Kanye West Signals His 2020 Bid Is Really About Peeling Votes From Biden

On Thursday, rap artist Kanye West hinted at the true motive driving his futile bid for the presidency: sabotaging President Donald Trump’s Democratic rival, Joe Biden.


This is a companion discussion topic for the original entry at https://talkingpointsmemo.com/?p=1324645
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Another bulletin from the Department of the Blatantly Obvious.

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What a NOT surprise!

Let’s not forget that this is NOT the first time Kanye was “used” by Trump…
Remember that Trump & Kanye Trump Tower photo…
That was to distract the press from Kushner meeting with Russian bankers!

Addendum:

Here’s the first @NBCNews Battleground Map for 2020

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https://twitter.com/JesseRodriguez/status/1291512129229656068

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West, an outspoken Trump supporter, told Forbes editor Randall Lane he was “walking…to win” when asked if him running for president was an effort to peel votes from Biden.

two more weeks

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The fact that Kanye West would/could get any traction as any kind of spoiler in a presidential race is almost as much of a indictment against America as our COVID response has been.

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No surprise at all

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Because we don’t have enough mentally ill celebrities in politics yet.

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Ballot access deadline missed (21 states + the District of Columbia): 246 electoral votes – Alaska, Delaware, the District of Columbia, Hawaii, Indiana, Florida, Kansas, Massachusetts, Maryland, Michigan, Maine, New Hampshire, North Carolina, Nebraska, New Mexico, Nevada, New York, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, South Dakota, Texas, Washington[95]

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Are there really people who would otherwise vote for Biden if Kanye weren’t on the ballot? Seems hard to believe.

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Annoyingly…Chance the Rapper came out in support of West a few weeks back.

How can any person of color look at the two candidates and choose donnie.

I. Just. Don’t. Understand.

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And his filing in Wisconsin appears to have been a few minutes late. Their law is strict, it has to be filed by 5 pm, and they missed by a few minutes. Wisconsin Supreme Court kept a senator from re-registering for being 2 minutes late, and I see no way that KKKanye gets an exception cut for him.

But even if he gets on, the only polling I have seen that asked about KKKanye Shows he takes votes from trump. Biden’s support stays the same, trump drops a point. KKKanye will either get non-voters to vote, or gets Trump supporters who are into disruption and chaos, and think voting for KKKanye proves they are not racists.

Piece on wi deadline miss:

And the poll with KKKanye in it was by redfield and Wilton (Canadian pollster), Biden was at 48%, trump at 40%, when KKKanye was added, Biden stayed at 48%, trump went to 39%, and KKKanye got 2%, Jorgensen (libretarian) got 2%.

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Kanye has the right to play in heavy traffic and so do his supporters.

However, if he’s doing it for Trump’s reelection, then anyone thinking about joining Ye (Chance, Charlemagne, etc.) should think about whether that’s really a smart move.

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Exactly what is the block of Biden voters they think will flip to this knob socket? More likely young tRump voters will flip to him.

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If so, that’s great news. I think that’s the state where West could damage Biden the most.

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African Americans who feel Democrats have just used their support for years, but done little for them.

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Chance likely didn’t know.

Now is a good time to ask him and Charlemagne, if what they’re seeing is copacetic.

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Kanye is a walking freak show!

Hey kids, Kanye is what happens to your brain from snorting too much coke and inhaling Kardashian perfume.

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This is play to shave off Black votes in Milwaukee. It won’t work. Milwaukee Dems, and Wisconsin Dems generally, are as battle-hardened and organized as they’ve been in years. The grassroots will see us through this, just as they saw us through 2018. These are the people who stood in line to win a state Supreme Court seat in a friggin pandemic.

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Milli Vanilli is more talented than Kanye is.

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Granted there are these voters. What has tRump done aside from denigrate them while aligning with some very good people?

If the house next to yours is on fire do you really want to run out and pour a line of gasoline leading to yours?

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