Chance the Rapper is catching major blowback for defending Kanye’s 2020 ‘campaign’
Chance the Rapper is catching major blowback for defending Kanye’s 2020 ‘campaign’
Chance the Rapper publicly and repeatedly tweeted his support for Kanye West’s presidential bid on Monday. Lots of folks weren’t happy.
It began with Chance commenting on a new video from his pal Kanye.
“And yall out here tryna convince me to vote for Biden. Smfh,” Chance wrote.
And yall out here tryna convince me to vote for Biden. Smfh https://t.co/JgbGBmPQk5
— Chance The Rapper (@chancetherapper) July 13, 2020
Being charitable, West’s apparent presidential ambitions don’t seem well thought out — he hasn’t appeared to file any paperwork to actually run.
West, a longtime supporter of President Donald Trump, gave a meandering interview to Forbes last week during which he announced his presidential intentions. In that interview West also expressed skepticism about an eventual COVID-19 vaccine (saying vaccines were the “mark of the beast), came out against abortion, and claimed that “Planned Parenthoods have been placed inside cities by white supremacists to do the Devil’s work.” Read more…
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