Kim Kardashian And Kanye West’s Political Divide: Celeb Couple’s Big Disagreements
Kanye West opened up about his bid for the presidency on Wednesday, and it revealed that he and his wife Kim Kardashian West clearly don’t agree on everything.
The “Stronger” rapper shared his stances on a range of subjects in an interview with Forbes about his political campaign. Kanye said a few statements that very clearly differ from his wife’s views.
Abortion and Planned Parenthood: In his four-hour interview, Kanye revealed he is pro-life. He claimed, “Planned Parenthoods have been placed inside cities by white supremacists to do the Devil’s work.”
He later added, “I am pro-life because I’m following the word of the bible.”
Kim, meanwhile, promoted Planned Parenthood on a 2017 episode of her E! reality show “Keeping Up With The Kardashians.” Khloe Kardashian and Kourtney Kardashian went with their sister to visit a clinic and learn how their lives had been saved by Planned Parenthood.
“The perception of Planned Parenthood is that it’s this, like, abortion clinic. That’s nothing like what it’s like. Hearing that firsthand really made it real for me,” Kim said on the show and has since made it clear that she is pro-choice.
Vaccines: Kanye took an anti-vaxxer stance in the chat as he declared a potential coronavirus vaccine “the mark of the beast.” Kim, however, required her family to get the whooping cough vaccine before seeing her daughter North West, and they were filmed getting Tdap vaccines in a 2013 episode of “Keeping Up With The Kardashians,” Insider reports.
Party Support: Kim said she wasn’t sure who she’d vote for in the 2016 presidential election, but she eventually came out in support of Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton.
“I thought about the things that are so important to me that they outweigh everything else, such as gun control and protecting women's rights to safe and legal abortion,” she said in a statement. “I found that without a doubt, I stand with Hillary. I'm with her. I believe Hillary will best represent our country and is the most qualified for the job.”
Meanwhile, the Yeezy designer has been photographed with President Donald Trump in a red Make America Great Again hat. In his Forbes interview, Kanye said that he considers himself to be a Republican. “I would run as a Republican if Trump wasn’t there. I will run as an independent if Trump is there,” he explained.
The father of four also noted that he doesn’t appreciate feeling like he must be a Democrat because he is Black. “To say that the Black vote is Democratic is a form of racism and white supremacy,” he added.
Voting: Despite appearing to be a Trump supporter, Kanye never actually voted for “The Apprentice” star. He has never voted at all. The KKW Beauty founder, however, told The Guardian in 2012 that she first visited the voting booth in 2008 to cast her vote for Barack Obama.
Her husband, meanwhile, just registered to vote, claiming he feared the consequences of voting:
“The reason why this is the first day I registered to vote is because I was scared. I was told that if I voted on Trump my music career would be over. I was threatened into being in one party. I was threatened as a celebrity into being in one party. I was threatened as a Black man into the Democratic party. And that’s what the Democrats are doing, emotionally, to my people. Threatening them to the point where this white man can tell a Black man if you don’t vote for me, you’re not Black.”
The Skims founder attributed their ability to see past their differing beliefs to her childhood with parents who differed politically, and she noted that she doesn't force her views on her husband.
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“I let [Kanye] be who he wants to be. I let him have his own views and opinions, even if they’re different than mine,” Kim said during a 20018 interview on the “Alec Baldwin Show.” “I think it’s just having an open mind. I love to let my husband be who he is. We definitely have conversations if I don’t understand something in private and talk about that.”
In any case, it seems like Kim is supporting Kanye's presidential bid.
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