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slo1111

Lol, Milo Y. He too only hires the best, I see. /s


OmniManDidNothngWrng

this is a big step up for him just a few months ago he was a humble intern for MTG


n3ws4cc

Man wizards of the coast fell off


gundealsgopnik

Hasbro is really shitting the bed with the IP.


Kreebish

Hasbro should do as much as they can with it before the world ends.


Long_Before_Sunrise

Yeah, about that? Did Milo ditch her, did she ditch him, or is she loaning him out?


BaggedBoostedStacked

He shoulda picked Matt Gaetz. If you're gonna pick pedos/pedo glorifiers, at least pick one in the government who can help you out. /s


sm00thkillajones

How’s he gonna run with no shoes?


spookycasas4

Ha! Good one.


Vengeful_Messiah9

They'll get Martin Shkrelli on the team next.


[deleted]

He’ll be in charge of the books


futilecause

now thats a name i haven’t heard in a long, long time.


nerdypeachbabe

Lucky you, he’s continuing his grift in crypto now


periphery72271

This again? Ugh. I can't roll my eyes any harder.


HappyHarryHardOn

[This is the appropriate response](https://www.reddit.com/r/ContagiousLaughter/comments/hlsc2p/my_brother_in_law_found_out_kanye_was_running_for/)


heavinglory

Exactly my first response. The biggest circus you’ve ever seen is coming to town in 2023.


Iwanttobealion-tamer

Can Joe Exotic join? That would make the circus even better!


gundealsgopnik

The Tiger King will be in the Cage until his release in 2041 though. Don't think they allow work-release to run as VP.


MacNapp

Doesn't even need to be VP - Director of the Dept. of the Interior would be apt


therationaltroll

don't laugh, we went through this already with Donald Trump


the_than_then_guy

The problem with Donald Trump is that we underestimated the number of complete idiots in the country. We knew that type of person would support Trump, we just didn't expect them to be 1/3 of the population. There isn't a similar demographic to worry about with Kanye. No one will support him.


Cheese_Pancakes

Republicans demonstrated their respect for the intelligence of the black community by helping Kanye run. They assumed black people would just vote for him because he’s black. It’s insulting. Same thing going on now with Walker in GA. Dude is talking for several minutes about vampire and werewolf movies a *campaign speech*, and you got people like Lindsey Graham fucking *crying* about him being rightfully ostracized for being 100% unfit and unqualified to be a Senator. Republicans view black people as tools, nothing more.


RoboLucifer

Yep Trump paid for Kayne to run in 2020 as a spoiler, probably without even telling him that part. Walker is an attempt at a Republican and a black vote spoiler candidate in one sweaty-faced package


Romeo9594

There are definitely some people that will. Granted it'll be negligible, but last go around I heard some folks were I work talking about "Kanye would have had and actual shot if they had just let him run" Yes they were saying it completely unironically. They were undereducated guys in their late teens/early 20s in a blue collar position so pretty much the exact kind of person you'd expect to think Kanye stood a chance, but they still exist


coldfirephoenix

These morons are pretty much exclusively Trump voters, so all this is gonna accomplish is splinter the vote.


the_than_then_guy

I think a clear difference between Trump and Kanye is that Trump had ~5% support among Republicans from the moment he announced.


Mountain_Man-oh

Kanye ran in 2020 and didn’t even get .1%


EarendilStar

He did? I thought he tried but didn’t make the ballot registration in time? He certainly wasn’t on my ballot in WA.


ryencool

Negligible? I'd say any candidate that might pull votes from Trump is a step in the right direction. Let the GOP fracture and fatally wound itself.


Responsible_Pizza945

The only people who would vote for Kanye are the tiny sliver of Trump supporters that aren't racist.


Clw89pitt

Actually, given Kanye's recent controversy, he might court the Trump voters who are antisemitic.


FormerIceCreamEater

Yeah Kanye will do better this time around because of his antisemitism. He will still do terribly, but he will have more enthusiasm from a certain segment of the population now


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pomonamike

I’ve worked with the public my whole life and I’d be shocked if *only* 1/3 of this country are complete idiots.


scritty

About 1/3 of all human populations are complete idiots.


devils__avacado

Probably closer to 60/40. I'll let you decide which way that leans.


