Kanye West Confirms 2020 Presidential Run, Praises Dr.
Ben Carson
by Kipp Jones24 Sep 2015Los Angeles, CA
In a new interview with Vanity
Fair, rapper Kanye West says he
is “definitely” planning on running for president in 2020, and also praises GOP
candidate Dr. Ben Carson, who he calls
“brilliant.”
During a 13-minute lifetime
award acceptance speech at the MTV Video Music Awards last month, Kanye
admitted to “smoking a little something,” before saying, “I have decided in
2020 to run for president.”
The rapper now confirms he was serious about the statement,
telling Vanity Fair during a wide-ranging
interview about fashion, music, and politics, “I want everyone to
win. When I run for president, I’d prefer not to run against someone. I would
be like ‘I want to work with you.’”
“As soon as I heard [Ben] Carson speak, I tried for three
weeks to get on the phone with him. I was like this is the most brilliant guy,”
said West.
Kanye added, “I think all the people running right now have
something that each of the others needs,” but also criticized the campaign
process, saying, “this gladiator battle takes away from the main focus that the
world needs help and the world needs all the people in a position of power or
influence to come together.”
Kanye also declared that six years of being disliked by
people because of a “misconception” is over, and that after he announced his
candidacy at the VMAs, people viewed him differently.
“It was like, ‘Wait a second, we would really be into that,
because actually if you think about it, he’s extremely thoughtful. Every time
he’s ever gotten in trouble, he was really jumping in front of a bullet for
someone else. He’s probably the most honest celebrity that we have.’
I didn’t approach that because I thought it would be fun. It
wasn’t like, Oh, let’s go rent some jet skis in Hawaii. No, the exact opposite.
I sit in clubs and I’m like, Wow, I’ve got five years before I go and run for office
and I’ve got a lot of research to do, I’ve got a lot of growing up to do. My
dad has two masters degrees. My mom has a PhD, she used to work at Operation
PUSH. Somehow the more and more creative I get, the closer and closer I get to
who I was as a child. When I was a child, I was holding my mom’s hand at Operation PUSH.
I think it’s time. Rap is great.
…It’s fun. It’s fun to be a rock star, and I’ll never not be
one I guess, but there’ll be a point where I become my mother’s child,” said
Kanye.”
Kanye concluded, saying he hates politics, but cares about
people.
“I’m not a politician at all. I care about the truth and I
just care about human beings. I just want everyone to win, that’s all I can
say.”
Rainbow/PUSH
Rainbow/PUSH is
a non-profit organization formed as a merger of two non-profit organizations
founded by Jesse
Jackson — Operation PUSH (People United to Save Humanity) and the National
Rainbow Coalition. The organizations pursue social justice, civil rights and
political activism.
In December 1971, Jackson resigned from Operation
Breadbasket after clashing with Rev. Ralph Abernathy and founded Operation
PUSH. Jackson founded the National Rainbow Coalition in 1984 which merged with
PUSH in 1996. The combined organization keeps its national headquarters on the
South Side of Chicago
and has branches in Washington, D.C., New York City, Los Angeles, Detroit,
Houston, Atlanta, the Silicon Valley, and New Orleans and Boston.
Rainbow/PUSH
Jesse L. Jackson
Sr. is the founder & president of the Rainbow/PUSH, and Jesse L.
Jackson Jr. & Santita Jackson’s
father.
Note: Jesse L. Jackson
Jr. is Jesse L. Jackson Sr’s
son, and Michelle Obama babysat him.
Santita Jackson
is Jesse L. Jackson Sr’s daughter,
and a friend of Michelle Obama, and Malia Obama’s godmother.
Michelle
Obama babysat Jesse L. Jackson Jr.,
was an advocate for the ONE Campaign,
a lawyer at Sidley Austin LLP, Mayor Richard M. Daley’s staffer, is a
friend of Santita Jackson, Malia Obama’s mother, and married to Barack Obama.
Thomas E. Freston
is the chairman for the ONE Campaign,
and was the chairman & CEO for the MTV
Networks.
Barack
Obama is married to Michelle Obama,
Malia Obama’s father, was an intern
at Sidley Austin LLP, a parishioner
at the Trinity United Church of Christ
(Chicago), and the candidate for the 2008
Barack Obama presidential campaign.
R.
Eden Martin is counsel at Sidley
Austin LLP, and the president of the Commercial
Club of Chicago.
Newton
N. Minow is a senior counsel at Sidley
Austin LLP, and a member of the Commercial
Club of Chicago.
Rahm
I. Emanuel is a member of the Commercial
Club of Chicago, the Chicago (IL) mayor,
Ari Emanuel’s brother, and was the
White House chief of staff for the Barack
Obama administration.
