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applegrove

(118,760 posts)
Fri Dec 17, 2021, 02:10 PM Dec 2021

Kanye West's Campaign Was Secretly Run by GOP Elites

Kanye West’s Campaign Was Secretly Run by GOP Elites

December 17, 2021 at 7:50 am EST By Taegan Goddard 96 Comments

https://politicalwire.com/2021/12/17/kanye-wests-campaign-was-secretly-run-by-gop-elites/

"SNIP.......

Daily Beast: “New documents show Kanye West’s doomed White House campaign—styled as an ‘independent’ third-party effort—appears to have disguised potentially millions of dollars in services it received from a secretive network of Republican Party operatives, including advisers to the GOP elite and a managing partner at one of the top conservative political firms in the country.”

“Potentially even more alarming? The Kanye 2020 campaign committee did not even report paying some of these advisers, and used an odd abbreviation for another—moves which campaign finance experts say appear designed to mask the association between known GOP operatives and the campaign, and could constitute a violation of federal laws.”

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Kanye West's Campaign Was Secretly Run by GOP Elites (Original Post) applegrove Dec 2021 OP
lol, no sh*t... Thomas Hurt Dec 2021 #1
I know. And water is wet. applegrove Dec 2021 #2
Indeed WHITT Dec 2021 #3
Duh... RockRaven Dec 2021 #4
I remembering having a heated debate with some DUer around here... W_HAMILTON Dec 2021 #5
Of course it was jmowreader Dec 2021 #6
Lock em up. Kim can use that new JD (Nt) FreepFryer Dec 2021 #7
See? Republicans have black friends--once they're librechik Dec 2021 #8
Of course it was.. big FUBARED Loser Cha Dec 2021 #9
isn't this illegal ...... too? uponit7771 Dec 2021 #10
Wait...was this supposed to be a secret? Bettie Dec 2021 #11

W_HAMILTON

(7,871 posts)
5. I remembering having a heated debate with some DUer around here...
Fri Dec 17, 2021, 02:30 PM
Dec 2021

...who proudly stated that s/he voted for Kanye West in 2020 because "their vote didn't matter." Real shameful shit.

The Republicans thank you for your service.

jmowreader

(50,562 posts)
6. Of course it was
Fri Dec 17, 2021, 03:14 PM
Dec 2021

The whole intent was to pull Black votes away from President Biden.

Of course, if you’re going to do that you might at least think about running a candidate who isn’t (1) insane and (2) a Trump supporter. Black people knew what was going on and didn’t fall for it.

librechik

(30,676 posts)
8. See? Republicans have black friends--once they're
Fri Dec 17, 2021, 04:12 PM
Dec 2021

fluffed and buffed.

I bet that was worth every million they spent on it.

Bettie

(16,120 posts)
11. Wait...was this supposed to be a secret?
Fri Dec 17, 2021, 04:38 PM
Dec 2021

Seriously, anyone with two brain cells to rub together could have figured this one out.

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