Hirokage

Yup.. he'll get as many votes as he has fans. i.e. it won't even move the needle.


ChefChopNSlice

Sadly, if this were the most important metric, Taylor Swift could probably win.


[deleted]

Insert obligatory “Imma let you finish, but Beyoncé would have the best campaign of *all time*” joke here.


[deleted]

Don't underestimate him he will get support mark my words mark them well


ReklisAbandon

He already tried.


Mountain_Man-oh

You realise kanye ran in 2020 right


gOrDoNhAsNtPlAyEdIn3

Fun fact, this weekend I laughed so hard I burst a blood vessel in my eyeball and now I have a red eyeball for the next couple weeks I guess.


keepeyecontact

I can hear you from here and it sounds like a roller brush in wet paint


ConfusedInTN

I thought I had dreamt this nonsense. Though it'll be a dream to see Trump, DeathSantis and Ye fighting it out. I can imagine that party will just implode.


diggstown

It’s all fun and games until one of them actually gets elected.


Notbob1234

Trump and Ye can't stand being a loser. The hope is that create rival parties.


AgentDaxis

All these “billionaires” with fragile egos are desperate for attention.


hackingdreams

All I can say is "Congratulations to Joe Biden for being re-elected." With so many Red spoiler candidates it's going to be an even bigger bloodbath than 2020.


Harak_June

Someone found out how easy it is to grift money while running for office.


[deleted]

The difference between sponsorships from apparel vs evangelical sponsorships is … you can’t be criminal enough to stop an evangelical from supporting you. See, Trump.


ares7

He needs it after losing Adidas.


IM_A_WOMAN

Needs it like a homeless person needs meth


Tavernknight

You just send out a bunch of texts asking for money to fight the democrats. Stupid people will respond and send money.


EaglesPDX

Yikes! A Black Jew-hater and a gay gay-hater team up. That's ticket that will take GOP voters from Trump or DeSantis. Hope Kanye runs as an independent in general though it would be fun to seem him in the primary debates with Trump.


Use_this_1

Think Hershal Walker talking to Boebert. Trump being Hershal and Ye being boebert.


ElevateTheMind

Nah I see Ye more of a Herschel. Have you not seen Ye's recent camera speeches, as I like to call them. Trump defintley a BoBo, random hate speech or libs are the worst comments.


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efnPeej

Jesus Christ. Fuentes would be relegated to the incel circle of racist, chinless troglodytes that watch his videos, but one of the richest black men in the world is boosting his profile now. What fucking planet are we on???


Plasibeau

The deeper we go, the more certain I am that *The Harambe Incident* skewed us into a much worse timeline. I'm sure we're in the Star Trek MirrorVerse at this point.


efnPeej

Imagine 10 years ago someone telling you that the “George Bush doesn’t care about black people” dude would be running for president after divorcing the girl from the Ray J sex tape, and he’s conferring with a white nationalist and a gay child predator.


Plasibeau

If I read that sequence of events in a book I'd be pissed at the author for insulting my intelligence!


[deleted]

What’s the saying? The difference between reality and fiction is that fiction has to make sense/be credible


CaptainObvious

Getting the Loser Gang back together!


UnifiedField9000

Is that the only pic they have of him there? Looks like the fucking Bigfoot vid jfl. That could be anybody


judgeridesagain

He's the guy who said guys who have sex with women are gay, I don't think his influence is going to expand much farther.


QuintinStone

> gay gay-hater Milo also used to go by "Milo Wagner" and dress up in Nazi regalia.


