Today Kanye announced that he will be running for president of the United States, i thought we'd have a thread on it here by now, but here it is, this is his tweet today:
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,” the 43-year-old musician wrote on Independence Day, using the hashtag “2020 vision.
The election is in November, that is four months from now (July) and Kanye West is declaring that he is in the race today, how serious can we take him? Social media has been buzzing and shocked with Kanye's tweet. We all know of Kanye West's support for Donald Trump, so why the sudden change and decision to run against him. There have been so many opinions on this:
Many on social media have dismissed the announcement as a publicity stunt, though others questioned: How did West go from being a vocal ally of President Donald Trump to announcing a run against him? Is this an attempt to draw some Black voters and young voters away from presumptive Democratic nominee Joe Biden?
What do you think?
Source:
https://www.politico.com/news/2020/07/05/kanye-west-says-running-president-2020-348903@Coyster he’s not joking and he’s serious about running for the Presidents post, but I wonder will the Americans even consider voting for him?.
Are we seriously turning this board into "Keeping Up With the Kardashians" now?
Who cares what Kanye does. Starving for attention apparently.
@suchmoon it would be really sad if it happened as this is one of my favourite boards, and I don’t want to open it and only see kardashian news if Kim becomes the First Lady.
Just a publicity move. Running for President is a great way to keep relevant and get people to attribute value to you for doing nothing. I kinda think this is what Trump was doing by running in the primaries back in 2016 until he slowly realized he was gaining support in the polls. Realistically Kanye doesn't have any sort of shot and isn't actually being serious.
Attention whores gonna whore for attention...
@Gyfts @OgNasty he’s even got himself a Wikipedia page dedicated to his election bid, and Wikipedia is considering deleting this page of his.
"Kanye West tweeted Saturday night that he wants to run for president in 2020 — four months before the election and apparently without having filed with the Federal Election Commission or created a campaign committee."
I am a Kanye West fan back in the day.
But first things first and this issue should be resolved, or else, technically there's no need to seriously discuss this any further.
"If West is serious about running, he would have to run as an independent and still get the necessary signatures to be on November's ballot. The deadline to file has already passed in Indiana, Maine, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina and Texas. However, West's name could still be written in anywhere.
The only "Kanye" in the FEC database for this year’s presidential election is a Green Party candidate who has raised $0."
Again, technically speaking... there's nothing here unless proven otherwise, of course.
@Kilofoxtrot while you’re right that he’s yet not filed his paper’s, but I checked on google apparently he yet has time to submit his paper’s for the election.
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I wouldn't bet on Kanye's fans being able to write, let alone spell his name correctly.
But if he's serious about it (LOL) I suggest picking Taylor Swift for VP.
@suchmoon i don’t think Swift will join in this madness, and I love her music hence I’m hoping that she continues in that industry only, but what about Kim she can definitely become the VP?.
Sources:
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-53297864https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kanye_West_2020_presidential_campaignhttps://www.ccn.com/kanye-west-is-running-for-president-here-are-his-top-five-running-mates/
