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DonViejo

(60,536 posts)
Sun Oct 28, 2018, 11:04 AM Oct 2018

Kanye West designed T-shirts urging black people to bail on Democrats

By Nikki Schwab October 27, 2018 | 8:46pm

WASHINGTON – Kanye West has designed T-shirts encouraging black people to exit — or “Blexit” – the Democratic Party.

West’s designs debuted Saturday at Turning Point USA’s Young Black Leadership Summit, a meeting of young black conservatives in Washington. West didn’t attend the conference, but was there “in spirit,” according to TPUSA’s Communications Director Candace Owens.

“Blexit is a renaissance and I am blessed to say that this logo, these colors, were created by my dear friend and fellow superhero Kanye West,” said Owens, 29.

She gushed that West “has taken one of the boldest steps in America to open a conversation we have needed to have.”

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https://pagesix.com/2018/10/27/kanye-west-designed-t-shirts-urging-black-people-to-bail-on-democrats/


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Kanye West designed T-shirts urging black people to bail on Democrats (Original Post) DonViejo Oct 2018 OP
Kanye is a genius in finding ways to make money off of being a jerk. Zoonart Oct 2018 #1
I suggest a Kexit. mwooldri Oct 2018 #2
+1 2naSalit Oct 2018 #11
KWexit ProudLib72 Oct 2018 #16
Yeah! Cha Oct 2018 #30
Brilliant.. #BeFuckingbest Cha Oct 2018 #29
Beautiful! Croney Oct 2018 #3
Did she really call herself a superhero? Bleacher Creature Oct 2018 #4
I hope he and all future endeavors FAIL. He needs to come back down to earth. nt UniteFightBack Oct 2018 #5
This is serious shit... what is the Democratic Party doing to counter Blexit? InAbLuEsTaTe Oct 2018 #6
No, it isn't -- go read The Root obamanut2012 Oct 2018 #23
Because, after all, Birtherism never happened Zambero Oct 2018 #7
The Ble People? Did he steal that from Rick Santorum? Blue Owl Oct 2018 #8
LOL! 2naSalit Oct 2018 #12
Here's the answer to Kanye's shirts mtnsnake Oct 2018 #9
I'd wear that! 2naSalit Oct 2018 #13
+1 appalachiablue Oct 2018 #25
Good luck with that, idiot dalton99a Oct 2018 #10
+1 2naSalit Oct 2018 #14
Single digits? It should be in the single persons ProudLib72 Oct 2018 #19
So, honestly, let's hear from the African-Americans on DU TlalocW Oct 2018 #15
Jackass! mfcorey1 Oct 2018 #17
Another grifting, opportunistic shitball like Trump. BlueStater Oct 2018 #18
Disgraceful Power 2 the People Oct 2018 #20
Fuck off Con-yay. we can do it Oct 2018 #21
I really wonder what the Kardashoans actually think of this obamanut2012 Oct 2018 #22
kartrashians only care about money demtenjeep Oct 2018 #24
Wow what a complicated design ???? Six letters on a solid color?? pwb Oct 2018 #26
Probably took a couple real designers a while revmclaren Oct 2018 #27
To paraphrase Kanye West... tonedevil Oct 2018 #28

Croney

(4,661 posts)
3. Beautiful!
Sun Oct 28, 2018, 11:13 AM
Oct 2018

BLEXIT =

Beto Loves Every X in Texas! Where X stands for any group, color, gender, background, etc.

InAbLuEsTaTe

(24,122 posts)
6. This is serious shit... what is the Democratic Party doing to counter Blexit?
Sun Oct 28, 2018, 11:22 AM
Oct 2018

A loss of even a few percentage points due to Blexit could cost us elections. Why not start a Rexit movement?!

obamanut2012

(26,094 posts)
23. No, it isn't -- go read The Root
Sun Oct 28, 2018, 01:49 PM
Oct 2018

The writers and commentators think he is fucking insane, as do all the black folks I know.

Zambero

(8,965 posts)
7. Because, after all, Birtherism never happened
Sun Oct 28, 2018, 11:23 AM
Oct 2018

"Fake news". Trump's GOP never fanned the flames of racial resentment when the nation's first black president was elected. So come and get those T-Shirts!

TlalocW

(15,388 posts)
15. So, honestly, let's hear from the African-Americans on DU
Sun Oct 28, 2018, 12:13 PM
Oct 2018

I'm not wanting to turn this into a, "Hey, you're Black so you must know what every other Black person thinks," but I'm very interested in hearing your opinions. I'm White and currently in a FB argument with a Black acquaintance (I doubt we're friends at this point). He believes that because of people like Kanye and the Kavanaugh situation, Blacks WILL be, "Blexiting," and what's more they'll be welcomed with open arms by conservatives. While we both agree that the Democratic party has taken Blacks for granted big time, I contend that it's silly to think that anyone - because a liberal subgroup (more on that in a bit) might have pissed you off - would switch long-held beliefs 180 degrees and go join the opposition party (unless it's a last straw, I'm so fed up kind of thing, and even then it's more likely a person wouldn't be motivated to vote rather than join the opposition). He says he's a liberal, but he has a raging hatred of feminists (don't know where it comes from) that shades all his arguments, and he says that both Black men and women could tell Ford was lying, and they know what it's like to be accused of something without reason, etc. and that will cause this exodus this election. The "only" things I have are polls that say both men and women are more likely to vote democratic because of Kanvaugh, but he points out that those polls cover multiple ethnicities, and if one was just done one Black people it would show this.

On edit: And someone put up some graphs related to my post, but still I'd like to hear opinions.

TlalocW

pwb

(11,287 posts)
26. Wow what a complicated design ???? Six letters on a solid color??
Sun Oct 28, 2018, 01:59 PM
Oct 2018

That must have taken West a couple weeks to lay out ha?

revmclaren

(2,528 posts)
27. Probably took a couple real designers a while
Sun Oct 28, 2018, 04:48 PM
Oct 2018

to create a workable design from West's original crayon drawings.



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