Bad news for those expecting Kanye West to follow through with his 2024 run for president: The rapper’s own attorney has confirmed that the campaign is over before it really got off the ground.
“He’s not a candidate for office in 2024,” Ye’s attorney Bruce Marks told Rolling Stone. An unnamed source also said the likelihood of a presidential bid is “beyond remote,” with another adding, “There’s no campaign structure or anything along those lines in place.”
West announced his 2024 run in November 2022, and briefly enlisted Milo Yiannopoulos as his campaign manager before firing the alt-right provocateur less than one month in. Holocaust denier Nick Fuentes took command of West’s political team until May, when Yiannopoulos came back into power and proclaimed himself the “director of political operations” of “YE24.”
However, an October filing with the Federal Election Commission by West’s political committee, Kanye 2020, no longer lists Yiannopoulos on its payroll.
“He’s not a candidate for office in 2024,” Ye’s attorney Bruce Marks told Rolling Stone. An unnamed source also said the likelihood of a presidential bid is “beyond remote,” with another adding, “There’s no campaign structure or anything along those lines in place.”
West announced his 2024 run in November 2022, and briefly enlisted Milo Yiannopoulos as his campaign manager before firing the alt-right provocateur less than one month in. Holocaust denier Nick Fuentes took command of West’s political team until May, when Yiannopoulos came back into power and proclaimed himself the “director of political operations” of “YE24.”
However, an October filing with the Federal Election Commission by West’s political committee, Kanye 2020, no longer lists Yiannopoulos on its payroll.
- 10/20/2023
- by Eddie Fu
- Consequence - Music
YE24, we hardly knew ye. The prospect of a Kanye West presidential run this election cycle appears dead. Ye’s personal attorney Bruce Marks, who is advising the wind-down of the rapper’s campaign apparatus, tells Rolling Stone: “He’s not a candidate for office in 2024.”
Evidence of the decision not to pursue a presidential bid is reflected in the October Federal Election Commission filing by Ye’s political committee, Kanye 2020, which steered Ye’s oddball presidential bid three years ago and was used by the rapper to test the waters for a 2024 run.
Evidence of the decision not to pursue a presidential bid is reflected in the October Federal Election Commission filing by Ye’s political committee, Kanye 2020, which steered Ye’s oddball presidential bid three years ago and was used by the rapper to test the waters for a 2024 run.
- 10/20/2023
- by Tim Dickinson
- Rollingstone.com
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