Ari
Emanuel is Rahm I.
Emanuel’s brother, and the co-CEO & director for William Morris Endeavor Entertainment.
Kanye
West is a William Morris Endeavor Entertainment
client, married to Kim Kardashian, Common’s producer, and his mother
worked for Operation PUSH.
Kim
Kardashian is a William Morris
Endeavor Entertainment client, and married to Kanye West.
Common’s
producer is Kanye West, and a parishioner
at the Trinity United Church of Christ
(Chicago).
Trumpeter
Newsmagazine is a publication for the Trinity
United Church of Christ (Chicago).
Louis Farrakhan
was awarded the 2007 Jeremiah Wright Jr.
Trumpeter award from the Trumpeter
Newsmagazine, is an organizer for the Million
Man March, and the acting head for the Nation
of Islam.
Jeremiah A.
Wright Jr. is a senior pastor at the Trinity
United Church of Christ (Chicago), was a member of the African American Religious Leadership Committee, and an adviser for
Harold Washington.
African
American Religious Leadership Committee was an advisory group for the 2008 Barack Obama presidential campaign.
Richard
M. Daley was the Chicago (IL) mayor,
Michelle Obama was his staffer, and is
a member of the Commercial Club of
Chicago.
James S.
Crown is a member of the Commercial Club of Chicago, and a trustee
at the Aspen Institute (think tank).
Lester Crown
is a member of the Commercial Club of Chicago, and was a lifetime
trustee at the Aspen Institute (think tank).
Foundation
to Promote Open Society was a funder for the Aspen Institute (think
tank), the International Rescue
Committee, and Refugees
International.
George Soros
was the chairman for the Foundation to Promote Open Society, and is a director
emeritus at Refugees International.
David
H. Koch is a trustee at the Aspen Institute (think tank), and an emeritus
trustee at Johns Hopkins University.
David M.
Rubenstein was a benefactor for the Aspen Institute (think tank), and
is a trustee at Johns Hopkins University.
Benjamin S. Carson
was a director of pediatric neurosurgery for Johns Hopkins University, is a presidential candidate for the 2016 presidential election, and a
director at the Kellogg Company.
Ann
McLaughlin Korologos is a director at
the Kellogg Company, a director
at Harman International Industries, Inc.,
and was a chair emeritus for the Aspen
Institute (think tank).
Sidney
Harman was the chairman for Harman
International Industries, Inc., and a trustee at the Aspen Institute (think tank).
Jane Lakes Harman
is a stockholder for Harman
International Industries, Inc., and a trustee at the Aspen Institute (think tank).
L.
John Doerr is a trustee at the Aspen
Institute (think tank), and a director at the ONE Campaign.
Thomas E. Freston
is the chairman for the ONE Campaign,
and was the chairman & CEO for the MTV
Networks.
ONE
Campaign is a partner with the International
Rescue Committee.
Sarah Brown
O'Hagan is an overseer & director at the International Rescue Committee, and a trustee at Johns Hopkins University.
Benjamin S. Carson
was a director of pediatric neurosurgery for Johns Hopkins University, is a director at the Kellogg Company, and a presidential candidate for the 2016 presidential election.
Joanne
Leedom-Ackerman was a trustee at Johns
Hopkins University, and is a director at Refugees International.
Ralph P. Davidson
was a director at Refugees International,
and a director at the Phoenix House
Foundation.
Tina
Brown is a director at the Phoenix
House Foundation, a friend of Arianna
Huffington, and was an editor for Vanity
Fair magazine.
Arianna
Huffington is a friend of Tina Brown,
and was a co-founder for the Americans
for Fuel Efficient Cars.
Ari
Emanuel was a co-founder for the Americans
for Fuel Efficient Cars, is Rahm I.
Emanuel’s brother, and the co-CEO & director for the William Morris Endeavor Entertainment.
Rahm
I. Emanuel is Ari Emanuel’s
brother, a member of the Commercial Club
of Chicago, the Chicago (IL) mayor,
and was the White House chief of staff for the Barack Obama administration.
Kanye
West is a William Morris Endeavor Entertainment
client, married to Kim Kardashian, Common’s producer, and his mother
worked for Operation PUSH.
Kim
Kardashian is a William Morris
Endeavor Entertainment client, and married to Kanye West.
Common’s
producer is Kanye West, and a parishioner
at the Trinity United Church of Christ
(Chicago).
Trumpeter
Newsmagazine is a publication for the Trinity
United Church of Christ (Chicago).
Louis Farrakhan
was awarded the 2007 Jeremiah Wright Jr.
Trumpeter award from the Trumpeter
Newsmagazine, is an organizer for the Million
Man March, and the acting head for the Nation
of Islam.
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