Kanye West gave an interview to Forbes magazine on his alleged 2020 run and it’s as BONKERS as you would guess.
First up, he’s done with the Trump support, will call his new party the “Birthday Party” and he’s picked a woman from Wyoming as his running mate:
Kanye West no longer supports Trump—“I am taking the red hat off, with this interview,” he told @RandallLane—and intends to run for election under the banner of “the Birthday Party.”
He’s picked Michelle Tidball, a preacher from Wyoming, as running mate.https://t.co/YrdgOrSuDj
— Jennifer Jacobs (@JenniferJJacobs) July 8, 2020
You see, he didn’t like that President Trump hid in that bunker during the BLM protests:
Kanye says he no longer supporters Donald Trump, because of his handling of the coronavirus crisis and reaction to the #BlackLivesMatter protests: "I don’t like that I caught wind that he hid in the bunker." https://t.co/verAcCbrmB
— Consequence of Sound (@consequence) July 8, 2020
And he doesn’t care one bit if he siphons off Black votes from Joe Biden:
Kanye West says 'he’s ok with siphoning off Black votes from the Democratic nominee, thus helping Trump. “I’m not denying it, I just told you. To say that the Black vote is Democratic is a form of racism and white supremacy.”' https://t.co/LAALpaCsYO
— Saagar Enjeti (@esaagar) July 8, 2020
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According to Kanye, “Joe Biden’s not special” anyway:
Kanye West: "Obama’s special. Trump’s special. We say Kanye West is special. America needs special people that lead. Bill Clinton? Special. Joe Biden’s not special.”' https://t.co/LAALpaCsYO
— Saagar Enjeti (@esaagar) July 8, 2020
What could go wrong? He’s being advised by Elon Musk:
“I am taking the red hat off, with this interview,” Kanye West tells Forbes. Says he’ll run for president in 2020 under a new banner—the Birthday Party—with guidance from Elon Musk. https://t.co/jBu2WHxMro
— Jill Colvin (@colvinj) July 8, 2020
As for his eventual White House, he will model it after the fictional African nation of Wakanda:
Kanye “envisions a White House organizational model based on the secret country of Wakanda in Black Panther.”https://t.co/w7bsPUFxQ9
— Marc Caputo (@MarcACaputo) July 8, 2020
He’s in it to win it, guys:
Kanye West is running for president in 2020 under a new banner—the Birthday Party—with guidance from Elon Musk and an obscure vice presidential candidate he’s already chosen.
“Like anything I’ve ever done in my life,” says West, “I’m doing to win.” https://t.co/p4zpZ02nQo
— Jonathan Lemire (@JonLemire) July 8, 2020
As for how a President West would tackle the coronavirus pandemic, he’s worried about microchips in vaccines:
Kanye on vaccines:
“It’s so many of our children that are being vaccinated and paralyzed … So when they say the way we’re going to fix Covid is with a vaccine, I’m extremely cautious. That’s the mark of the beast. They want to put chips inside of us."
https://t.co/3Rup5eNp5D— Francesca Chambers (@fran_chambers) July 8, 2020
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