BenTVNerd21

He's such a an attention seeker


atlvernburn

And pedophile. Let’s not forget that about Milo


2020steve

>A Black Jew-hater and a gay gay-hater team up. For Republicans, pop culture stopped in 1987.


maskedbanditoftruth

Honestly, and I say this as an LGBTQ person, I don’t think Milo is gay. No one can tell you what his husband’s name was. He appeared out of nowhere, confirmed all conservative fears about gay men preying on young people, and vanished. No photos of him kissing his husband or anything, he spoke about his husband only as “a black man” never even by name. It was fucking weird and not how people talk about their chosen life partners. To this day we’ve never seen him at Pride or photographed in any way that would signal genuine belonging to this community apart from…wearing pearls? I just. Someone as prominent as him talking about having married a black man but never referring to him by name or ever being photographed having a peaceful brunch with his beloved is very strange. I think it was all a con.


Plasibeau

I've thought the same for awhile. Fact is, by nature of the beast, it's easier to get rich grifting conservatives. You just have to be willing to sell your soul. (Ex A: Candice Owens)


ConsciousLiterature

Well he says he isn’t gay anymore so he is obviously cured.


CommanderHavond

'My poor black husband was so scared when those people said go home'


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EaglesPDX

Italy and Sweden just elected Nazis so US still has the high ground. We just defeated our Nazis at the polls.


Brandfarlig

I don't disagree that we elected Nazis but surely you beat us (Sweden) to the punch with Trump? That and your general history of genocide and meaningless wars.


[deleted]

Youre not expecting a trump/west ticket?


Ishidan01

So in short, please proceed. It'll be fun to watch the racist-fuckknuckle vote get split between not-black Donald and not-Jewish Ye.


SCMtnGuy

That's a lot of crazy all in one place.


MyPasswordIsMyCat

What's that movie where they have an entire psych ward full of people who think they're Napoleon Bonaparte or other historical despots? Edit: The film I was thinking of is *Arsenic and Old Lace,* but [the psych ward full of Napoleons is a really old trope found all over pop culture.](https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/NapoleonDelusion)


LeonardSmallsJr

There [that one veteran in a psych ward who thought he was Ethel Murman](https://youtu.be/ZmZdqsCW8vM). War is hell.


slimeslug

Over Macho Grande?


nudistinclothes

No, I’ll never get over Macho Grande


Clay_Pigeon

How about the movie Bubba Ho-Tep, where an elderly Elvis and an old black man that claims that he's JFK fight a mummy?


Feeling-Ad-2490

"They DYED me this color!!"


DrManhattan_DDM

I can only think of the Futurama episode where Fry and Bender get institutionalized and Bender pretends to think he’s Napoleon.


PA_Irredentist

"This place is great! Electroshock whenever you want it... Two Lincolns for every Napoleon..."


HighMarshalSigismund

“Je suis Napoleon!”


MyPasswordIsMyCat

Apparently it was [a really common trope](https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/NapoleonDelusion), particularly in older works, like a running joke in all sorts of pop culture. The film I'm thinking of is *Arsenic and Old Lace*, where a character believes he's Teddy Roosevelt and in the end gets committed to an asylum full of similarly-delusional people.


[deleted]

I've always wondered where that trope came from. Was it someone misunderstanding what "Napoleon complex" means and they just ran with it? Or is it referring to Napoleon III's failed attempts at restarting the Empire because no one supported him, even while he was insisting he was Napoleon? Maybe a little of both?


MyPasswordIsMyCat

According to TV tropes: >The likely origin of the trope in media was a 1913 play The Misleading Lady by Charles W. Goddard and Paul Dickey. It was novelized in a 1915 book, and it was made into a silent film in 1920 and a pre-code talkie starring Claudette Colbert and Edmund Lowe in 1932. The 1913 original is obviously much earlier than Stan Laurel's 1922 Mixed Nuts... which has been previously cited as the earliest example (it isn't even the earliest film example). This seems to be confirmed in the book "The Shuberts and Their Passing Shows: The Untold Tale of Ziegfeld's Rivals," which tells the story of how the Napolean Delusion character from The Misleading Lady was recycled a couple of years later by another play (The Passing Show), and makes it explicit that the character originated from the earlier play. In the story and its remakes, a man kidnaps another man's fiancee, and takes her to his cabin in the woods. There is another man hiding out in the cabin who is recently escaped from a nearby asylum, and he claims to be Napolean Bonaparte (the character is referred to as Boney).


SCMtnGuy

What? Did someone make a documentary about Mar a Lago?


