He also tweeted that moving forward he'd be "distancing myself from politics and completely focusing on being creative !!!" but it's an artist's prerogative to change his mind. Some of the things he stands for politically, including "holding people who misuse their power accountable." He continued: "I believe in love and compassion for people seeking asylum and parents who are fighting to protect their children from violence and war….I support creating jobs and opportunities for people who need them the most, I support prison reform, I support common-sense gun laws that will make our world safer." He and Kim Kardashian West have been effective lobbyists for prison reform, both generically and in the specific matter of getting the nonviolent drug offender Alice Johnson out of prison.Īfter being discouraged by public attacks over his Trump support in 2019, West tweeted, as my Reason article reported: Tech mogul Elon Musk is also already backing Kanye's candidacy.Īs I pointed out in a 2019 Reason story, despite his oft-repeated fandom for President Donald Trump, the only specific policy issues West has been public about supporting are criminal justice reform, getting more jobs into American cities, and gun control. But he has already cleared what may be the most important hurdle toward such endeavors: the public support of his wife, Kim Kardashian West, who retweeted his announcement with apparent approval, adding merely a flag icon to her husband's declaration. The Federal Election Commission's website shows no sign yet that he's done any of the legal filings to really run for the office. I am running for president of the United States #2020VISION We must now realize the promise of America by trusting God, unifying our vision and building our future. If there is anything that I can do with my time and my day, to somehow make a difference while I’m alive I’m going to try to do it.Kanye West, the hip hop and fashion mogul whose public moves in the past few years have included a controversial flirtation with MAGA-ism and a turn toward pure Christian messaging in his music, chose the nation's birthday to announce this via tweet: When I talk about the idea of being president, I’m not saying I have any political views, I don’t have views on politics, I just have a view on humanity, on people, on the truth. He later explained his statement in an interview with BBC Radio 1: “We are numb, we’re numb to 500 kids getting killed in Chicago a year, we’re numb to the fact that it was seven police shootings in the beginning of July… we’re numb to places on the Earth that we don’t live – like our life is okay but it’s okay for other people’s lives to not be okay. And yes, as you probably could’ve guessed by this moment, I have decided in 2020 to run for President.” It don’t matter, though It’s not about me. Kanye first said he wanted to run in 2020 at the 2015 MTV VMAs, where during an acceptance speech, he said, “I don’t know what I finna lose after this. However, the filing deadlines for a number of states has already passed, so it seems unlikely Kanye will actually appear on very many ballots - unless he already filed, and just waited til now to make the announcement.
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Kanye can count among his supporters Elon Musk, who tweeted that the rapper has his full support. Kanye hasn’t explained whether this means he’ll be running against Trump and as of press date, Trump has yet to respond. For some, it was a cause for rejoicing, while others wondered whether the whole thing was a plot to help Trump, who Kanye considers a friend and stumped for all throughout 2018 with a “Make America Great Again” cap despite backlash from both fans and peers. Kanye’s announcement immediately sent Twitter into a frenzy as people wondered whether the announcement was true and began to share their takes on it. I am running for president of the United States 🇺🇸! #2020VISION
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