Kanye West in tears speech, abortion tok during im first political campaign to be 2020 President of United States - See main points of di "Birthday Party" presidential election rally
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- Author, Olaronke Alo
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Kanye West don officially launch im campaign for di 2020 US presidential election, with one uncommon rally for Charleston, South Carolina.
West, wey be 43, dey run as a candidate for im self-styled "Birthday Party".
For di event, di rapper begin make policy decisions wey dey off-di-cuff, as im go on plenti rants - including tok on abortion and on Harriet Tubman.
Wetin Kanye West tok for di rally?
Abortion must dey legal
Kanye West believe say abortion must remain legal for di US, but im tok say financial support must dey for every struggling new mothers - E even suggest say "everybod wey get baby go get one million dollars".
"Di only tin wey fit free us na by obeying di rules wey dem give us for a promised land," he tok. "Abortion should dey legal because guess wetin? Di law no be by God anyway, so wetin be legality?"
At one point wen e dey tok about abortion, he begin cry, say im parents almost abort am: "Kanye West for no dey, because my papa dey too busy."
He add am say: "I almost kill my daughter... even if my wife [Kim Kardashian West] go divorce me afta dis speech, she bring North into di world, even wen I no want am."
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Slave trade still dey happun
For anoda moment, he give one impromptu monologue about 19th century abolitionist Harriet Tubman.
"Harriet Tubman no actually free di slaves, she just make di slaves go work for other white pipo," he tok - dis statement make pipo from di audience make some noise.
He also dey like say im wan cry wen im tok about im late mother, who die for 2007 from complications during cosmetic surgery.
Kanye West get chance to dey on state ballots?
West, wey announce im candidacy on 4 July, don already miss di deadline to qualify for di ballot in many states. He go need to collect enough signatures to appear on di ballot in a number of oda states.
Last week im qualify to appear on Oklahoma's presidential ballot,di first state wia im meet di requirements before di deadline.
If im wan appear on South Carolina ballot he go need to collect 10,000 signatures by afternoon local time (18:00 BST) on Monday.
How pipo react to im election campaign
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