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Kanye West contributes to Chance-backed mayoral candidate Amara Enyia

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* First she gets Chance the Rapper’s endorsement and now this…

Could be fun to watch this one. And you also gotta wonder if the progressive candidate will be under any pressure to return a big contribution from President Trump’s most visible African-American supporter.

…Adding… Tribune…

That donation is the exact amount in fines Enyia faces from the Illinois State Board of Elections for failing to properly file quarterly finance reports in connection with her 2015 campaign for mayor, the Chicago Tribune reported last week. Enyia dropped her bid for mayor four years ago after the petition signatures she collected to appear on the ballot were challenged.

However, Enyia never closed her campaign account and was fined by state election officials for not filing quarterly campaign finance reports as required by law.

…Adding… Here it comes…

County Commissioner Stanley Moore, who has endorsed County Board President Toni Preckwinkle for mayor, said Enyia’s decision to accept West’s donation opens up a whole new line of questioning.

“If you accept money from a person like Kanye West, are you also endorsing his stance on Donald Trump?” Moore said.

“Kanye West has made comments in the past about slavery being the slave’s fault. He has talked about abolishing the 13th amendment. This opens the door for Amara to answer questions about whether or not she is embracing these same philosophies. Is she embracing Trump’s policies that hurt African-Americans?”

Enyia did not return phone calls.

Enyia hasn’t answer my e-mailed question, either.

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posted by Rich Miller
Monday, Oct 22, 18 @ 3:17 pm

Comments

That’s a lot of fish sticks from Kanye.

Comment by wordslinger Monday, Oct 22, 18 @ 3:19 pm
He does realize her platform is about a million light years from Trump’s, right?

Comment by Montrose Monday, Oct 22, 18 @ 3:23 pm
Kanye West doesn’t know if he wants to be republican or progressive.

Comment by Real Monday, Oct 22, 18 @ 3:26 pm
Maybe he just wants to shake things up
Really if money not from a drug dealer or a child molester why not take it and use it? He is not causing you to change your campaign. Is the test for contributions now going to be you have to be with me 100% Frankly I always thought it odd that if a person had a felony background yet did time and was straight and tried to donate people got bent out of shape. I thought they had their rights restored. Everyone gets a second chance unless you need one

Comment by DuPage Saint Monday, Oct 22, 18 @ 3:37 pm
After Kayne was shooting pool in Naperville at Pepe’s I have now just accepted I am in the matrix run by someone with an interesting sense of humor.

Comment by OneMan Monday, Oct 22, 18 @ 3:39 pm
Don’t you have to use your actual home address for contributions? Not your manager’s address?

Comment by Anon E Moose Monday, Oct 22, 18 @ 3:59 pm
=== Don’t you have to use your actual home address for contributions? Not your manager’s address? ===

I don’t know what the law says, but I do know that many, many, many, many contributions, in Illinois and federally, are disclosed with office addresses.

Comment by Just Observing Monday, Oct 22, 18 @ 4:02 pm
Did she try to negotiate-down her fine? I thought the ISBE was pretty reasonable about negotiating-down fines. That seems like an outrageously high fee for the infraction.

Comment by Just Observing Monday, Oct 22, 18 @ 4:03 pm
Kanye helps cut Illinois bill backlog by $73,540. Tonight at 9.

Comment by Ok Monday, Oct 22, 18 @ 4:08 pm
The ISBE would have cut it at least in half - they probably would have settled for $10k

Comment by Fax Machine Monday, Oct 22, 18 @ 4:21 pm
Amara is very nice. But this whole boomlet is kind of strange. In seeing her around for many years, I’ve never heard her say something that makes me go, wow, she’s amazing. Always felt like her candidacies were always kind of a stretch.

Comment by Chicago Cynic Monday, Oct 22, 18 @ 4:49 pm
Kanye was admitting to being $53 million in debt two years ago. Hope the check doesn’t bounce.

Comment by Nearly Normal Monday, Oct 22, 18 @ 4:52 pm
Just Observing - Monday, Oct 22, 18 @ 4:02 pm:

Illinois and federal is just a mailing address.

Comment by Precinct Captain Monday, Oct 22, 18 @ 5:26 pm
No one man should have all that Power

Comment by Driving a car Monday, Oct 22, 18 @ 5:57 pm
wait til I get my money right.
then you can’t tell me nothing, right?

Comment by hisgirlfriday Monday, Oct 22, 18 @ 9:37 pm
Someone who doesn’t understand the basics of campaign finance law, and doesn’t realize you can negotiate down your fines, makes me question their ability to run the 3rd largest city in the nation.

Comment by Just Me Tuesday, Oct 23, 18 @ 9:05 am
After thinking about it last night, I agree with Just Me’s logic here, if not the conclusion.

Comment by Rich Miller Tuesday, Oct 23, 18 @ 9:20 am
She aint hangin w no broke dudes thats for sure

Comment by Anonymous Tuesday, Oct 23, 18 @ 9:49 am