Kanye West has praised a woman who once referred to the Democratic party as an “ideological slave ship” and hailed Donald Trump’s presidency as a “return to individualism”.
The rapper, whose return to Twitter has already caused a few waves on the internet, wrote that he loved the way Candace Owens thought.
I love the way Candace Owens thinks— ye (@ye) 1524320136
And then shortly after, he tweeted:
only free thinkers— ye (@ye) 1524320588
Owens caught wind of it and quickly responded to Yeezy, asking to meet.
I’m freaking out. @kanyewest ....please take a meeting with me. I tell every single person that everything that I h… https://t.co/ZaMqLeuete— Candace Owens (@Candace Owens) 1524321223
Trump supporters and conservatives loved his sentiments.
@WBuckleys @realTmanTitan @hdhdhdjfjfjfjf1 @kanyewest Strong, Conservative, Bold and Free thinking Black Woman!— Lu 👨🏽🏫 🥃 (@Lu 👨🏽🏫 🥃) 1524322982
Others… not so much.
@kanyewest Dad, no— dummy thicc (@dummy thicc) 1524320435
@kanyewest YEEZY GET OUT! https://t.co/96p4brosIp— Thomas Q. Jones (@Thomas Q. Jones) 1524336564
@kanyewest After a brief google search https://t.co/5XW0THUDK4— zim zimmaa (@zim zimmaa) 1524320305
Even Perez Hilton was like nah.
@kanyewest So over you, Kanye! https://t.co/bVt7VEl1Vz— Perez (@Perez) 1524343933
One person even brought up the Jay Z beef.
@kanyewest This is why Jay and B don’t hand out with you anymore. Bro, stop stepping on the communities that made y… https://t.co/3oQgzzDk1E— Gabs (@Gabs) 1524339153
Owens took offence to being called a member of the alt-right, and insisted she's a 'free thinker'.
Far right? Allow me to clarify: I believe the black community can do it without hand-outs. I believe the Democrats… https://t.co/zxvXkfllSE— Candace Owens (@Candace Owens) 1524337215
As a result of West’s seeming patronage, clips of Owens have gotten a new lease for life. She once told students at UCLA that there is an “ideological civil war” happening in the black community.
Black Lives Matter protesters showed up to my @UCLA event to protest. Here is a video clip of me smacking them down… https://t.co/jWpowYR4Gp— Candace Owens (@Candace Owens) 1524261461
[Between] black people that are focused on their past and shouting about slavery and black people that are focused on their futures.
What you can see happening is victim mentality versus victor mentality.
Victim mentality is not cool. I don’t know why people like being oppressed. It’s the weirdest thing I have ever heard. ‘I love oppression, we’re oppressed, 400 years of slavery, Jim Crow’ – which by the way none of you have lived through, your grandparents did – and it’s embarrassing that you utilise their history. You’re not living through anything right now. You’re overly privileged Americans.
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