The presidential campaign of Kanye West already seems relentless and never-ending. Now, for his next act of trolling, he’s added his own face to Mount Rushmore. Cue eye-rolling!
In a tweet that’s guaranteed to rile both fans and haters, West posted a picture of himself alongside the famous busts of U.S. presidents George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Theodore Roosevelt and Abraham Lincoln.
Washington, Jefferson, Roosevelt, Lincoln — and Yeezy. Do you think it has a ring to it?
2020 pic.twitter.com/STFPIFuthm
— ye (@kanyewest) July 17, 2020
The obviously fake pic is another sign that the rapper believes he’s in with a good shot of winning the upcoming 2020 U.S. presidential election. His campaign has been running since July 4th, when he tweeted ““We must now realize the promise of America by trusting God, unifying our vision and building our future. I am running for president of the United States,” adding the hashtag “#2020VISION”.
It’s been a chaotic week for the would-be president, whose policies so far include anti-vaxxing and pro-life stances. At one point, he was reportedly out of the race, struggling to get the 132,781 signatures required to be added to the ballot paper in Florida. He had less than a week to achieve it.
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“We had overwhelming support to get him on the ballot,” campaign member Steve Kramer said. “Whether anybody is going to vote for him or not is up to them. They [the West campaign] got a lot of people who they’ve got both on their volunteer side and their contracted side.”
But this is 202 after all, and the twists just keep on coming. Less than a day after his bid seemed DOA, West officially filed with the Federal Elections Commission. A TMZ report on Wednesday says that Kanye West filed the first of paperwork required by the FEC — Form 1, Statement of Organization — all but confirming West as a viable candidate. The party is listed as BDY which stands for the Birthday Party.
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