Ye West’s bid for presidency during the 2020 election was essentially doomed from the start. Many people didn’t take his announcement seriously, and, for those who did, the controversial statements he made during his campaign left many people disillusioned with his candidacy. For example, at a stop in South Carolina, the Independent candidate wore a bulletproof vest and had “2020” shaved into his hair. During his speech, West claimed that Harriet Tubman didn’t free the slaves, “She just had the slaves go work for other white people.” Tubman was, in reality, a Black abolitionist who helped create the Underground Railroad and led many slaves from the Southern states to the North and their freedom. Upon hearing West’s statement about Tubman, spectators were shocked and silent for a few seconds. Some then spoke up, challenging his words.
Later on, West broke down in tears when he revealed that his father allegedly wanted his mother to abort him. He also said he and Kim Kardashian allegedly almost aborted their first daughter, North West, but they chose not to, as Kardashian wanted to keep her.
“So even if my wife were to divorce me after this speech, she brought North into the world, even when I didn’t want to. … I almost killed my daughter,” he later shouted, while getting very emotional about the subject.