In an exclusive interview with Forbes, Kanye West confirmed what we knew all along since he announced via Twitter that he’s running for president—he’s doing so to take votes from Joe Biden.
By the time Kanye announced his long shot White House bid on July 5, he had already missed the chance to appear on the ballot in six states. So his presidential run was thrown into doubt since the first day.
Less than two weeks after he made the announcement it was reported that he was dropping out of the race. At the time West did not give a reason for his withdrawal. But, according to reports he failed to submit the required number of signatures to appear on the ballot in Florida and South Carolina.
Since then he has gotten some extra help from Trump affiliated political operatives to get on the ballot in key swing states like Wisconsin, which Trump barely won in 2016, raising concerns that Kanye is the Jill Stein of 2020.
Like Stein in 2016, Kanye does not have to win a state, just siphon enough votes to secure a Trump victory. And, in a state like Wisconsin which Trump won by 0.77%, every single vote counts.
Excerpt from Forbes
Asked directly if he was running to siphon votes from Biden, Kanye said rather than running for president, he was “walking,” quickly adding that he was “walking . . . to win.”
When it was pointed out that he actually can’t win in 2020—that he won’t be on enough ballots to yield 270 electoral votes, and that a write-in campaign isn’t feasible—and thus was serving as a spoiler, West replied: “I’m not going to argue with you. Jesus is King.”
West did not respond when asked whether he feels he’s being used. When I pointed out to West that the slapdash operation to get him on the ballot, which includes one operative previously arrested for voter fraud and multiple West “electors” from the same address, didn’t feel like a Kanye West production, West replied that it was a “God production.”
Kanye also revealed that he hasn’t really cut ties with the Trump administration. He told Forbes that he’s “designing a school within the next month” and that “I’m meeting with Betsy DeVos about the post-Covid curriculum.”
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