A 2020 RNC Trump delegate and a longtime Republican operative have both been connected to the rapper’s presidential bid, bencjacobs reports
Kanye West at the White House in 2018. Photo: Andrew Harrer/Bloomberg via Getty Images At least two people with links to Kanye West’s nascent presidential campaign are also active in Republican Party politics.
Asked by Intelligencer if he was the same person who was listed as a delegate, Wilton replied, “Yup, that would be me.” He said that he had been involved in politics in Vermont for years, and had been connected to the West campaign “through political contacts.” Regarding West’s politics, he has expressed his opposition to abortion on his Twitter account and at a campaign event in South Carolina last month, and met with Trump wearing a “Make America Great Again” hat at the White House in 2018. He has since backed away from his support for Trump, but did tell Forbes in July, “Trump is the closest president we’ve had in years to allowing God to still be part of the conversation.
The rapper is also pushing forward with efforts to get on the ballot in two key swing states this week. In Wisconsin, which Donald Trump won by fewer than 23,000 votes in 2016, there are 45 people on the ground working to get West on the ballot. He needs to collect and submit at least 2,000 valid signatures in that state by Tuesday evening. In Ohio, West is pushing to collect the 5,000 valid signatures needed to appear on the ballot which need to be submitted on Wednesday.
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