Here’s why the alt-right loves Kanye West

Kanye West is back on Twitter after deleting his account last May, and his tweets are being praised by the alt-right.

Among the Yeezy updates (hello, track pant boots) and inspiring reminders that even Prince started at the bottom, Kanye’s frequent tweets have slid to the right. The far right. His tweets seem to resonate with the base of r/The_Donald, a controversial pro-Trump subreddit. 

It began on Saturday, when he tweeted his appreciation for right-wing commentator Candace Owens, a frequenter on Fox and Friends and an outspoken critic of Black Lives Matter. In a recent vlog, Owens argued that Black Panther is a “Pro-Trump” movie since the successful (and fictional) Wakandans were “tough on borders.” Owens is also infamous for launching a Kickstarter to fund a site for doxxing cyberbullies.   Read more…

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