# Kanye West running for president (again) **URL:** \ **Category:** Politics & Elections\ **Created:** [November 25, 2022, 5:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kanye-west-running-for-president-again/975537 "2022-11-25T17:24:48Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 18\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Euphonious\_Polemic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/euphonious_polemic/32/3002_2.png) [@Euphonious\_Polemic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Euphonious_Polemic)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2022, 5:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kanye-west-running-for-president-again/975537/1 "2022-11-25T17:24:48Z")
> **[Kanye West announces 2024 presidential bid amid far-right ties](https://www.theguardian.com/music/2022/nov/25/kanye-west-presidential-run-2024)** > > Declaration comes amid Adidas investigation and fashion brands dropping the rapper over antisemitic comments It worked so well the last time right? > [@Kanye West signals intent to run for presidency](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kanye-west-signals-intent-to-run-for-presidency/914362): > > [Yep, you couldn’t make it up](https://www.smh.com.au/world/north-america/rapper-kanye-west-announces-us-presidential-bid-on-twitter-20200705-p5595o.html). Well America, the rest of the world watched you pick a deluded incompetent whose main qualification was money and appearing on TV. Now’s your chance to show us that you’ve actually learned something from this pathetic experience. Or have you actually not learned anything? GOP funded plan to try to syphon off black votes? Probably not - Kanye (sorry, “Ye”) does not work well with others, as his mental illness will not let him. The Republicans should come out and vote for him. I mean, they need to go deeper into the crazy, right? Who else could be worse than Trump? If the GOP wants to destroy the country (as I think is their plan), then here’s their chance. He could have Herschel Walker as his VP, after he loses the Georgia runoff. ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2022, 5:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kanye-west-running-for-president-again/975537/2 "2022-11-25T17:39:23Z")
Seems evident that in the social media era, a celebrity running for President can earn a lot of money doing so. If SDMB had a forum for “Jobs and Business Ideas”, I might recommend this thread be moved to there from here in P&E. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2022, 5:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kanye-west-running-for-president-again/975537/3 "2022-11-25T17:46:20Z")
Ranting right-wing looney runs for office? Nothing to see here, folks, just business as usual. ---
**Author:** ![Love\_Rhombus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/love_rhombus/32/10694_2.png) [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2022, 10:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kanye-west-running-for-president-again/975537/4 "2022-11-26T10:52:45Z")
[Kanye showing sympathy for the J6 prisoners.](https://twitter.com/DarrenJBeattie/status/1595980499100798977?s=20&t=ZUhWjpTIOWGHiUEAEQss4A) I….think it’s a promotional video for his campaign? I tried to find it somewhere else than Twitter, but no luck. ---
**Author:** ![glee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/b5a626/32.png) [@glee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/glee)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2022, 11:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kanye-west-running-for-president-again/975537/5 "2022-11-26T11:37:40Z")
Apart from this being another appalling event in American politics, I note that Kanye asked Trump to be his Vice-President! [Kanye West Reveals He Asked Trump to Be His Running Mate In 2024 During Mar-A-Lago Visit (msn.com)](https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/kanye-west-reveals-he-asked-trump-to-be-his-running-mate-in-2024-during-mar-a-lago-visit/ar-AA14tABN) Can you imagine how well the egotistical narcissist Trump would take that suggestion? 😳 ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2022, 1:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kanye-west-running-for-president-again/975537/6 "2022-11-26T13:58:48Z")
The Kanye / Trump ticket gets elected, Kayne resigns the day after being sworn in, and Don’s your uncle! A cunning plan if I ever heard one. ---
**Author:** ![Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/son_of_a_rich/32/5439_2.png) [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Son_of_a_Rich)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2022, 4:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kanye-west-running-for-president-again/975537/7 "2022-11-26T16:25:14Z")
Has CFSG come up with a searing nickname for him yet? How about “Peekabro”? ---
**Author:** ![Exapno\_Mapcase](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/exapno_mapcase/32/1051_2.png) [@Exapno\_Mapcase](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Exapno_Mapcase)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2022, 6:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kanye-west-running-for-president-again/975537/8 "2022-11-26T18:09:09Z")
> [@glee](#): > > Can you imagine how well the egotistical narcissist Trump would take that suggestion? Just the way he did. > **[Trump was "screaming at me' says Kanye—Full transcript of Mar-a-Lago video](https://www.newsweek.com/kanye-west-trump-screaming-me-mar-lago-2024-meeting-1762251)** > > Kanye West has shared a debrief video on Twitter of his recent meeting with Donald Trump at Mar-a-Lago. He’s missing the obvious, though. His Veep has to be Herschel Walker. ---
