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Post by Admin on Dec 15, 2016 18:38:18 GMT
The media may have grown accustomed to seeing would-be cabinet secretaries parading through the lobby of Trump Tower, which has served as the base of operations for the president-elect's transition team. But they probably were not expecting to see Kanye West and his entourage enter the building around around 9 a.m. ET Tuesday morning.  The Life of Pablo rapper, who resurfaced last week in Los Angeles following a hospitalization, did not answer reporters' questions. His wife, Kim Kardashian West, was not with him.  |
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Post by Admin on Mar 26, 2020 18:32:55 GMT
Kanye West likes having Donald Trump on velocity dial. In a wide-ranging profile within the Wall Street Journal journal, the rapper, designer and Mr. Kim Kardashian talked in regards to the president, with their shared “dragon vitality,” and never being a typical Trump supporter.  Rapper Kanye West speaks during his meeting with US President Donald Trump in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, DC, on October 11, 2018. (Photo by SAUL LOEB / AFP) (Photo credit should read SAUL LOEB/AFP via Getty Images) West recalled to the interviewer how when A$AP Rocky was being held on assault fees in Sweden final July, he chartered a airplane to the nation. However after being instructed the Swedish authorities would frown on that, West canceled the airplane and as an alternative known as Trump’s senior advisor/son-in-law Jared Kushner on the White Home. On the time, West was in his swimming pool in Calabasas, Calif., and fewer than an hour later, after West had climbed out of the pool and was having breakfast, his telephone rang and it was the president. That day, Trump tweeted this: West — nonetheless not a registered voter — got here out as a Trump supporter in 2016 and unforgettably visited the White Home, delivering a speech/rant that was very Kanye. He’s stated they’ve a shared “dragon energy” — and stands by that in addition to the connection he solid with the fact star politico. “I’m a black man with a purple [MAGA] hat, are you able to think about?” West stated.  He stated going public along with his help of Trump, “Jogged my memory of how I felt as a black man earlier than I used to be well-known, after I would stroll in a restaurant and folks would take a look at you such as you had been going to steal one thing. ‘That is your house, Ye, don’t speak about attire. That is your house, Ye, you’re black, so that you’re a Democrat.’” |
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Post by Admin on Apr 16, 2020 0:47:38 GMT
After admitting that he’s never voted before, musician Kanye West is certain that he’ll be casting his first ballot in the 2020 presidential election for none other than 45 himself, President Donald Trump.
In a new GQ cover story, the “Jesus Is King” artist, 42, said that he won’t allow his past fear of criticism keep him from casting his vote this time around.
“I will not be told who I’m gonna vote on because of my color,” West told the magazine. “I’m definitely voting this time. And we know who I’m voting on.”
He added, “Both my parents were freedom fighters, and they used to drink from fountains they were told they couldn’t drink from, and they used to sit in restaurants where they were told they couldn’t eat from. They didn’t fight for me to be told by white people which white person I can vote on.”
The rapper went on to respond to those who thought his career would crash-and-burn after coming out as a Trump supporter.
“I’m not going to be told by the people around me and the people that have their agenda that my career is going to be over. Because guess what: I’m still here! ‘Jesus Is King’ was No. 1!”
“I was told my career would end if I wasn’t with [Hillary Clinton],” he continued. “What kind of campaign is that, anyway? That’s like if Obama’s campaign was ‘I’m with black.’ What’s the point of being a celebrity if you can’t have an opinion? Everybody make their own opinion! You know?”
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Post by Admin on Dec 11, 2021 3:54:41 GMT
A publicist who worked for Kanye West reportedly made a trip to Georgia after the 2020 presidential election to pressure an election worker into confessing to former President Trump's unfounded claims of fraud.
According a report from Reuters on Friday, Trevian Kutti arrived at Ruby Freeman's home on Jan. 4 and informed her that she was sent by a “high-profile individual” with an urgent message. Kutti then proceeded to tell the 62-year-old, who had served as a temporary election worker, that she needed to confirm Trump's fraud allegations or people would descend on her home within two days and she would be jailed.
Georgia was one of multiple states won by now-President Biden where Trump has alleged widespread voting irregularities without evidence.
At the time, Freeman, who had already been accused of perpetuating fraud by Trump allies, said she had become wary of strangers and did not open her door to Kutti. Instead, she called the police and asked a male neighbor to talk with Kutti and an unidentified man she was with, according to Reuters.
When law enforcement officials came to the scene, Kutti identified herself as a "crisis manager" and informed police that Freeman “was in danger," adding that she had "48 hours" before "unknown subjects" arrived at her home, Reuters reported.
An officer suggested that the two women meet at a police station, where a discussion was held with an officer present.
“I cannot say what specifically will take place,” Kutti was heard telling Freeman in a recording captured by the officer's bodycam. “I just know that it will disrupt your freedom," she said, "and the freedom of one or more of your family members.”
“You are a loose end for a party that needs to tidy up,” Kutti added, saying that “federal people” were involved in the situation.
Freeman told Reuters that she also recalled Kutti saying, “If you don't tell everything, you're going to jail.”
Freeman reportedly left that meeting refusing to comply.
The day after the meeting, an FBI agent contacted Freeman and warned her to leave her home due to safety concerns.
The next day, Jan. 6, the same day that a mob of Trump supports stormed the Capitol in an attempt to prevent the certification of the Electoral College vote, a crowd of Trump supporters arrived at her home with bullhorns, Reuters reported.
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