Twitter Is Finding Solace In Kanye West’s 2020 Presidential Bid

On August 30, 2015, Kanye West announced at the MTV VMAs that he planned to run for U.S. president in 2020. Speaking to BBC Radio 1 earlier this year, West elaborated: "We are numb, we’re numb to 500 kids getting killed in Chicago a year, we’re numb to the fact that it was seven police shootings in the beginning of July...I don’t have views on politics, I just have a view on humanity, on people, on the truth. If there is anything that I can do with my time and my day, to somehow make a difference while I’m alive I’m going to try to do it."

Following the news that Donald Trump, a man with no previous governing experience, has been elected as the president in 2016, West's bid seems ever more plausible. He already had Quavo's endorsement — now, it seems much of Twitter is backing him to run for the Oval Office. See tweets from Flying Lotus, Questlove, and more Yeezy supporters below.