Kanye West in The New York Post
On Abortion:
Planned Parenthood founded for eugenics against blacks
Over the past 50 years, West said, more than 22.5 million black children were aborted "strategically and on purpose.""Planned Parenthood was set up and placed in minority communities to kill black people," West asserted. West then discussed Margaret
Sanger, a founder of Planned Parenthood, whom the organization disavowed over her connections to the eugenics movement.
The rapper read a damning account of Sanger, "an avowed racist whose goal was to reduce the black population in America and she
succeeded. 80% of abortion clinics in America are in minority neighborhoods."
Planned Parenthood was co-founded by Sanger in 1916 as America's first birth control clinic. While she was beloved by feminists for her views on women's reproductive access,
she also supported eugenics, the discredited movement promoting selective breeding that often targeted people of color and the disabled.
While noting that black babies were aborted every day, West argued that "we are inside of genocide as we speak."
Source: New York Post "Page Six" on 2020 presidential hopefuls
Sep 2, 2020
On Families & Children:
Asks staff to refrain from fornicating outside of marriage
West has made abortion a central component of his campaign, but told the paper he does not want to ban the practice, just prevent it. "You can't do that. I don't want to ban or stop or point fingers at anything." Instead he pledged "stipends for
families that need support, creating orphanages that are really high-level desirable for people to go to, and the redesign of communities and cities in general to be supporting of families," West told the paper when speaking by phone.
The rapper is so committed to reducing abortion rates that he asked his campaign staff to refrain from "fornicating" outside of marriage, people aiding his candidacy told the paper.
The rapper has a generally broad campaign platform, with more goals than specific policy initiatives. Police reform, reducing household and student loan debt and bringing prayer back into school are some of his initiatives.
Source: New York Post on 2020 presidential hopefuls
Sep 16, 2020
On Families & Children:
The culture of humanity needs to be family
West, who is vehemently pro-life, stressed the importance of family. "Family is just the key to the world, period.
From our immediate family to our friends and family, our co-workers and family, our city and family, our state and family, our country and family, our world," the rap superstar said.
"The culture of humanity needs to be family," West continued, adding, "The design of our cities, the design of our schools, there's a lot of things designed for us to not promote family, they're designed to create separation."
Abortion has become a central component of West's campaign, and the artist continued to reference it throughout the interview.
Source: New York Post "Page Six" on 2020 presidential hopefuls
Sep 2, 2020
On Families & Children:
Birthday Lake: mothers safely experience pregnancy & birth
The next day he was asked: "with any candidate for any office, I ask, "what is it you would actually do?" He sent a handwritten outline of his plan to build an idyllic "eco-village" called Birthday Lake, which he later tweeted.
Mothers could "safely experience pregnancy & birth" there, and children could be cared for afterward. He would not say if he envisioned the government building such places.
Source: New York Post "Page Six" on 2020 presidential hopefuls
Sep 2, 2020
On Foreign Policy:
Praises Mideast peace treaties; expects Israel-Saudi next
West appears to support [Trump's son-in-law Jared] Kushner's work for the Trump administration, tweeting on Tuesday, "Jared Kushner will have done more for peace in the Middle East than anyone in 30 years," [regarding the normalization of relations
between Israel-UAE and Israel-Bahrain]. West tweeted alongside a news alert that read, "AFP: President Trump expects Saudi Arabia will join move to recognize Israel."
Source: New York Post on 2020 presidential hopefuls
Sep 16, 2020
On Government Reform:
Liberal racists worry about splitting the black vote
Mr. West offered further detail during a recent interview with Nick Cannon, the actor and podcast host, in which he was dismissive of Mr. Biden, and said: "Let me tell you who's the most racist, the liberal racist. When a white person can tell me you're
going to split the vote, better not step past the line, boy."He also said his political aspirations would not end in 2020. "The reason why
I know eventually--eventually could be three months, eventually could be three and a half years--the reason why I eventually will make a great president is because I'm sensitive," Mr. West said. "I'm here to serve. Even as a Gemini,
I feel the energy in the room, I read body language, I read this energy, and I hurt. I hurt for the country, I hurt not just Black people, but all people of America. And I hurt for all people of the world."
Source: New York Post "Page Six" on 2020 presidential hopefuls
Sep 2, 2020
On Principles & Values:
Name "Birthday Party" means more kids with more birthdays
West explained that he made his decision to name his political party the Birthday Party because it was "about life," referencing abortion again. "The connection point to the Birthday Party is dealing with life, and pro-life, because these are kids who
are now going to get a chance to have birthdays." Kanye went on to explain that with his candidacy and promoting black motherhood, more children would be born, and thus, more children would have birthday parties.
Source: New York Post "Page Six" on 2020 presidential hopefuls
Sep 2, 2020
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