Trump campaigners are already using Kanye West to sell MAGA hats
Kanye West's latest outbursts have caught him a bunch of new Russian bots fans, and Donald Trump's fundraising team seems very keen to capitalise on that.
As Vera Bergengruen - National Security Correspondent at BuzzFeed News - points out, the Trump campaign is using Ye's latest actions as a way to get donations:
Oh man - the Trump campaign is now fundraising off Kanye's comments. This mass text just went out pic.twitter.com/a3ihZju5K2
— Vera Bergengruen (@VeraMBergen) April 26, 2018
FYI, the link takes you here: https://t.co/6y7u2bxnrT
— Vera Bergengruen (@VeraMBergen) April 26, 2018
It's been a long week for Kanye fans - there are a million and one things to dive into if you've managed to avoid the whole situation thus far - but it looks like these past few days are probably just the tip of the iceberg, especially if Trump and his cabal need him for another photo op.
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