Kanye West announced that he is running for president in the 2020 election.
The award-winning rapper made the announcement on Saturday, July 4, via his official Twitter account.
He wrote: “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! #2020VISION.”
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 🇺🇸! #2020VISION
— ye (@kanyewest) July 5, 2020
Recall that at the MTV VMAs in 2015, West first announced that he would be running for president in 2020. “As you probably could have guessed by this moment, in 2020, I have decided to run for president,” he said.
In November 2019, during a speech at the Fast Company Innovation Festival, he started a conversation on his plan to run for president. “When I run for president in 2024″.
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