Kanye West Admits He's Trying to Be a Spoiler [View all]
Amid various reports that Republican and Trump-affiliated political operatives are trying to get Kanye West onto various state ballots for Novembers presidential election, the billionaire rap superstar indicated, in an interview by text today, that he was in fact running to siphon votes from the presumptive Democratic nominee, Joe Biden.
Asked about that directly, West said that rather than running for president, he was walking, quickly adding that he was walking . . . to win.
When it was pointed out that he actually cant win in 2020that he wont be on enough ballots to yield 270 electoral votes, and that a write-in campaign isnt feasibleand thus was serving as a spoiler, West replied: Im not going to argue with you. Jesus is King.
West rebuffed various attempts to clarify who was driving his ballot access or strategy and whether its being coordinated by or with Republican-affiliated officials. He does, however, appear to have a continuing relationship with the Trump White House. West says that hes designing a school within the next month and that Im meeting with Betsy DeVos about the post-Covid curriculum. (The Secretary of Educations press office hadnt responded to a request for comment by the time we published.)
I like Kanye very much, President Trump told reporters at the White House yesterday. No, I have nothing to do with him getting on the ballot. We'll have to see what happens.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/randalllane/2020/08/06/exclusive-kanye-west-indicates-that-his-spoiler-campaign-is-indeed-designed-to-hurt-biden/#17005eb76397