Kanye West’s 2020 run for president has taken another confusing turn, as the rapper shared new promotional materials for his campaign featuring famous faces such as Anna Wintour and Kirsten Dunst.
Dunst has since publicly questioned why she was featured. West is yet to respond to her.
West posted a picture of a long campaign poster covered in celebrities as well as pictures of diverse men and women.
The pictures were broken up by small boxes that read “Kanye 2020 Vision” - Wintour and Dunst were located towards the top.
Dunst tweeted in response: “What’s the message here, and why am I apart [sic] of it?”
She also shared an emoji of a woman shrugging.
West did not reply to Dunst, but has since shared pictures of a meeting in a conference room covered in Chick-Fil-A bags, the board game Othello and a declaration that he will “refuse to do Zooms” with people if he has their contact number, preferring to use FaceTime.
West announced his presidential run on July 4, Independence Day, with just months to go to this year’s November election.
In a 2019 interview, Kanye said he was intending to run for president in 2024, however he tweeted in July: “We must now realize the promise of America by trusting God, unifying our vision and building our future. I am running for president of the United States!”
Dr. Thomas Gift, Lecturer in Political Science at UCL and visiting fellow at LSE’s US Centre, previously told Evening Standard Insider of his campaign: “It’s easy to say you’re running for president, but it’s another matter to get your name on the ballot, to fundraise, to form a campaign team, and to develop an election strategy.”
His campaign has since been mired with controversy including concerns over the musician’s mental health (with his wife Kim Kardashian West sharing that the rapper is bipolar) and debates over the validity of signatures West submitted in order to secure a place on states’ 2020 ballot.
In other US election news, Senator Kamala Harris was announced as Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden’s VP. The pair is set to face off against sitting president Donald Trump and VP Mike Pence. Celebrities have rallied in support of the Democrats through a virtual DNC this week, with the likes of Billie Eilish and former First Lady Michelle Obama speaking in support of the Biden-Harris campaign.
