idiot, and Kanye is the textbook example.
lark
(23,003 posts)For this one, I'd bet drumpf who is getting reimbursed or having loans forgiven by PUtin. This is one of the ways he intends to steal the electioin. We will be seeing a lot more fuckery starting especially in Sept. I dread this time because he will do anything to win, destroy the country, destroy our health, bow down to communists, start a civil war, and all for his perceived personal financial gain.
LiberalLovinLug
(14,154 posts)Yes one would hope that the vast majority of black voters would not be swayed by the idea of voting for Kanye over another old establishment white guy, knowing what is ultimately at stake. But no one thought for instance that the majority of white women would vote for a big orange sexual predator either.
Not only could this actually shave off enough black votes, to influence some ridings, but would be another way to "launder" votes after hacking machines. An excuse for a Trump win, and for the MSM to have the "story" explained.
I have no doubt they have been whispering in his ear for a while now.
sprinkleeninow
(20,136 posts)What freakin' planet....
BigmanPigman
(51,432 posts)No, seriously.
Rebl2
(13,311 posts)Cha
(295,929 posts)msongs
(67,199 posts)Captain Zero
(6,715 posts)And then talk up how all the black voters leaving Biden for Kanye just may change the election.
Putin is probably already in on it.
C_U_L8R
(44,897 posts)Cause he's already missed some. He lost before he even began. This must be a misguided and desperate stunt to make Trump appear viable. How pathetic.
ForgoTheConsequence
(4,846 posts)They're close. This is obviously a last-ditch effort on Trump's part.
mucifer
(23,374 posts)KPN
(15,587 posts)and the rest of the Repug goombas!
cstanleytech
(26,082 posts)realized that they completely fucked it up and are going to vote for Biden.
oldsoftie
(12,410 posts)Richard D
(8,693 posts)So he's trying to get black voters to vote for him and not for Biden.
CousinIT
(9,151 posts)politicaljunkie41910
(3,335 posts)he can run for POTUS. But most black people I know who bother to register to vote, and bother to show up to vote are not going to vote for Kanya or anyone from the Kartrasian Dynasty. I know I wouldn't vote for him. Besides, I think the vast majority of Dems have had enough of know nothing celebrities like the Trumps particularly after he's demonstrated his ignorance with the Corona virus and I think they will realized how much is at stake after 4 years of Trump and will welcome someone with a solid background like Joe Biden, who knows something about running the government, and dealing with political adversaries rather than someone whose ignorance is on full display, day in and day out and we all know better now that there's more to voting for someone for President based
on their celebrity hood because there's too much at state.
Hosting the weekly game show, Family Feud does not prepare you for the position of POTUS no matter how many years of experience you have under your belt. We all know what happens when you vote for someone based on their celebrity hood rather than someone who had been preparing themselves for years to take control of the entire federal government, on day one. Also, CHARACTER MATTERS. The TRUTH MATTERS. Trump would never have passed a Government Background Investigation that every other federal worker MUST pass in order to gain access to Classified material.
Cha
(295,929 posts)stake.
No time to be fucking around.
Bernardo de La Paz
(48,789 posts)athenasatanjesus
(859 posts)TreasonousBastard
(43,049 posts)of the over 1,100 candidates who have filed with the FEC so far.
Kanye isn't on it, yet.
https://ballotpedia.org/List_of_registered_2020_presidential_candidates
CountMyVote4Reality
(209 posts)The End
dobleremolque
(479 posts)Hahahahahahahahahaha! Urk. Mmmmmmm. Giggle. Snort.
milestogo
(16,829 posts)Marie Marie
(9,999 posts)I did that when Trump rode down the escalator. I give up.
BigmanPigman
(51,432 posts)Eugene
(61,595 posts)No paperwork filed. No visible evidence of an organization. Multiple state ballot access deadlines coming in 10 days.
It does divert attention from the MF45 dumpster fire, if only momentarily.
Tactical Peek
(1,204 posts)Link to tweet
"Kanye Wests announcement of his intention to seek the Presidency reminds us that its not too early to start thinking about the 2020 campaign. (2016s already old hat by now, anyway), Barry Blitt says about 2020 Vision, his cover for next weeks issue. And when one considers Mr. West, it doesnt take a whole lot of imagination to be reminded of another scrappy kid who won the Presidency, back in 1948, against all odds. The press wrote him off, too. Thats rightHarry Truman.
https://www.newyorker.com/culture/culture-desk/cover-story-2015-09-14
Mz Pip
(27,404 posts)He cant just say hes going to run and then miraculously appear on the November ballot. This is such bullshit.
McCamy Taylor
(19,240 posts)in. And submit them in place of real ballots cast for Biden.
He is still Trump's man.
pnwmom
(108,925 posts)to flip the election to Trump, the guy he endorsed last time.
Linda Ed
(492 posts)OMG..LMAO he won't even make it to first base....he was convicted of a felony. Then later on had his Criminal Record Expunged...West said his braids and being black got him arrested..He also alleges that the arresting officers doctored their report right in front of his eyes. He was charged with battery and attempted grand theft in 2013. He's a billionaire and wants everyone to know it..Who cares how much money you have? .
No way Jose!
https://www.forbes.com/site...
Read More: Kanye West Says His Braids Got Him A Felony - XXL | https://www.xxlmag.com/kany...
Capt. America
(2,477 posts)pnwmom
(108,925 posts)but that was enough to assure Trump's win.
McCamy Taylor
(19,240 posts)I guess they found their man. He is 2020's Jill Stein. How much is Russia paying him?
Captain Zero
(6,715 posts)Does the rest. Putin would go for it.
sakabatou
(42,083 posts)onetexan
(12,994 posts)Bipolar maybe?
