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American rapper Kanye West has garnered mainstream attention for his views on numerous political and social issues. He supported the political campaigns of Barack Obama in 2008 and 2012, Hillary Clinton in 2015, initially supported Donald Trump in 2020 until launching his own campaign, and supported Trump once more in 2024.[1] In his unsuccessful run for President of the United States in 2020, he asserted his opposition to abortion. His subsequent campaign in the 2024 election was active for several months in late 2022, although no formal paperwork was filed.
West opposes abortion, capital punishment, and welfare, and has supported gun rights and gay marriage. In December 2022, West stated that he admired Adolf Hitler, publicly denied the Holocaust, and identified as a Nazi in an interview with Alex Jones's Infowars.[2][3]
- ^ "Musicians Supporting Donald Trump in the 2024 Presidential Election".
- ^ Romano, Aja (October 12, 2022). "Kanye West's antisemitic spiral, explained". Vox. Archived from the original on December 2, 2022. Retrieved December 2, 2022.
- ^ Levin, Bess (December 1, 2022). "Kanye West, Donald Trump's Dining Companion, Tells Alex Jones, "I'm a Nazi," Lists Things He Loves About Hitler". Vanity Fair. Archived from the original on December 3, 2022. Retrieved December 5, 2022.