Were also going to continue monitoring that story for you and we are praying for her health and safety as well and theres. Also, this rapper Kanye West seems to be shifting gears a little bit. Robert Kanye West seems to be moving forward with his presidential bid. Yesterday he filed documents with the Federal Election Committee and today he found to be on the ballot in Oklahoma and tweeted, an image of Mount Rushmore with his face added to it. Jason Nichols was a professor at the University of Maryland and he joins us Jason. How are you my friend? I am doing good LISA. Congratulations when you get your own show. Please remember the little people. Oh stop. I appreciate that, though. Thank you. Your too kind Connie is making those. What do you make of it? Kanye is making moves. I think hes somewhat serious, even with Oklahoma. We know that in other states, theres reports hes trying to gather signatures to get on the ballot in other states.

I dont think theres any chance hes going to win, but I think people need to understand the power of a protest vote. There are many people who are completely dissatisfied with the direction the country is going under Donald Trump. There are people who dont, like Joe Biden, are dont, think that hes, coherent or competent, or whatever it is thats the narrative thats being spread. They are looking for someone whos, you know another option, the same thing that happened in two thousand and sixteen when he saw the Green Party candidate Jill Stein. I dont know anybody who actually agreed with Jill Stein, shes an anti factor kind of a strange character, but at the same time they voted for her, be dissatisfied with Hillary Clinton and they didnt like Donald Trump. I think it could very well happen with Kanye West. I think its part of his purpose. Here we saw you mentioned Jill Stein.

She was a spoiler in twenty. Sixteen do you think Kanye has the opportunity to do the same thing and who would it impact Joe Biden or Donald Trump thats, a tough question. I think he can absolutely be a spoiler. We have to remember in Wisconsin. I think it was decided by seventy seven thousand votes if hes able to get onto Lees ballot and its going to be a razor thin election, its going to be very similar to two thousand and sixteen we see the national polls and there is a separation by double digits, but I think thats going to narrow advocates going to be a close election. I think Joe Biden will probably on top, but you never know. I think you know this could be a situation where Kanye West takes youth voters from Joe Biden and takes you know some voters from Donald Trump as well its going to be a toss up, hes a very interesting character. This is a very interesting time where living it and I am excited to see how it shakes out.

I mean that is for sure he supports policies like you know, pro life. What kind of platform do you think wed see him run on? I think one of his strong points and courses, criminal, justice reform. His wife is someone who advocated for that, and I think thats a big reason why he could be trouble for Donald Trump. I think people who saw Donald Trump and said, oh well, all the claims that Donald Trump is racist. They are all said by the fact that hes an advocate for criminal justice reform- I use, advocate very loosely at the same time. Kanye West can take that from him. The Alice Johnson commutation was more her work, arguably than Donald Trump I dont know Jason youve also seen you know. Joe Biden has had some pretty offensive things about black Americans as well I mean. Could I impact him? People potentially looking to Kanye,

I think both candidates are going to. You know, have to think about Kanye West in the back of their minds. If he can get, you know it. Seventy thousand eighty thousand votes and one of the states he could sway an election. I think this is going to be very, very, very close, particularly with Covid 19. The fact that people may not be voting in person, maybe even lower turnout than usual. I think Kanye, west and protest motors could really shift this election. It certainly going to be interesting, but I think criminal justice reform did happen on President Trump. Not the Obama administration, its going to be hard for anyone else to claim that mantle, but.