Kanye West's 2020 Presidential Run Has Social Media Weighing In
07/04/2020 10:53 pm EDT
There were rumors that West's wife, Kim Kardashian, played a role in West's support for the protests. One source told Page Six Kardashian was a "catalyst" for his actions. Kardashian's representative said this was "not true," adding, "Kanye fully made the decision to donate and peacefully protest in Chicago on his own accord." However, Kardashian has made political moves herself, becoming a vocal supporter of criminal justice and prison reform. She met Trump in 2018 to help get non-violent drug offender Alice Marie Johnson's life sentence commuted.
West first said he would run for president in 2020 during the 2015 MTV Video Music Awards. In 2018, he moved his political goalposts four years into the future, saying he would run in 2024.
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