Kanye West running third party?
I love this Reuters headline:
Kanye West breaks ranks with Trump, vows to win presidential race
Like it's some sort of blow to Trump or something.
IF Kanye runs third party (which he claims he will under the party the "Birthday Party") then this is probably the best possible news for Trump.
Quote:
“I am taking the red hat off, with this interview,” West told Forbes, referring to Trump’s trademark red “Make America Great Again” baseball cap. “Like anything I’ve ever done in my life, I’m doing (this) to win,” he added.
Like holy shit. "Oh! Burn, Trump!" Not really. Taking off his hat and saying he's no longer supporting Trump? Yeah, that just boosted his chances of stealing away a lot of votes from Biden.
Seriously how would this hurt Trump at all? Kanye West would easily get a lot of the black vote AND the Never Trump Republican vote, two groups Trump wasn't going to do well with anyways, especially the latter for obvious reasons.
I bet very few people who were going to vote Trump would suddenly find themselves voting for Kanye, but I can see a lot of people who were going to enthusiastically or begrudgingly vote for Biden now voting for Kanye.
If Kanye gets just 10% of the black vote then Biden is fucked.
I'm still not so sure he's being serious about this though, nor do I think he can even get on the ballot in many states. He might push heavily for a write-in campaign if he's serious though, which could still fuck over Biden.
