Kanye West made an astonishing pro-Trump statement and got ripped for it – 35 savage takedowns
Kanye West or Ye, as he is currently styling himself, appeared on the most recent episode of America’s iconic satirical show, Saturday Night Live, performing his single, I Love It, whilst dressed as a bottle of Perrier – as you do. After official filming was over, he was caught on camera – by Chris Rock, no less – talking about his support for Donald Trump, with sparse claps and notable booing heard in the background.
However, his more public and controversial comment came in a tweet, as is so often the case.
https://twitter.com/kanyewest/status/1046466533973590016
In it, he both equates the pro-Trump MAGA hat he’s wearing with a force for good and suggests abolishing the 13th Amendment – THE ONE THAT ABOLISHED SLAVERY! Whether he genuinely believes what he said or was playing a dangerous publicity-seeking game ahead of the release of his new album is open for debate, but his comment was received with alarm and derision.
For a start, he annoyed Captain America himself, a.k.a. actor Chris Evans, who is renowned for calling out right-wing idiocy.
https://twitter.com/ChrisEvans/status/1046483677184700420
These are the other most notable reactions.
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https://twitter.com/gohomeben/status/1046501592692736000
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The 13th ammendment abolished slavery. Re-upping this from the last time: @ye is truly an idiot. Message sent with distaste for idiocy. https://t.co/d0BNi45Zm8
— Soledad O'Brien (@soledadobrien) September 30, 2018
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You’re dumb. https://t.co/iPazppTHnl
— Taran Killam (@TaranKillam) September 30, 2018
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This idiot @kanyewest just called for the reinstatement of Slavery in America. “Think before you speak. Read before you think.” @franlebowitz https://t.co/Obl6m9fYHA
— Malcolm Nance (@MalcolmNance) October 1, 2018
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Ok…so I think it’s time that we all should just head down to our local precincts and file a restraining order on this…this…help me Lord…uh this troubled individual. I don’t know about you, but I don’t want this fool anywhere near me. 🙏🏽 https://t.co/k2WtgRW5x8
— Wanda Sykes (@iamwandasykes) September 30, 2018
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Idiocy is the willingness to sell out your culture for trinkets. @kanyewest doesn’t understand reality. The same hat he is wearing is responsible for Jeff Sessions and taking us back a decade in Criminal Justice reform. @kanyewest is a clown who wants to sale albums. I’m good. https://t.co/ZK6qcqf8Gr
— Bakari Sellers (@Bakari_Sellers) September 30, 2018
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Folks, let’s cut tot the chase: @kanyewest has no idea what in the hell he is talking about. His rambling, unfocused, nonsensical tweets can’t even be revised to make sense.BASIC question, Kanye: “When was the last time America was ‘whole’?” I’ll wait. https://t.co/fXrTNCAXqD
— rolandsmartin (@rolandsmartin) September 30, 2018
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Say what now?!… https://t.co/8rDUusL8Rl
— Charles M. Blow (@CharlesMBlow) October 1, 2018
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(Kan)ye apparently wants to abolish the 13th Amendment. That’s the amendment that abolished slavery. This is the text: “Neither slavery nor involuntary servitude, except as a punishment for crime…shall exist within the United States, or any place subject to their jurisdiction.” https://t.co/KfMetLgTH1
— Brian Klaas (@brianklaas) October 1, 2018
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THE FUCK ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT!!??? 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 https://t.co/JDMKMmuO6a
— the Old Man Ebro (@oldmanebro) September 30, 2018
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…Yeezys are made in China, and so is that hat. https://t.co/4srcGWu0ZM
— .. (@marwannafuq) September 30, 2018
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ICYMI: Kanye West wants to abolish the 13th Amendment
ICYMI: The 13 amendment abolished slavery
ICYMI: Kanye West is on a private jet, wearing a MAGA hat, made in China, where folks make $1/hour
ICYMI: Kanye West is an idiot.
Did you miss any of that?#CancelKanye https://t.co/zUL29Tk63L
— BrooklynDad_Defiant!☮️ (@mmpadellan) October 1, 2018
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where do you manufacture your shoes at sweetie https://t.co/XrFcGLPqvq
— thomas ☆ﾟ.*･｡ﾟ (@ThomasBeautyy) September 30, 2018
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So glad I'm of an age where I never felt this this guy's music defined my generation.Keeps me from having to feel let down now by his utter asininity. Think I'll go play some Stevie and Marvin. 😂 https://t.co/OCZ1y8q3jz
— Leonard Pitts, Jr. (@LeonardPittsJr1) September 30, 2018
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https://twitter.com/aravosis/status/1046601885606694912
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The 13th Amendment abolished slavery, so by abolishing the 13th Amendment, you’d be bringing slavery back. Maybe Kanye understands Trumpism after all. https://t.co/Vv3yn4nbW6
— Be Reasonable (@LOLBeReasonable) September 30, 2018
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https://twitter.com/ikebarinholtz/status/1046471610188804096
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https://twitter.com/sadowski23/status/1046500539393953792
