It must have been your “late registration”.
Rap superstar Kanye West has already pulled out of his late entry offer for the presidency, according to a report.
The billionaire rap icon, who announced his entry into the presidential arena in a July 4 tweet, told election strategist Steve Kramer that he was out of the running, New York Magazine reported Tuesday.
Kramer was one of the campaign employees hired by West to help put his name on the ballot in Florida, South Carolina and other states, according to the magazine.
Last week, according to Kramer, West’s team was “working over the weekend there, formalizing the FEC and other things they have to do when you have a lot of corporate attorneys involved.”
The Western campaign election strategist was tasked with obtaining signatures to help presidential hopefuls vote in those states, so Kramer said there was significant enthusiasm.
“We had overwhelming support to get him on the ballot,” he said.
Asked by the magazine on Wednesday of last week, however, about West’s presidential offer, the rapper’s advertisers stopped answering calls.
Finally, Kramer told the magazine: “He is out.”
When asked why West was abandoning his presidential bid, Kramer said, “I will tell you what I know once I cancel all of our stuff. Today we had over 180 people out there. “
On Thursday, Kramer maintained his support for West and told the magazine: “I have nothing good or bad to say about Kanye. Everyone has their personal decision about why they make decisions. Being a presidential candidate must be one of the most difficult things for someone at that level to contemplate. “
West has not personally confirmed that he has suspended his presidential effort.
Speaking to Forbes magazine in an interview published last Wednesday, the musician said he was “taking off his red hat, with this interview,” and starting his own party for 2020, “the birthday party.”
If President Trump was not already the Republican candidate, West told the magazine that he would run as a Republican, adding: “I will run as an independent if Trump is there.”
When asked why his political party will be called a Birthday Party, he explained, “Because when we win, it’s everyone’s birthday.”
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