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TexasTowelie

(111,292 posts)
Fri Jul 17, 2020, 09:51 PM Jul 2020

Kanye West fails to make presidential ballot in Florida amid reports he's ending his brief political

Kanye West fails to make presidential ballot in Florida amid reports he’s ending his brief political campaign


GAINESVILLE, Fla. – “News flash, shorty, we over.”

It’s official: Kanye West, entertainer and founder of fashion brand Yeezy, will not appear among candidates on the presidential ballot in November in Florida, one of the nation’s most populous states and a campaign prize for its 29 electoral votes.

West, 43, failed to submit the required 132,781 signatures from supporters by noon Wednesday to qualify him as a non-affiliated candidate for the ballot in Florida, according to records from the state’s Division of Elections. West also had missed similar deadlines in six other states.

In other words, “we over,” a line from his 2008 collaboration with John Legend.

West had announced his plans on Twitter 11 days earlier to run for the presidency, a delayed entry into politics so late in the 2020 election cycle that few people took him seriously – even as his friend and technology entrepreneur Elon Musk had openly expressed his support.

Read more: https://www.gainesville.com/article/LK/20200715/NEWS/200718809/GS
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Kanye West fails to make presidential ballot in Florida amid reports he's ending his brief political (Original Post) TexasTowelie Jul 2020 OP
Dang! calguy Jul 2020 #1
He's just creepy. Squinch Jul 2020 #2
When you're rich as god and bipolar these things happen. nt Laffy Kat Jul 2020 #3
A pox on him and his enablers Salviati Jul 2020 #4
I thought he already said he wasn't running. BigmanPigman Jul 2020 #5
Kanye also realized that Russia would never install him in the WH. no_hypocrisy Jul 2020 #6

Salviati

(6,002 posts)
4. A pox on him and his enablers
Fri Jul 17, 2020, 10:30 PM
Jul 2020

I have sympathy for those who struggle with mental disorders who do not have the resources to get help, but for this fool and his enablers, none.

BigmanPigman

(51,430 posts)
5. I thought he already said he wasn't running.
Sat Jul 18, 2020, 02:46 AM
Jul 2020

Dude, get back on your meds. Doesn't he have anyone around him who can help him? Do they all just kiss his ass?

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