Kanye West may have made Jesus walk, but his fans are calling Thursday night’s 40-minute political rant straight up blasphemy. Kanye stopped his “Saint Pablo” concert at the SAP Center in San Jose, California to say, “I told y’all I didn’t vote, right? What I didn’t tell you, I guess I told you. But if I were to have voted, I would have voted on Trump.”
In the YouTube video posted by 106 KMEL, you can hear people booing Kanye. In an attempt to convince the audience that Trump’s the right man to lead this country, Kanye said, “specifically to black people, stop focusing on racism. This world is racist, OK.… It’s just a f‑‑king fact. We are a racist country.”
Kanye West tonight speaking on racism in America. "Specifically to black people, stop talking about race so much." pic.twitter.com/HTWlJgdq7E
— Brandon Patterson (@itsmebrandonp) November 18, 2016
At one point, Kanye told fans to stop throwing things at him. Fans took to Twitter to share their outrage saying they paid for a show, not a speech. #Kanye was trending almost immediately.
Kanye just asked the crowd "What percent of people here voted for Trump." crowd booing, people are pissed he's not playing music.
— Darion G (@SkyIsTumbling) November 18, 2016
Kanye West just stopped the show again to tell us that Kanye liked Trumps campaign. Someone threw something at Kanye but he isn't mad.
— Darion G (@SkyIsTumbling) November 18, 2016
Kanye West supports Donald Trump, the world is gonna go mad
— Chazzus (@GOATChazzus) November 18, 2016
https://twitter.com/yuriskwon/status/799535467154866176?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw
His tirade came at the expense of several songs. Kanye left fans wondering who’s the gold digger now? But if we’ve learned anything from this year’s historic election, it’s that anything is possible.
Is Kanye West selling what’s left of his soul, and his tour, to get his very own key to the White House? Last year, Kanye announced he’d be running for president.
I have decided in 2020, to run for president.
What people really want to know now is, can we expect to see Jay Z and Beyonce campaigning for Kanye in 2020? The king and queen of hip hop took the stage for Hillary Clinton just before election day to convince young minorities to get out and vote. Today it looks like Twitter thinks, they’re still with her.
Blu: Daddy, how come people keep saying bad things about Uncle Kanye?
Jay: That's not your uncle babygirl pic.twitter.com/FN05sMHDeB— Majesty (@Stalinonyou) November 18, 2016
Jay Z and the Queen Bey may not be the only ones with beef today. It wasn’t long ago that Mrs. West herself posted a selfie with Clinton #HillaryForPresident. But maybe Kim’s view will change if she becomes first lady. A White House set would definitely get nice ratings for “Keeping Up With the Kardashians.”
I got my selfie!!! I really loved hearing her speak & hearing her goals for our country! #HillaryForPresident pic.twitter.com/zGpdcGSZBD
— Kim Kardashian West (@KimKardashian) August 7, 2015
Let’s not get ahead of ourselves yet. If Kanye runs for president in 2020, he might have to get through The Rock first.
Dwayne 'The Rock' Johnson Is 'Seriously Considering' Running For President #MakeAmericaRockAgain https://t.co/dkQFP16nic
— Run The Rock 2020 (@RunTheRock2020) December 14, 2017
Perhaps the only logical explanation is that someone was smoking a little something before he got on stage again.
Someone took Michelle Obama’s suggestion a little too literally.
How do we go high?
We vote: https://t.co/jfd3CXu1CS pic.twitter.com/rx5OWheuBd
— Hillary Clinton (@HillaryClinton) November 8, 2016