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No, Kanye West is not running for President…yet
Fortune ^ | July 8, 2020 | NICOLE GOODKIND

Posted on 07/10/2020 8:20:49 AM PDT by BlackFemaleArmyColonel

Kanye West is running for President, or at least he says he is. But the rapper, producer, and fashion mogul hasn't made anything official yet, and deadlines are quickly approaching.

Over the course of a four-hour interview with Forbes in which he called vaccines “the mark of the beast,” he admitted that he had never voted in his life and falsely claimed that Planned Parenthood was a white-supremacist plot. He also acknowledged that he hadn’t made a final decision on whether to run as an independent candidate for President.

He'll have to decide soon, as he’s already missed the filing deadlines to be included on a number of state ballots as an independent candidate.

West said in the interview that if he doesn't make a decision about running for office within the next 30 days, he'll miss the majority of deadlines to file. He said he’d try to retroactively be included on ballots he missed the deadline for, citing COVID-19. “I’m speaking with experts, I’m going to speak with Jared Kushner, the White House, with Biden,” said West. But presidential candidate Joe Biden and Jared Kushner have nothing to do with state ballot deadlines and have no power to change dates.

So how will West get on ballots this November?

There’s no official or formal deadline to run for President of the United States. Instead, states have their own sets of guidelines and dates, referred to as ballot access laws.

There are three ways for Americans to become candidates for President:

Campaigning for a major party nomination typically begins years in advance. For the 2020 election, candidates had to meet primary deadlines in 2019, pay certain fees, and collect signatures....

(Excerpt) Read more at fortune.com ...


TOPICS: News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: kanyewest
He better get extra security.
1 posted on 07/10/2020 8:20:49 AM PDT by BlackFemaleArmyColonel
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To: BlackFemaleArmyColonel

I read somewhere that his family is worried Kanye is having bi-polar episodes. I know a few people with the same problem, so some of his behavior makes sense. Its only my speculation based on rumors, of course.

Nonetheless, I also doubt he will seriously run for President.


2 posted on 07/10/2020 8:23:58 AM PDT by PGR88
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To: BlackFemaleArmyColonel
falsely claimed that Planned Parenthood was a white-supremacist plot.

The author conveniently "fact checks" for the dumb readers on the fly. Mighty white of her.

3 posted on 07/10/2020 8:24:41 AM PDT by frogjerk (We are conservatives. Not libertarians, not "fiscal conservatives", not moderates)
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To: frogjerk

In other words, the author falsely claimed that Kanye falsely claimed....


4 posted on 07/10/2020 8:32:51 AM PDT by luckymom (The Son of God became a man that men might become sons of God. -C.S. Lewis)
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To: BlackFemaleArmyColonel

even thought , IT’S TOO LATE


5 posted on 07/10/2020 8:33:04 AM PDT by butlerweave
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falsely claimed that Planned Parenthood was a white-supremacist plot.
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Margaret Sanger started it as a way to reduce black population.
That seems like fact to me.


6 posted on 07/10/2020 8:33:50 AM PDT by Lurkinanloomin (Natural Born Citizens Are Born Here of Citizen Parents|Know Islam, No Peace-No Islam, Know Peace)
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To: Lurkinanloomin

“Margaret Sanger started it as a way to reduce black population.
That seems like fact to me”.

You’re right She said that Blacks “must be culled like weeds”.

Adolph Hitler admired Margaret Sanger.


7 posted on 07/10/2020 8:48:13 AM PDT by laplata (The Left/Progressives have diseased minds.)
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To: Lurkinanloomin

Bingo.

Though it could be also argued that she was a racist who advocated eugenics. That would make her a racist eugenicist which was highly prominent among elite political whites....yeah, a white supremacist racist eugenicist. GG.


8 posted on 07/10/2020 8:48:35 AM PDT by cranked
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To: PGR88

Part of bi polar episodes is having grandiose ideas ( ie: running for president)


9 posted on 07/10/2020 8:52:44 AM PDT by Striperman (Striperman)
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To: Lurkinanloomin

exactly


10 posted on 07/10/2020 8:56:02 AM PDT by revivaljoe
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To: laplata

Hillary loved Margaret too.


11 posted on 07/10/2020 9:01:50 AM PDT by cnsmom
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To: cnsmom

Yes, she does.


12 posted on 07/10/2020 9:04:20 AM PDT by laplata (The Left/Progressives have diseased minds.)
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To: BlackFemaleArmyColonel

Kanye Dwayne Elizondo Mountain Dew Herbert Camacho West


13 posted on 07/10/2020 9:17:49 AM PDT by rigelkentaurus
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To: frogjerk

Yeah, I saw that too.


14 posted on 07/10/2020 11:06:24 AM PDT by BlackFemaleArmyColonel (No weapon formed against me shall prosper! (Isaiah 54:17))
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To: BlackFemaleArmyColonel

You don’t get on the ballot just by Tweeting that you’re going to run.


15 posted on 07/10/2020 11:53:00 AM PDT by Mr. Blond
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