Fact #189046
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Short story:
Wearing a bulletproof vest and with '2020' shaved into his head, Kanye West launches his campaign for the American presidential election at an event in Charleston, South Carolina, USA. He delivers a rambling address which touches on theology, homelessness, corporate power and abortion. He becomes tearful while telling the crowd that his father had wanted to have him aborted. West also suggests that women should be given $1m when they have a baby.