Kanye West met last weekend with White House senior adviser Jared Kushner, according to a new report, after launching a presidential campaign that he has openly stated is aimed at siphoning Joe Biden’s votes.
The artist announced earlier this year a presidential campaign that has garnered significant legal battles amid reports of seemingly identical signatures on petitions West made for his name to appear in state elections in the November election.
He has received help from GOP operatives, and he expressed “confidence” in his campaign that undermined the offer of the former Vice President for the White House in a recent interview with Forbes.
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When the magazine was asked about possible damage to the Democratic presidential nominee’s chances of not firing President Donald Trump in the next vote, West replied: ‘I do not deny it; I just told you. ”
He also said that Mr. Trump was “the closest president we have had in years to making God still part of the conversation” in that same interview.
The meeting, first reported by the New York Times on Wednesday, happened last weekend in Colorado.
Ivanka Trump, Kushner’s wife and a senior adviser to her father, was also recently in Colorado to campaign for Senator Cory Gardner, though she traveled to Rocky Mountain National Park and Greenwood Village – both a long way from where the meeting took place. with West taking place in Telluride.
The news comes as Mr Biden appeared for the first time later in the day with his newly announced running mate, Senator Kamala Harris.
Meanwhile, reports appeared across the country that groups were working to fill out petitions for West, with some organizers claiming their end game was to “help Trump.”
In Montana, the Billings Gazette recounted how one group outside the Yellowstone County Courthouse told passers-by, “You want to help Trump? We’re trying to get votes from the creepy Uncle Joe. ‘
West has already sparked controversy over the campaign trail, claiming the uprising and former slave Harriet Tubman “never really freed the slaves”, but instead made “work for other white people” in a controversial speech.
The artist turned out to be a public burglar, with his wife addressing his mental health issues in a statement at the time on social media.
‘As many of you know, Kanye has bipolar disorder. Anyone who has this or has a love in their life who wants it knows how incredibly complicated and painful it is to understand, ”wrote Kim Kardashian-West. “I’ve never talked in public about how this has affected our home, because I’m very protective of our children and Kanye’s right to privacy when it comes to his health. But today, I feel if I have to comment on it, because off the stigma and misconceptions about mental health. “
“I understand that Kanye is subject to criticism because he is a public figure and his actions can sometimes cause strong opinions and emotions,” she added. “He is a brilliant but complicated person who is on top of the pressure of an artist and a black man, who has experienced the painful loss of his mother, and has to deal with the pressure and isolation that is “Increased by his bipolar disorder. Those close to Kanye know his heart and sometimes do not understand his words in line with his intentions.”
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