**Author:** ![DavidNRockies](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/davidnrockies/32/6279_2.png) [@DavidNRockies](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DavidNRockies)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2022, 6:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kanye-west-running-for-president-again/975537/9 "2022-11-26T18:12:46Z")
> “This past week, Kanye West called me to have dinner at Mar-a-Lago. Shortly thereafter, he unexpectedly showed up with three of his friends, whom I knew nothing about,” Trump said Friday in a statement on his Truth Social platform." [**SOURCE**](https://www.cnn.com/2022/11/25/politics/trump-kanye-west-nick-fuentes-mar-a-lago) And this is the guy who stole state secrets. And this is the place where he stores them. What could possibly go wrong? ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2022, 6:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kanye-west-running-for-president-again/975537/10 "2022-11-26T18:19:47Z")
> [@LSLGuy](#): > > Seems evident that in the social media era, a celebrity running for President can earn a lot of money doing so. I don’t think this has anything to do with West’s decision. I think he’s running for President for the same reason he does everything he does: To get attention. To the extent that he values money, it’s only as yet another way to get more attention. ---
**Author:** ![Guest-starring\_Id](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guest-starring_id/32/21736_2.png) [@Guest-starring\_Id](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guest-starring_Id)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2022, 11:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kanye-west-running-for-president-again/975537/11 "2022-11-26T23:54:55Z")
I was hoping Kim could be his VP. ---
**Author:** ![carrps](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carrps/32/2957_2.png) [@carrps](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carrps)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2022, 12:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kanye-west-running-for-president-again/975537/12 "2022-11-27T00:35:10Z")
I thought she had a restraining order against him. ---
**Author:** ![Guest-starring\_Id](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guest-starring_id/32/21736_2.png) [@Guest-starring\_Id](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guest-starring_Id)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2022, 12:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kanye-west-running-for-president-again/975537/13 "2022-11-27T00:41:06Z")
Oh, right. ---
**Author:** ![Euphonious\_Polemic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/euphonious_polemic/32/3002_2.png) [@Euphonious\_Polemic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Euphonious_Polemic)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2022, 1:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kanye-west-running-for-president-again/975537/14 "2022-11-27T01:02:16Z")
> [@carrps](#): > > I thought she had a restraining order against him. It could still work… The VP could stay in Los Angeles or New York. ---
**Author:** ![Icarus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/icarus/32/72_2.png) [@Icarus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Icarus)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2022, 1:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kanye-west-running-for-president-again/975537/15 "2022-11-27T13:37:51Z")
In all seriousness, the man is mentally ill and everything he says an does flows from that. Why on earth does a mentally ill person saying they want to be President of the United States get any consideration whatsoever? ---
**Author:** ![Alessan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alessan/32/465_2.png) [@Alessan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alessan)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2022, 1:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kanye-west-running-for-president-again/975537/16 "2022-11-27T13:50:02Z")
Kanye West’s a billionaire. When you’re as rich as he is, you’re not mentally ill, you’re “eccentric”. ---
**Author:** ![Telemark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/telemark/32/372_2.png) [@Telemark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Telemark)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2022, 4:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kanye-west-running-for-president-again/975537/17 "2022-11-27T16:29:49Z")
> [@Alessan](#): > > Kanye West’s a billionaire. If the news reports are correct, he _was_ a billionaire. Now he’s still pretty rich, but no longer with a ‘B’. ---
**Author:** ![outlierrn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/outlierrn/32/3005_2.png) [@outlierrn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/outlierrn)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2022, 7:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kanye-west-running-for-president-again/975537/18 "2022-12-05T19:54:48Z")
It’s Ye with an M, not Kanye with a B, 'cuz Kanye with a B goes bil not mil. ETA, Yeah, I’m a bad person.