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19. Follow up: Kanye West No Longer Running for President
Thu Jul 16, 2020, 10:24 AM
Jul 2020
Kanye West ends presidential run
https://www.nydailynews.com/snyde/ny-kanye-west-president-run-over-20200715-du4tkxn2uzahbaokyv4zl2ejai-story.html

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Mercurial rapper Kanye West is reportedly ending the presidential campaign he launched on the Fourth of July.

“He’s out,” political advisor Steve Kramer told New York magazine.

Kramer was brought on to help West get his name on ballots in time for the November election. The “Gold Digger” performer was hoping to challenge Democratic nominee Joe Biden and incumbent Donald Trump, whom West once vehemently supported.

Kramer told New York that there was great enthusiasm behind West’s candidacy early on, but the momentum seems to have come to a halt. West missed the deadline to get on the ballot in several states including Nevada.

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Analysis: Somebody, possibly a Republican, told him to stop being a schmuck.
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