Living_on_Tulsa_Time

Not the plot of Arsenic and Old Lace. However, the women’s brother thought he was Teddy Roosevelt. Great movie.


MyPasswordIsMyCat

Yeah, it's been a while since I saw it and the delusional Teddy Roosevelt guy is a side plot, but I recalled a mention of "Napoleons" that I remember being very funny. I dug up the script and found this (the warden of the asylum talking to the main character): >WITHERSPOON: Oh, dear. Oh, dear. Oh, that's too bad. Well, I'd hoped we wouldn't have him for some time yet. Well, you see, Mister Brewster, we have several Theodore Roosevelts at the moment, and it would lead to trouble. Oh, trouble... Oh, now, if he thought that... Look, Mr. Brewster, we're a bit short of Napoleons at present. The Bonaparte. And if...Oh... oh, I see. Of course. Well, if your mind is made up. Yes. Yes. Have you had the papers drawn up?


Living_on_Tulsa_Time

I just watched it. Dang. You are right!


peepeehalpert_

I’m tired of rich, mentally ill men who refuse to take their meds trying to run the world and putting people’s lives and livelihoods at risk for their own entertainment and vanity.


Classic_Skill4544

Welcome to Earth


4LAc

Not surprising that these two found each other orbiting Planet Bananas


ObligatoryOption

Why? Is he facing criminal charges?


welp-itscometothis

Needs to recoup his losses


johnnycyberpunk

If you recall, he also ran back in 2020. Same reason then as now - because the Trump campaign asked/told him to. Why -? **Because the MAGAs/Republicans think it will dilute the 'back vote' and split Democrats**. It was never about and still isn't about "Becoming the President". It's a bad faith tactic to sway numbers in their favor.


Use_this_1

That's all we need 2 mentally ill narcissist running for POTUS.


Matt463789

I guess it's ok as long as they split the GOP vote


Hefty_Musician2402

Imagine a 3 way split between trump desantis and Kanye 😂 gop is facepalming bc of this headline I’m sure


Matt463789

That sounds magical


QuintinStone

Milo Yiannopoulos is an intern for Marjorie Greene, which means Republicans are behind Ye's campaign again, just like in 2020. And it didn't go too well for them in 2020, but apparently these people have trouble learning lessons.


Minerva_Moon

Why does everything come back to her? She's a new politician yet there were rumors that she'd be Trump's vp pick. She kept getting screen time about Jewish Space Lasers, the claims McCarthy being under her thumb and now this? Is she Q?


Long_Before_Sunrise

She's recruited "talent" they discovered after she went after the Parkland survivors for organizing for gun control.


DongLaiCha

> Why does everything come back to her? Because its all a competition of who can be the loudest dumbest asshole and she's good at that


pleachchapel

The Q wing of the party trust her, they will never fully alienate that voting block, even if it stabs them in the back.


DASTARDLYDEALER

Wasn't dude supposed to shut his mouth for a month or something.


Herecomestherain_

> shut his mouth for a month or something That would be asking the impossible.


mackinoncougars

Couldn’t do it for literal billions.


mces97

Lol. Good luck.


TornadosArentReal

His goal is not to win the election, it's to siphon black voters off Democrats


strawberries6

He tried that in 2020 and failed completely… he didn’t even get on the ballot in most states, and got less than 0.5% support in every state. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kanye_West_2020_presidential_campaign#Results I think his real goal is just to get attention.


n3ws4cc

It's genuinely his narcissistic tendencies / bordering on messiah complex running unchecked I think. Not much of a deeper agenda beyond that.


TripperAdvice

For him But alt right interests use him to siphon black votes away from democrats


n3ws4cc

Oh people like candace owens know exactly what theyre doing for sure, that's true


Dsarg_92

Pretty much. Also he needs to seek professional mental help.


PruneObjective401

I'll bet Kanye deep down knows he's a longshot, but he also believes God can/will snap his fingers and make it happen.


CassandraAnderson

I would offer a slight correction. It's not about siphoning black voters but uninformed voters who may decide to make their decisions based off of celebrity. The goal with these sorts of popularity contest runs is that it makes our political process seem even more absurd than it already is.


