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Kanye West’s presidential bid bolstered by Republican operatives in at least five states
Interesting move by Republicans if confirmed as non-fakenews:
Kanye West’s presidential bid bolstered by Republican operatives in at least five states
Trump told reporters that he had “nothing to do” with helping West get on the ballot
President Trump responded during an Aug. 5 briefing at the White House to a reporter's question about efforts to get rapper Kanye West on presidential ballots. (The Washington Post)
August 9, 2020
One elector trying to get rapper Kanye West on the presidential ballot in Wisconsin is married to a former chairwoman of a Republican county committee and was photographed with President Trump at his inaugural.
In Arkansas, a Republican operative who signed West’s ballot petition was at one point interviewed to be Trump’s campaign manager for his 2016 bid.
And West’s ballot petition in Ohio was signed by a lawyer who has previously represented state Republican campaign committees.
West’s presidential effort has largely sputtered since he formally filed to run as an independent candidate representing the “Birthday Party” in July. He has held just one campaign rally last month in North Charleston, S.C., where heappeared onstage wearing a bulletproof vest and broke down in tears, prompting his wife, Kim Kardashian West, to post messages on Instagram asking for the public’s “compassion and empathy” as he struggles with bipolar disorder.
Kim Kardashian addresses Kanye West’s mental health, asks for ‘compassion and empathy’
President Trump meets with West in the Oval Office in 2018. (Calla Kessler/The Washington Post)
But in at least five states, Republican activists and operatives — including some who have publicly supported Trump anda lawyer who has worked for his 2020 campaign— have been involved with efforts to try to get rapper on the November ballot, according to an examination by The Washington Post of public filings and social media posts. Their involvementraises the specter that his candidacy is being propped upby aGOP-driven effort to siphon votes from presumptive Democratic nominee Joe Biden.
Trump told reporters this past week he had “nothing to do” with helping West get on the ballot but added that he likes West “very much.”
washingtonpost.com/politics/kanye-west-ballot-campaign-gop/2020/08/09/bfc8e58a-d8ce-11ea-9c3b-dfc394c03988_story.html
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Interesting move by Republicans if confirmed as non-fakenews:
Kanye West’s presidential bid bolstered by Republican operatives in at least five states
Trump told reporters that he had “nothing to do” with helping West get on the ballot
President Trump responded during an Aug. 5 briefing at the White House to a reporter's question about efforts to get rapper Kanye West on presidential ballots. (The Washington Post)
August 9, 2020
One elector trying to get rapper Kanye West on the presidential ballot in Wisconsin is married to a former chairwoman of a Republican county committee and was photographed with President Trump at his inaugural.
In Arkansas, a Republican operative who signed West’s ballot petition was at one point interviewed to be Trump’s campaign manager for his 2016 bid.
And West’s ballot petition in Ohio was signed by a lawyer who has previously represented state Republican campaign committees.
West’s presidential effort has largely sputtered since he formally filed to run as an independent candidate representing the “Birthday Party” in July. He has held just one campaign rally last month in North Charleston, S.C., where heappeared onstage wearing a bulletproof vest and broke down in tears, prompting his wife, Kim Kardashian West, to post messages on Instagram asking for the public’s “compassion and empathy” as he struggles with bipolar disorder.
Kim Kardashian addresses Kanye West’s mental health, asks for ‘compassion and empathy’
President Trump meets with West in the Oval Office in 2018. (Calla Kessler/The Washington Post)
But in at least five states, Republican activists and operatives — including some who have publicly supported Trump anda lawyer who has worked for his 2020 campaign— have been involved with efforts to try to get rapper on the November ballot, according to an examination by The Washington Post of public filings and social media posts. Their involvementraises the specter that his candidacy is being propped upby aGOP-driven effort to siphon votes from presumptive Democratic nominee Joe Biden.
Trump told reporters this past week he had “nothing to do” with helping West get on the ballot but added that he likes West “very much.”
washingtonpost.com/politics/kanye-west-ballot-campaign-gop/2020/08/09/bfc8e58a-d8ce-11ea-9c3b-dfc394c03988_story.html
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Days after donating $2M to BLM, Kanye calls out Trump: 'How about we stop hiding in bunkers?'
Trump pal Kanye accuses his wife Kim Kardashian and her mother of 'white supremacy'
