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Kanye Westis making a political statement with his latest line of apparel, which aims to encourage black voters to ditch the Democratic party.
“The Staple! Represent and show your support with this premium t-shirt,” reads the description of aturquoise long-sleeve shirtfeaturing the neon green text “WE FREE” and a figure in motion.
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USA Todayreports the line debuted Saturday at Turning Point USA’s Young Black Leadership Summit in Washington, D.C., where communications director Candace Owens offered insight into West’s collaboration with Blexit.
“I love the way Candace Owens thinks,” West tweeted back in April.
“Bingo,”Roseanne Barrreplied at the time.
Despite his support for Blexit, records show West recently contributed $73,540 to Democratic mayoral candidate Amara Enyia, according to theChicago Tribune.
In the past few months, Westhas met with President Donald Trump in the Oval Office,delivered an impromptu speech in favor of the presidentonSaturday Night Live,called first for abolishing and then for amendingthe 13th Amendment, deleted his social media, and went on an epic TMZ rant in which he controversially called slavery a choice.
President Donald Trump hugs Kanye West during a visit to the White House in October 2018.Oliver Contreras - Pool/Getty
The “Flashing Lights” rapper has claimed that he was “misdiagnosed” withbipolar disorderand has been open aboutthe fact that he is off his medication.
A source close to West previously told PEOPLE that those in his inner circle “are telling him that he needs to get back on his medication, that he’s not doing well, that he’s not making any sense.”
“Now he’s in the Oval Office, and he’s doing the same rant, and that’s going to validate his rants,” the source said.
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Though family and close friends want to support the father of three, they don’t feel that they’re able to get through to him — in part because of the president’s validation, according to an insider.
“No one close to him can tell him that he’s sounding unhinged,” said the source, “because his answer is that the President of the United States doesn’t think so.”
source: people.com
