Kanye West’s Cries for Help
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The South Carolina “presidential” rally and late-night tweets show a man in the midst of a crisis—and terrifyingly alone.
Kanye West was in tears. After pleading for George Soros to call him and questioning the legacy of Harriet Tubman, the musical maestro-turned-entrepreneur’s kick-off speech to his “presidential campaign” in South Carolina took a turn for the worrisome as West tackled the topic of abortion. He did so via a personal story about his famous wife, Kim Kardashian West—specifically, the time they learned she’d become pregnant.
“She had the pills in her hand,” West said, presumably referring to mifepristone, a medication used to stop an unwanted pregnancy. He said he had a vision from God to keep the child, before drawing a comparison to his own mother.
“My Dad wanted to abort me! My Mom saved my life! There would have been no Kanye West…” he wailed, as a sea of iPhones trained on him, cameras rolling, hands clapping. “I almost killed my daughter! I almost killed my daughter!”
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