'I like him': Trump denies helping GOP operatives who are trying to get Kanye West on the ballot in several states
Donald Trump praised rapper and presidential rival Kanye West, but denied any involvement helping GOP operatives add Mr West's name to the presidential ballot in several key states this November.
"I like him. He's always been very nice to me," Mr Trump said of Mr West, who visited him in the Oval Office in 2018 wearing the president's signature red "Make America Great Again" hat.
"I like Kanye very much, but no, I have nothing to do with him getting on the ballot. We'll have to see what happens. We'll see if he gets on the ballot. But I'm not involved," Mr Trump said.
Multiple Republican campaign veterans are reportedly working to get Mr West's name on the ballot in Colorado and Wisconsin in an apparent effort to siphon votes away from Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden.
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