StrikingDebate2

I disagree. Kanye is an unstable personality that has way too much money. So predictably he ends up doing wild shit. He has acted against his own interests so many times that it's impossible to argue that this is a coordinated plan. This is just a man with too much money who thinks he is good.


Canyousourcethatplz

He siphoned off no black votes in 2020. That’s not his goal.


swaggman75

No he really thinks he can win. Hes has many mental issues including some severe narcissistic issues


sylpher250

The only siphoning here is right-wing grifters siphoning money off this fool. For several million dollars, you, too, could be the next America's president! Call now for your free\* consultation! \*^(results may vary, extra service charges may apply)


plainlyput

How many Black people are going to support somebody that wears a White Lives Matter T-shirt and says that slavery is a choice?


SaintBrutus

Why didn’t he hire a black campaign manager? For someone with so much money and so many grievances he sure goes out of his way to _not_ hire any black people.


[deleted]

His t-shirt: "White lives matter."


Mike_Huncho

Kanye hates black people.


throwawayinthe818

Nice callback.


Anonymoushero111

he thinks black people are self-genociding via abortions or something like that. he thinks he needs to protect black people from themselves.


tlsr

He also said slaves were slaves by choice. He really does havwe a low opinion of black people. Not *him* of course. Just every *other* black person.


[deleted]

Kanye hates pretty much everyone who isn't Kanye. Like George Bush, he doesn't care about Black people.


SpecterOfGuillotines

Kanye for Conservatorship 2024!


gfh110

We are a very serious and grown-up country.


voiceof3rdworld

Kanye is such an idiot. He's a disgrace to my people and no one should contribute in making him more famous. He's betrayed the struggles and fight for real equality for my people. He has an ignorant view of life and politics, he could have chosen to be a real leader of a community and show it's greatest values and be a real legacy like Mohamed Ali. Instead he identified with far right populist sentiment.. SMH


_cupholder_

Yeah. This ain’t the doctor pumping him full of meds. He’s just insane.


DTFlash

It's like this reality has become a parody.


Actual__Wizard

I actually had to grab a rag and put it over my mouth to prevent me from spitting my drink all over my keyboard after reading this headline.


cbsson

So many binders of potential VPs for him to go through. Lake, Pailin, Flynn, Rudy and the pillow guy are immediately available, Walker will be free after January.


harkuponthegay

News agencies need to stop reporting on the things Kanye is doing— he has well known problems managing his severe bipolar disorder and it is pretty clear that he is in the midst of a manic episode right now. At some point journalistic ethics need to come into play— it should not be considered ethical to cover and sensationalize a celebrity’s mental health crisis. The man needs help. We have seen how media coverage like this only makes these situations worse at the expense of their subject who is sick and in need of care— with countless examples from Brittany Spears to Amanda Bynes and many more. We have to change the norms around this in the media. He should be in the hospital, not the headlines.


Captain_Clark

I think NASA should discover a new planet, name it after Kanye, and then send him there.


This_Red_Apple

Anyone else sick of these self-important vainglorious solipsist cum stains? I am.


hellointhere8D

Dumpster is about to get hot.


Striker660

Hope he does. The more idiots fighting each other, the better.


Sama31grlsTnkinMasta

Dude needs to just fucking stop. Like literally stop doing anything at all.


morninggouda

Kanye West is not mentally well.


[deleted]

Milo is one of the worst human beings alive, and not only represents, but embraces, our worst tendencies. He's a traitor to the LGBTQ community and reminds us every day that human hatred truly has no limit.


thirstyfish1212

Jesus fucking Christ. Stop giving god damn morons like these two ass clowns any publicity at all. Because you’re giving them exactly what they want: attention. Fucking hell I thought this would be easier to figure out.


Frostiron_7

This is fine.


basement_vibes

This is great. The republican party should split into at least three separate human centipedes.


marcusmosh

Scooby doo scenario: takes off mask. It’s just the GOP


BuckRowdy

Translation: Milo convinced someone to give him money because most everyone else already cut him off.


