Kanye West burst into tears, made a scandalous claim about Harriet Tubman, a heckler was ousted, and claimed his brain was too big for his skull on Sunday in the first campaign event for his bewildering presidential career.
“Harriet Tubman never freed slaves, she just made them work for other white people,” she said at one point in a labyrinthine speech that limited topic to topic with little apparent structure. At another point, she collapsed by sharing that she and her wife Kim Kardashian West had considered an abortion (they have four children), and then said that her own father wanted to abort it. “There would have been no Kanye West … because my dad was too busy!” West sobbed.
Apparently wearing a bulletproof vest, West spoke on many other topics, from social media to religion to his dealings with Adidas, during the speech at the Exquis Event Center in Charleston, South Carolina. The crowd’s reaction – “registered guests only” – ranged from sympathy to disgust at several points: after West’s comments on Tubman, who is credited with releasing hundreds of slaves via the “Underground Railroad” , a member of the crowd groaned “Come on, man,” while a woman can be heard saying “Okay, let’s go now.” West then went on to say that the National Basketball Association and Universal Music Group do not have Black owners.
West demanded “absolute silence and absolute order,” and even asked audience members to signal anyone to listen, chastised the crowd for applauding at one point, and expelled another audience member for little reason. clear. He got into a heated exchange with a young woman whom he invited to speak on stage, although his comments were mostly inaudible.
Judging by the reactions on social media, the appearance has raised concerns about West’s mental health. He has often said that he is bipolar and that he often despises medication. He was hospitalized for stress and exhaustion and was reportedly put on psychiatric hold after several protests on stage during his “Saint Pablo” tour in late 2016.
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Announced earlier in the day and held in a small room before what appeared to be a couple of hundred people, all attendees were asked to sign a COVID-19 disclaimer form, social distance, and wear a mask,
West announced on Twitter, apparently seriously, that he would run for president exactly two weeks ago on the fourth of July. Politico reports that West filed an official statement of candidacy with the Federal Election Commission last week using The Birthday Campaign (BDY) as his affiliation with a political party.
He also tweeted Saturday night asking his supporters to sign a petition to include him on the South Carolina ballot. West was able to get on the ballot in Oklahoma this week by paying a $ 35,000 fee before the court deadline instead of getting petition signatures. The deadlines to register as a written candidate have passed in several states, but many extend until August and September, leaving a small chance that West can gather enough petition signatures to take him to the ballots in those states. Several thousand signatures are required for a written candidate in most states.
After multiple reports of the long shot candidate’s abandonment circulated last week, many fans were shocked to see West pledge to run. According to Politico, it has not been recorded in any of the main voting polls.
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