{"id":61853,"date":"2020-08-13T21:00:00","date_gmt":"2020-08-13T21:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/icrowdnewswire.com\/?p=2707927"},"modified":"2020-08-13T21:00:00","modified_gmt":"2020-08-13T21:00:00","slug":"kanye-west-seeking-to-get-on-state-ballots-in-presidential-bid-recently-met-with-jared-kushner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ipsnews.net\/business\/2020\/08\/13\/kanye-west-seeking-to-get-on-state-ballots-in-presidential-bid-recently-met-with-jared-kushner\/","title":{"rendered":"Kanye West, Seeking To Get On State Ballots In Presidential Bid, Recently Met With Jared Kushner"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"233\" height=\"24\" src=\"https:\/\/icrowdnewswire.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/4218-logo.png\" class=\"webfeedsFeaturedVisual wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" style=\"display: block; margin-bottom: 5px; clear:both;max-width: 100%;\" link_thumbnail=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<figure class=\"c-figure  u-border-b-1 u-border-color-grey-medium-light \" style=\"text-align: center\" data-toaster-activate-trigger=\"\">\n<div class=\"a-glue-parent pmc-u-crop-9x16\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"c-figure__image\" src=\"https:\/\/pmcdeadline2.files.wordpress.com\/2020\/07\/ap_20188280902738.jpg?w=512&amp;h=340&amp;crop=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"651\" height=\"432\" data-lazy-loaded=\"true\" \/><\/div><figcaption class=\"c-figure__caption pmc-u-font-family-helvetica pmc-u-padding-tb-025 u-flex u-flex-direction-column\"><span class=\"pmc-u-font-weight-light pmc-u-font-size-12 pmc-u-color-grey-medium-dark\">AP<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<div class=\"a-content pmc-u-line-height-copy pmc-u-font-family-georgia pmc-u-font-size-16 pmc-u-font-size-18@desktop\">\n<p><a id=\"auto-tag_kanye-west\" href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/tag\/kanye-west\/\" data-tag=\"kanye-west\">Kanye West<\/a>&nbsp;met with President&nbsp;<a id=\"auto-tag_donald-trump\" href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/tag\/donald-trump\/\" data-tag=\"donald-trump\">Donald Trump<\/a>&rsquo;s son-in-law&nbsp;<a id=\"auto-tag_jared-kushner\" href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/tag\/jared-kushner\/\" data-tag=\"jared-kushner\">Jared Kushner<\/a>&nbsp;last weekend, The New York Times&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/live\/2020\/08\/12\/us\/biden-vs-trump#kanye-west-who-is-pursuing-a-spot-on-the-2020-ballot-met-with-jared-kushner\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">reported<\/a>, and it raises further questions of whether West&rsquo;s efforts to get on state ballots is meant to be a spoiler in the presidential race.<\/p>\n<p>West seemingly confirmed the meeting in a tweet on Tuesday, when he wrote, &ldquo;I&rsquo;m willing to do a live interview with the New York Time about my meeting with Jared where we discussed Dr Claude Anderson&rsquo;s book Powernomics.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>The Times reported that West did not provide any further details about the meeting, which took place in Telluride, CO.<\/p>\n<p>West has so far qualified to appear on ballots in Colorado, Vermont and Oklahoma, but he has missed filing deadlines in other states and was rejected in Illinois due to invalid signatures. He is trying to get on the ballot in other states, including Ohio, but is facing legal challenges to signatures submitted in Wisconsin.<\/p>\n<p>Last week, in&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/2020\/08\/kanye-west-2020-presidential-race-donald-trump-1203006761\/\">an interview with Forbes<\/a>, West did not deny that he may be in the race as a spoiler, with no shot at getting 270 electoral votes but enough to draw support away from Joe Biden in key states. There have been reports that Republican operatives have been assisting West in getting the required number of signature to get on the ballot in Wisconsin.<\/p>\n<p>Trump has denied that he had anything to do with West getting on the ballot, but said, &ldquo;I like Kanye very much.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"tags\">\n<div><strong>See Campaign: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/2020\/08\/kanye-west-seeking-to-get-on-state-ballots-in-presidential-bid-recently-met-with-jared-kushner-1203011242\/\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/deadline.com\/2020\/08\/kanye-west-seeking-to-get-on-state-ballots-in-presidential-bid-recently-met-with-jared-kushner-1203011242\/<\/a><br \/><b>Contact Information:<\/b><br \/> Ted Johnson<\/p>\n<p><b>Tags:<\/b><br \/><a href=\"\"><\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/icrowdnewswire.com\/category\/news-category\/wire\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Wire<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/icrowdnewswire.com\/category\/global-regions\/united-states\/\" rel=\"category tag\">United States<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/icrowdnewswire.com\/category\/language\/english\/\" rel=\"category tag\">English<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\" alt=\"image\" width=\"400\" height=\"300\" class=\"cwdfimg\" \/><\/div>\n<div>\n<h3>Contact Information:<\/h3>\n<p> Ted Johnson<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"233\" height=\"24\" src=\"https:\/\/icrowdnewswire.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/4218-logo.png\" alt=\"\">AP Kanye West&nbsp;met with President&nbsp;Donald Trump&rsquo;s son-in-law&nbsp;Jared Kushner&nbsp;last weekend, The New York Times&nbsp;reported, and it raises further questions of whether West&rsquo;s efforts to get on state ballots is meant to be a spoiler in the presidential race. West seemingly confirmed the meeting in a tweet on Tuesday, when he wrote, &ldquo;I&rsquo;m willing to do a &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/icrowdnewswire.com\/2020\/08\/13\/kanye-west-seeking-to-get-on-state-ballots-in-presidential-bid-recently-met-with-jared-kushner\/\">Continue reading <span>Kanye West, Seeking To Get On State Ballots In Presidential Bid, Recently Met With Jared Kushner<\/span><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/ipsnews.net\/business\/2020\/08\/13\/kanye-west-seeking-to-get-on-state-ballots-in-presidential-bid-recently-met-with-jared-kushner\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue Reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":129,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,22,54],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-61853","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-english","category-united-states","category-wire"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v24.9 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Kanye West, Seeking To Get On State Ballots In Presidential Bid, Recently Met With Jared Kushner - Business<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/ipsnews.net\/business\/2020\/08\/13\/kanye-west-seeking-to-get-on-state-ballots-in-presidential-bid-recently-met-with-jared-kushner\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Kanye West, Seeking To Get On State Ballots In Presidential Bid, Recently Met With Jared Kushner - Business\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"AP Kanye West&nbsp;met with President&nbsp;Donald Trump&rsquo;s son-in-law&nbsp;Jared Kushner&nbsp;last weekend, The New York Times&nbsp;reported, and it raises further questions of whether West&rsquo;s efforts to get on state ballots is meant to be a spoiler in the presidential race. 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