Kanye West has reportedly dropped out of the 2020 presidential race less than two weeks after announcing he planned to run, according to multiple reports.
“He’s out,” adviser Steve Kramer told New York Magazine’s The Intelligencer.
Kramer said West hired him to get on ballots in key states across the country. It did not work out as planned and showed the difficult of running for office so late in the process. The entire story can be read at The Intelligencer.
West announced he planned to run for president on July 4 in a tweet.
“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!” he wrote.
Shortly after the tweet, West told Forbes about his campaign ideas, though. He spoke about President Donald Trump, his experience with the COVID-19 disease and how he wanted to make the White House like Wakanda — the fictional location from the Marvel Comics.
As I explained on Deseret.com, it’s unlikely that West would have made much of an impact. He missed registration deadlines in some of the biggest states, like Texas, New York and Illinois. And he still hadn’t filed any paperwork to get on the ballot or to qualify as a write-in candidate.