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Rapper Akon ‘Very Seriously’ Considering Challenging Trump in 2020
breitbart ^
| Joshua Caplan
Posted on 11/05/2018 6:47:09 AM PST by davikkm
Rapper and R&B star Akon claimed in a recent interview that he is “very seriously” considering mounting a presidential bid in 2020. “I’ve been thinking about running for 2020 very seriously,” Akon told Newsweek. “But I didn’t want to just do it because I feel like I want to continue doing what I’m doing and hope that builds me enough momentum [for people] to say, ‘You know what, if you run we’ll support you.'”
Akon, whose real name is Aliaune Damala Badara Thiam, was born in St. Louis, Missouri and spent much of his childhood in Senegal. The 45-year-old entrepreneur, who is developing plans for a futuristic cryptocurrency-run city in West Africa, suggested President Donald Trump’s immigration policies have help nudged him toward launching a White House run.
“I feel a lot more unsafe. I feel unempowered. Honestly, I feel it’s gonna be a fight,” the singer said of a possible bid. “I feel like I should be always prepared for the unexpected. I feel very uncomfortable. And I feel a lot of Americans do; even some white Americans feel that way because they’re watching backlash of his decisions. It’s not what’s happening now, because it’s clear it’s creating a whole bunch of divide today.”
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TOPICS: Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: 2020elections; akon; akon2020; garbage; rap; trump
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posted on
11/05/2018 6:47:09 AM PST
by
davikkm
To: davikkm
Under what party? The Rappercrats!
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posted on
11/05/2018 6:47:46 AM PST
by
davikkm
To: davikkm
Akon thinks he’s Dwayne Elizondo Mountain Dew Herbert Camacho.
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posted on
11/05/2018 6:50:10 AM PST
by
Rebelbase
To: davikkm
BRING IT !!
DO IT !!
Don’t just TALK like your fellow left wingers do. RUN !!
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posted on
11/05/2018 6:50:49 AM PST
by
A_Former_Democrat
("Mods/Indies/Dems/Non-voters" JOBS or MOBS? Are CRAZY DIMS REALLY who you want BACK in POWER?)
To: davikkm
The left’s freak show seems to get more bizarre by the day.
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posted on
11/05/2018 6:51:03 AM PST
by
Dutch Boy
To: davikkm
“I feel a lot more unsafe. I feel unempowered. Honestly, I feel it’s gonna be a fight,” the singer said of a possible bid.
No need to feel that way since you are not an illegal alien.
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posted on
11/05/2018 6:51:33 AM PST
by
Army Air Corps
(Four Fried Chickens and a Coke)
To: davikkm
I am going to eat so much popcorn in the democrat primaries...
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posted on
11/05/2018 6:51:37 AM PST
by
2banana
(My common ground with terrorists - they want to die for islam and we want to kill them)
To: davikkm
To: davikkm
Oh man! Hillary’s is never gonna get her chance.
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posted on
11/05/2018 6:52:37 AM PST
by
Slyfox
(Not my circus, not my monkeys)
To: davikkm
I am SO GLAD he announced this before the midterms!
Let the people see who the demcrats are.
Record executives should have never let them record this garbage
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posted on
11/05/2018 6:53:20 AM PST
by
Mr. K
(No consequence of repealing Obamacare is worse than Obamacare itself.)
To: davikkm
So he wants to be like President Comacho in Idiorcracy?
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posted on
11/05/2018 6:53:22 AM PST
by
Deaf Smith
(When a Texan takes his chances, chances will be taken that's fore sure)
To: davikkm
Does anyone even care if he’s eligible?
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posted on
11/05/2018 6:53:41 AM PST
by
Lurkinanloomin
(Natural Born Citizen Means Born Here of Citizen Parents__Know Islam, No Peace - No Islam, Know Peace)
To: davikkm
‘Very Seriously’ Considering Challenging Trump... Seriously????
That's one level below Severely.
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posted on
11/05/2018 6:54:06 AM PST
by
C210N
(Republicans sign check fronts; 'Rats sign check backs.)
To: davikkm
That’s it! Trump has no chance now.
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posted on
11/05/2018 6:54:16 AM PST
by
Old Yeller
(Auto-correct has become my worst enema.)
To: davikkm
Who?
A rapper?
Should be a step up from the democrats who are expected to run in 2020.
If Obama can make it, why not another nobody?
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posted on
11/05/2018 6:55:03 AM PST
by
adorno
To: davikkm
The 45-year-old entrepreneur, who is developing plans for a futuristic cryptocurrency-run city in West AfricaLOL! Another guy who thinks "Black Panther" was a documentary.
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posted on
11/05/2018 6:55:08 AM PST
by
dead
(Give everyone in the migrant horde lawnmowers and Mexico will have beautiful grass.)
To: davikkm
Akon and Avabatti should run on the same ticket... it would be like the ACPL is running.
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posted on
11/05/2018 6:55:52 AM PST
by
zaxtres
To: davikkm
Maybe the squirrels will devour akorn. 🐿🌰
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posted on
11/05/2018 6:56:00 AM PST
by
rktman
(Enlisted in the Navy in '67 to protect folks rights to strip my rights. WTH?)
To: davikkm
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posted on
11/05/2018 6:56:11 AM PST
by
rdl6989
To: davikkm
LOL. Nice! Yeah, I’m considering trying out for the NBA.
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