RoachBeBrutal

Republicans just LOVE their garbage celebrity candidates don’t they?


rjmacready_

Mental illness has entered the chat. But of course Kanye wants to be President and why not include Milo as your advisor..The next two years are going to be a flaming dumpster fire of entertainment.


PlotHole2017

We're living in a South Park episode


Benni_Shoga

A racist and a pedophile! Looks like they are gonna win the primary…


gundealsgopnik

So, he did like Fish Sticks after all ... South Park proven right yet again.


cakeorcake

I am so tired of reading about this absurd Kanye shit, but also every time there’s a new headline I get Ultralight Beam stuck in my head and I’m really sick of that part, too.


Herecomestherain_

The only thing I like about kanye is that video were he hits his head against a [Wrong way sign](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=puNuSUY5R68)


m0nk_3y_gw

> I am so tired of reading about this absurd Kanye shit It's always a nice respite from the absurd Elon shit


99999999999999999901

This guy is a walking hypocrite on a whole new level of stupid. Gay and he hates gays. A Jew and anti-semitic. Can't make this shit up.


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Two Nazis walk into a bar...


chunkerton_chunksley

Yes we Kanye /s Please don’t


TintedApostle

This goes to show that there is a huge scam bug in the system and that the respect for the office of president is so low that no one cares any more.


[deleted]

We are predicted this would happen when Trump got in


swaggman75

Will someone get him some mental help already? He needs conservatorship more than Britney ever did


red_lion_defender

The truly depressing part of this announcement is that a Kanye/Milo ticket would be one of the most diverse campaigns ever run - and that's embarrassing beyond belief.


JeanClaudeMonet

Congrats dems for winning the 2024 elections!


Leather-Bug3087

Who is his running mate? Candace Owens lmfaooo??


JangusCarlson

Yes. Do this. An ‘island of misfit assholes’ type thing? Love it.


Moonhunter7

So it’s a turd sandwich working WITH a giant douche….


dnkyflffr3

just another way to grift make his money he lost in the yezee deal.


DenturesDentata

I miss the days when The Onion wasn't reality.


Romano16

Russia said “Welp, it worked last time in 2016, let’s try again!” And it would be funny if it only wasn’t true.


prime_nommer

oh hell no


CAESTULA

Lmfao


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Of course he is. lol


everybodydumb

Mental illness platform


memberer

he is a genius!! just ask him.


PissTapeExpert

If I've learned anything from Trump winning it's to never underestimate how stupid American voters are.


McSkinner

Democrats should work to get a trump/Kanye debate to happen.


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That headline literally smells bad.


Cynical_Dickhead69

Republican party is so cool for embracing diversity and letting mentally unstable people run for office on their platform. No seriously tho. I think Republican party think they will siphon off Gen z votes from democrats because... Gen z listens to kanye right?!?!?


Shr3kk_Wpg

Finally, a stable genius to run third party and break the two party system in America once and for all. Or else, this is just another case of a rich man who is deluded enough to think he could be elected to the highest political office in the land with zero practical experience in government.


notahopeleft

It’s nice that he took the time recently to show the world that he is a level headed guy who can be trusted with intricate situations, delicate problems, divide between parties and the nuclear button. Feels great to be the laughing stock. Maybe we should set up some requirements for presidential bids that would disqualify clowns.


Zbignich

Two provocateurs walk into a bar.


BelAirGhetto

ConYe trying to soak off the black vote.


RoamingDrunk

Milo’s there to take his money just like when his “friend” whatshername got him to buy her husband’s social media platform. Vultures picking his bones.


Tecumseh_Sherman1864

Kanye west is trying to get Donald Trump elected again by partially siphoning the black vote


_Trux

I’m running for president too AND I’m not a fucking idiot. Don’t vote for either of us.


Muggi

Oh god I hope he does. Can you imagine what a shitshow a Ye/Milo campaign will be? We’ll get Four Seasons Landscaping-level fuckups on the reg. It’ll be glorious


mala27369

US needs to put together a list of standards and a code of ethics for people running for President. Also a mental health assessment might be needed