Kanye West Announces 2020 Presidential Run

I honestly think he is pulling a Ross Perot and helping Trump if he actually does run. What do you all think?

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/kanye-west-announces-2020-presidential-run-1301846

Kanye knows how to run a successful business, so that already makes him more qualified than your current president.

He said 2024, why now?

I hope he wins.

Fuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuck.

Trump gonna win.

The number of idiots that will vote for Kanye simply because he is Kanye will come from the democrat side.

Meanwhile Kanye is probably thinking:

"Money? Check. Fame? Check. Power? Hmmm could use more power. AND WTF KIM YOU'RE A BILLIONAIRE AND I"M NOT! F*** YOU I'M gonna be PREZIDENT!"

Oh, and lest you all forget....

@mrbojangles25: Liberals hate Kanye though. He might not even qualify to get on the ballet, I also doubt he has the money to last long.

Look at those pictures, that alone turns the left off of him, he might get more conservatives.

He's more mentally unstable than Trump. Therefore he has a good chance.

Nah, solidarity is the GOP's greatest strength. If you vote once GOP, you're probably always voting GOP.

And I wouldn't say Kanye is necessarily liberal or conservative or whatever. He is a star, and that will attract idiots people that like that sort of thing. The problem is, if you like celebrities and are Republican, you'll still vote Republican. If you like celebrities and are democrat, you just might write in Kanye.

I wish we had someone other than Biden, and I wish we didn't have Trump. Ideally we'd have two competent candidates. But at this point anything other than Biden, Biden, Biden is a distraction. I honestly would not put it past Trump to have asked Kanye to enter the race just to steal votes.

He won't run. He is releasing a new album soon also. Anyway he if he actually ran he would hurt trump and get under 1% of the vote. No one wants to vote for a third party this year because they are desparate to get rid of trump.

@mrbojangles25: I voted GOP in 2004 and 2008. Will never again. Just saying. I used to be conservative until around 2009. We all change over time.

(Waits for Xabiss to call me a liar)

I actually see Kanye West the O.J Simpson cause he does get so much attention but him running for President? I am still surprised Kayne isn't voting for Trump...Probably just a publicity stunt at this point but then again, he's got an album coming soon, gotta promote whatever it takes :P

He'll most likely be a write-in candidate since it's already too late for him to file in many states including his own.

On a scale of 1 to Michael Jackson how crazy is Kanye West?

Lol DO IT! Less votes for Democrats is a good thing to solidify Trump for four more years!

@thegreatchomp: ‘I voted GOP in 2004 and 2008. Will never again.’

I call BS. You voted for McCain and Romney? I find it hard to believe that someone would go that backwards in their political leaning and support higher taxes and more government. Assuming you understood what a conservative stands for or you were an uninformed voter.

Did you hit your head?

@Sevenizz: 2004/2008 was Bush/McCain, respectively.

Is severe mental illness now a prerequisite for the job?

Please make this happen.

Someone is ate up with Xabiss, I can personally care less how anyone votes that is there right. Again you are the one that came out and attacked me with your statement. Heck I didn't vote for Trump and will not this time. I have voted 3rd party last election and will vote 3rd party this election. Both parties right now don't deserve any votes for how they are acting.

It will be interesting to see how genuine he is about trying to run. We will see soon enough.

Every single democrat I know absolutely hates Kanye. This will hurt Trump, he's basically a black tocken. The small minority support Trump has will go over to Kanye. Not even Sevenizz will vote for him, of course he's black so he won't anyhow.

So presidential debates will now be rap battles?

Just imagine how amazing the press briefings would be.

Joe Biden would be awesome at that mumble rap. :) Nothing is funnier then watching his sign language interpreter.

He'd still be more likely to hurt Biden than Trump.

Trump supporters that don't want Biden to be president will still vote for Trump no matter how much they may like Kanye.

People that hate Trump but aren't all in with Biden are more likely to vote against Trump than for Biden. Voting against Trump most likely means a Biden vote, but it's not guaranteed and you may have a few do a protest vote for Kanye if they don't just stay at home altogether. You still have to factor in the people that hate Trump with a passion but believe Tara Reade and can't stomach voting for either one of them.

But who knows, maybe Kanye could end up being the first third-party candidate since George Wallace to earn any electoral votes (probably from Illinois because of Chicago). Or, he could win the whole thing and we end up with Kim Kardashian as the First Lady.

Biden will get the Boomer votes there's no way in hell they would vote for Kayne alot of the Boomers that voted for Trump are turning on him after the Covid-19 botch of the century.

People are not going to risk voting for any third parties this year even if kanye decided to run.. Biden will win the vast majority of people that voted for third parties in 2016. About 54% percent of the electorate voted for hilary clinton and third parties in 2016. I wouldn't be shocked if biden got above that number in november at this point because of trump losing some of his support from 2016 while everyone else unites behind biden.

Gay Fish for 2020.

Both are crazy.

@Sevenizz: I was a registered Republican until 2012. I voted for Bush/McCain/Romney.

Why is it hard to imagine someones political ideologies would change over time?

I still have some conservative leanings, especially with money and taxes. I dont think I should have to support all the southern trailer trash with their welfare.

What really pushed me to the center-left was the Republican's 1950s approach to civil rights.

@plageus900: FWIW, my family members thank you for making their ability to participate in society as equals a priority.

eh.

can't do any worse than the current guy.

BTW he just said a few months back he was going to vote for Trump. He seems chummy with him too typically.

If this is real, it's a ploy to siphon votes away from Biden from young and black votes lol.

If he gets in the ballot that would increase the chances of the current guy winning. Which I assume is the goal if this isn't just trolling.

People can still enter the race at this point in time?

@rmpumper

In some states but it will be pointless. He's not going to get the signatures and support required to get ballot access in the states he can still run in. No one is going to support what is literally a vanity run in this election. Anyway he is probably using this annoucement to promote his upcoming album god country.

I remember they said it would never be as bad as Bush, then there was Trump, it would be very funny if Kanye West became President of the US!

Good luck to him. America shouldn't get Bidened under duress of hating the other candidate.

That's a lie, isn't it. I doubt they've ever even heard of him.

@Xabiss: That can't be any worse than translating the incoherent speech from Trump...

@sancho_panzer: I trust that's a joke reply?

@mattbbpl: Why, was it so far off the mark?

I just hear a lot of a certain superior political persuasion speaking on behalf of other people all the time is all. I trust that's not what you were doing then?

It is obvious that my family members didn't literally thank him, is it not? That particular phrasing is common in the English language.

*deleted for being an arsehole post*

Sorry Matt.

I like kanye, but this isn't a serious run. More PR imo, but don't be surprised if he legit runs in 2024!! this could be him sowing the seeds for 2024, ill probably vote for him if he does in 2024 for real lol

Unfortunately the trump fanboys/girls don't see the irony when they make those statements. It's like they don't actually pay attention to their leader.

make what statements?

Well this weird. I was trying to quote horgen somewhere.

word lol

He's not going to qualify for the ballot in any state. Its a stunt for his new album. He's past the deadline in 13 states and hasnt even officially registered.

I would unironically vote for Kanye West. Not because I like him or anything. But because I think it might be more fun that way.

Let's play a guessing game on who his running mate will be!