Flashback: DNC embraced Kanye West declaration to run for president

Published April 25, 2018 11:48pm ET



Kanye West announced in August 2015 that he decided to run for president in 2020, and the Democrats embraced the news, whether it was a legitimate announcement or not.

“As you probably could have guessed by this moment, I have decided in 2020 to run for president,’ West said at the MTV Video Music Awards.

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