BigmanPigman
(51,432 posts)was bipolar but stopped taking his meds.
keithbvadu2
(36,369 posts)canetoad
(17,090 posts)All used up when Trump began his run.
Total systemic failure that: a)Trump was elected; b) Kanye West is even considering being a candidate.
keithbvadu2
(36,369 posts)Melania would be the first nudie model FLOTUS instead of the 'only'.
And Kim does not need her 'kidneys' enlarged.
https://www.papermag.com/break-the-internet-kim-kardashian-cover-1427450475.html?rebelltitem=16#rebelltitem16
Cha
(295,929 posts)SunSeeker
(51,378 posts)He needs better medication for his bipolar disorder.
AmericanVictimized
(20 posts)NNadir
(33,368 posts)The rumor is that lithium is an excellent treatment for manic depressive disorder.
steve2470
(37,457 posts)Someone needs to talk sense into this guy. If he cannot grasp that Trump HATES people like him (African-American), then he has more issues than I could imagine.
If he manages to tip the election to Trump in battleground states (if he can even do that) or any state really, I will strongly dislike him forever and ever.
beachbumbob
(9,263 posts)mdbl
(4,972 posts)He and Trump are a couple of narcissistic morons who love each other almost as much as themselves.
sinkingfeeling
(51,279 posts)dalton99a
(81,073 posts)qwlauren35
(6,112 posts)is that what she wore to meet the president?
That would be hilarious. He might lose his mind and make a grab for her.
not_the_one
(2,227 posts)Where to start????
Rant ON/
Kanye is a hanger on. He is nothing outside the hip-hop/rap worlds. And since I don't do either, I have no idea if he is of any import there.
Kanye may be bipolar, but he and the Kardashians know how the American public's interests have been so trivialized that they can become incredibly rich OFF of it. The coattails of the Kardashians were quite convenient for Kanye.
The Kardashians are nothing but PR creations, who became incredibly rich OFF of that PR. (Much like the 1954 movie, It Should Happen To You, about a woman who's sole claim to fame was renting a billboard on Columbus Circle in NYC, and putting her picture on it. It was seen by millions, and presto, she was the IT girl of the time.)
Gossip and family dysfunction, which is played out in the public arena and is carefully choreographed (meaning mostly FAKE), have created the Kardashian personas, their empire and their wealth. But SUBSTANCE is not in the picture. (Sure, once you are rich you can utilize your platform to justify your status, and actually practice benevolence. It doesn't matter that your road to success involved dragging the rest of us into the gutter with you.)
The turd is impressed with the Kardashian's wealth and power. Their wealth is REAL. Who has the most power is questionable. He is jealous of both.
Kanye is willing to fawn over the turd to remain in the spotlight, and the turd likes that. So the turd is willing to use that. It plays right into his desire to divide us.
This new move against the turd is a stunt by Kanye, desperately trying to retain some sort of tangential relevancy. I think he is using the "bipolar" aspect to further his 15 minutes.
I would hope that if Kanye goes forward with this charade the black community will see it for what it is. But sometimes people, if given an opportunity to make a bold, in your face statement, will do EXACTLY what is NOT in their best interest.
Hopefully this won't be one of those times.
/Rant OFF
ClusterFreak
(3,112 posts)...Biden has won and is giving his acceptance speech, and Yeezy walks on stage with a cordless mic proclaiming "Imma let you talk in a minute, but..."
Sorry I couldn't resist...
Gothmog
(144,005 posts)Link to tweet
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ancianita
(35,813 posts)He'll never attract black Democrats. He's driving away white Repubs. He's trolling Trump and he's trolling y'all.
Y'all don't know Yeezy. Stay calm.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kanye_West
I love Yeezy's music, have loved him since before 'College Dropout.' There's a reason he's bought by millions and millions. He's an artist. Here's an oldie from nine years ago.
bluescribbler
(2,105 posts)No publicity is bad publicity is his mantra.
yaesu
(8,020 posts)good thing i can trash this tRump propaganda so is removed from my du feed.
paleotn
(17,781 posts)Must...have....attention.
GoneOffShore
(17,309 posts)A pretty interesting take -
Here's part -
"He's a jackass." -- Barack Obama, referring to Kanye West in 2009.
I just went to the lavatory, thought about this some more ... and came back to rewrite this entirely. My first thought was completely wrong. 180-degrees wrong.
Ye knows he can't win. That's still not the point.
But it's not to draw black people away from the Democratic candidate. That was my first thought, because that's most black voters' first thought when looking at a black candidate.
West isn't a liberal. West is an evangelical Christian. For the most part, so are the eight percent or so of black voters who vote for Republicans ... like Donald Trump.
Here's a link to his page - https://www.facebook.com/gchidi?__tn__=%2CdC-R-R&eid=ARCRimGGcAJmTsq8Wyrlic5RiM9TLAhmny65WTP9yY30kJqkDWSuH7R5g7UX7F0aB4jUnLyS7tU4TEy9&hc_ref=ARTNjNBpwHV3dYdhlBoghMgpV-7_1JKwkRdew6iL0F1AmcHLssSQhDhoYsdqZBHoPNY&fref=nf
Zorro
(15,691 posts)Karma.
usajumpedtheshark
(672 posts)Maeve
(42,224 posts)BigOleDummy
(2,260 posts)PLEASE explain to me just what it is about Kanye and his wife that has so many people enthralled? To me his music is nothing special, decent enough I suppose but special? Nope. And his wife...... smh....... do people REALLY think she's attractive? Or smart? Or .... what? I'm not trying to be a jerk here but.... just WHAT do people see in either one of them?
Omaha Steve
(99,073 posts)NOT important news of national interest only.
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