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| | Despite [[GOP]],<ref>[https://www.politico.com/news/2022/12/01/ye-antisemitism-republicans-hitler-00071695 Virulently antisemitic comments by Kanye West spark new GOP criticism], Politico, Dec 2, 2022</ref> and conservatives <ref>[https://www.breitbart.com/clips/2022/12/02/alyssa-farah-griffin-holocaust-could-happen-again-if-morons-kanye-west-alex-jones-have-platforms/ Alyssa Farah Griffin: Holocaust ‘Could Happen Again’ if Morons Kanye West, Alex Jones Have Platforms], Breitbart. Dec 2, 2022.</ref> shunning him, the left tried to link his garbage-rhetoric to the entire Right, to smear. | | Despite [[GOP]],<ref>[https://www.politico.com/news/2022/12/01/ye-antisemitism-republicans-hitler-00071695 Virulently antisemitic comments by Kanye West spark new GOP criticism], Politico, Dec 2, 2022</ref> and conservatives <ref>[https://www.breitbart.com/clips/2022/12/02/alyssa-farah-griffin-holocaust-could-happen-again-if-morons-kanye-west-alex-jones-have-platforms/ Alyssa Farah Griffin: Holocaust ‘Could Happen Again’ if Morons Kanye West, Alex Jones Have Platforms], Breitbart. Dec 2, 2022.</ref> shunning him, the left tried to link his garbage-rhetoric to the entire Right, to smear. |
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| − | ==2020 Presidential campaign== | + | ==Ye's 2020 Presidential campaign== |
| | + | {{See also|2020 Democrat primaries}} |
| | West declared his candidacy for President on July 4, 2020. West is [[pro-life]], stating "[[Planned Parenthood]]'s have been placed inside cities by [[white supremacist]]s to do the devil's work." More black babies are [[aborted]] in New York than live Black births.<ref>https://www.lifenews.com/2018/12/21/more-african-american-babies-are-aborted-than-born-alive-in-new-york-city/</ref> West entered the race after Biden's "you ain't black" comment. West said, | | West declared his candidacy for President on July 4, 2020. West is [[pro-life]], stating "[[Planned Parenthood]]'s have been placed inside cities by [[white supremacist]]s to do the devil's work." More black babies are [[aborted]] in New York than live Black births.<ref>https://www.lifenews.com/2018/12/21/more-african-american-babies-are-aborted-than-born-alive-in-new-york-city/</ref> West entered the race after Biden's "you ain't black" comment. West said, |
| | {{quotebox|"that is a form of racism and [[white supremacy]] and white control, to say that all black people need to be Democrat, and to assume that me running is me splitting the vote. All of that information is being charged up on [[social media]] platforms by Democrats. And Democrats used to tell me the same. Democrats have threatened me. The reason why this is, the first day I registered to vote is because I was scared. I was told that if I voted on Trump, my music career would be over. I was threatened into being in one party. I was threatened as a celebrity into being in one party. I was threatened as a black man into the [[Democratic Party]]. And that's what the Democrats are doing emotionally to my | | {{quotebox|"that is a form of racism and [[white supremacy]] and white control, to say that all black people need to be Democrat, and to assume that me running is me splitting the vote. All of that information is being charged up on [[social media]] platforms by Democrats. And Democrats used to tell me the same. Democrats have threatened me. The reason why this is, the first day I registered to vote is because I was scared. I was told that if I voted on Trump, my music career would be over. I was threatened into being in one party. I was threatened as a celebrity into being in one party. I was threatened as a black man into the [[Democratic Party]]. And that's what the Democrats are doing emotionally to my |
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| | West was supported by [[Elon Musk]]. The racist Democrat machine of [[Michigan]] stole all Kanye West votes in the [[2020 presidential election]] and switched the votes to Democrat segregationist [[Joe Biden]].<ref>https://youtu.be/eGx4SXwxlGI</ref> | | West was supported by [[Elon Musk]]. The racist Democrat machine of [[Michigan]] stole all Kanye West votes in the [[2020 presidential election]] and switched the votes to Democrat segregationist [[Joe Biden]].<ref>https://youtu.be/eGx4SXwxlGI</ref> |
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| − | ===Democrat voter suppression and disenfranchisement=== | + | ===Democrat shennaigans=== |
| | As Kanye West’s presidential campaign raced to get on the ballot before deadlines, Democrat lawyer [[Marc Elias]] was fighting to disenfranchise voters, specifically targeting [[voter suppression]] of Black voters. Elias involvement affirms the belief that Democrats are concerned that having Kanye West on the ballot, especially in swing states, could siphon Black votes away from Democratic nominee Joe Biden.<ref>https://thefederalist.com/2020/09/02/former-lawyer-for-hillary-clinton-kamala-harris-is-working-to-push-kanye-off-the-ballot/</ref> West made ballot status in Arizona, Arkansas, Colorado, Oklahoma, Vermont, Tennessee, Minnesota, Idaho, and Iowa. | | As Kanye West’s presidential campaign raced to get on the ballot before deadlines, Democrat lawyer [[Marc Elias]] was fighting to disenfranchise voters, specifically targeting [[voter suppression]] of Black voters. Elias involvement affirms the belief that Democrats are concerned that having Kanye West on the ballot, especially in swing states, could siphon Black votes away from Democratic nominee Joe Biden.<ref>https://thefederalist.com/2020/09/02/former-lawyer-for-hillary-clinton-kamala-harris-is-working-to-push-kanye-off-the-ballot/</ref> West made ballot status in Arizona, Arkansas, Colorado, Oklahoma, Vermont, Tennessee, Minnesota, Idaho, and Iowa. |
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