Kanye West’s run for president was slowed down with lawsuits, unhealthy press and Twitter rants. Now it’s being reported the rapper spent over $12 million of his personal cash.
In response to his ultimate Federal Election Commission report, the 43-year-old spent $13.2 million and $12.5 million of his personal cash to run for president. The report claims he spent $7.5 million on charges associated to efforts to get his title on the poll in a number of states, $210,544 on a two-page advert in The New York Occasions one week forward of the election and $918,130 on marketing campaign attire on Election Day.
Kanye acquired roughly 66,000 votes.
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Kanye, who said he never voted, introduced his run for president by way of Twitter on July 4. He sued many states to get on the poll after lacking a number of deadlines and was additionally accused of working with GOP operatives.
West’s working mate was 57-year-old Michelle Tidball. In response to Forbes, she lives in Wyoming, described herself as a “biblical life coach” and in a bible teleconference stated that she doesn’t “watch information.”
In response to published reports, Kanye’s run for president was the ultimate straw for Kim Kardashian. She filed for divorce after six years of marriage on Feb. 19.
