Kanye West in Forbes Magazine


On Abortion: I am pro-life because I'm following the word of the Bible

On abortion: "I am pro-life because I'm following the word of the Bible."
Source: Forbes Magazine on 2020 presidential hopefuls Jul 8, 2020

On Civil Rights: Never registered to vote before; Democrats "threatened" him

On being a presidential spoiler: "That is a form of racism and white supremacy and white control to say that all Black people need to be Democrat and to assume that me running is me splitting the vote. All of that information is being charged up on social media platforms by Democrats. And Democrats used to tell me, the same Democrats have threatened me.

The reason why this is the first day I registered to vote is because I was scared. I was told that if I voted on Trump my music career would be over. I was threatened into being in one party. I was threatened as a celebrity into being in one party. I was threatened as a Black man into the Democratic party. And that's what the Democrats are doing, emotionally, to my people. Threatening them to the point where this white man can tell a Black man if you don't vote for me, you're not Black."

Source: Forbes Magazine on 2020 presidential hopefuls Jul 8, 2020

On Crime: I'm against the death penalty

On criminal justice: "'Thou shalt not kill.' I'm against the death penalty."
Source: Forbes Magazine on 2020 presidential hopefuls Jul 8, 2020

On Crime: One of my to-do lists is to end police brutality

One of my to-do lists is to end police brutality. The police are people, too. In the George Floyd case, there was a Black guy that went to jail and it was his first day on the force. If it's your first day on the force and this cop with 18 violations already starts filing out, are you going to jump in front of that person and lose your job that same day? He probably didn't realize that the cop was going to take it that far. I'm one of the few Black people that would speak openly like this.
Source: Forbes Magazine on 2020 presidential hopefuls Jul 8, 2020

On Education: Reinstate the fear and love of God in all schools

Reinstate in God's state, in God's country, the fear and love of God in all schools and organizations and you chill the fear and love of everything else. So that was a plan by the Devil to have our kids committing suicide at an all-time high by removing God, to have murders in Chicago at an all-time high because the human beings working for the Devil removed God and prayer from the schools. That means more drugs, more murders, more suicide.
Source: Forbes Magazine on 2020 presidential hopefuls Jul 8, 2020

On Environment: Chemicals affect our ability to be of service to God

On environment: "Clean up the chemicals. In our deodorant, in our toothpaste, there are chemicals that affect our ability to be of service to God."
Source: Forbes Magazine on 2020 presidential hopefuls Jul 8, 2020

On Health Care: Vaccines are the mark of the beast

On vaccines: "It's so many of our children that are being vaccinated and paralyzed. So when they say the way we're going to fix Covid is with a vaccine, I'm extremely cautious. That's the mark of the beast. They want to put chips inside of us, they want to do all kinds of things, to make it where we can't cross the gates of heaven. I'm sorry when I say they, the humans that have the Devil inside them. And the sad thing is that we all won't make it to heaven."
Source: Forbes Magazine on 2020 presidential hopefuls Jul 8, 2020

On Principles & Values: Trump allowing God to still be part of the conversation

On President Donald Trump: "Trump is the closest president we've had in years to allowing God to still be part of the conversation."
Source: Forbes Magazine on 2020 presidential hopefuls Jul 8, 2020

On Principles & Values: God appoints the president

On the 2020 election: "Let's see if the appointing is at 2020 or if it's 2024--because God appoints the president. If I win in 2020 then it was God's appointment. If I win in 2024 then that was God's appointment."
Source: Forbes Magazine on 2020 presidential hopefuls Jul 8, 2020

On Principles & Values: I put everything I get on the line to serve God

On the presidential race: "I just gracefully suggest y'all bow out--Trump and Biden, gracefully bow out. It's God's country, we are doing everything in service to God, nobody but God no more. I am in service of our Lord and savior, Jesus Christ, and I put everything I get on the line to serve God."
Source: Forbes Magazine on 2020 presidential hopefuls Jul 8, 2020

On War & Peace: I'm focused on protecting America with our great military

On foreign policy: "I haven't developed it yet. I'm focused on protecting America, first, with our great military. Let's focus on ourselves first."
Source: Forbes Magazine on 2020 presidential hopefuls Jul 8, 2020

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