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Chris Evansis criticizingKanye West‘s call for the abolition of the 13th Amendment to the Constitution of the United States, saying the rapper’s tweet is “maddening.”
It all started Sunday as West, 41, captioned aTwitter photoof himself wearing a pro-Donald TrumpMake America Great Again hat on a private plane, “This represents good and America becoming whole again. We will no longer outsource to other countries. We build factories here in America and create jobs. We will provide jobs for all who are free from prisons as we abolish the 13th amendment. Message sent with love.”
A rep for West did not immediately return PEOPLE’s request for comment.
Ratified in 1865 after the Civil War, the 13th Amendment abolished slavery and involuntary servitude, but also “allowed for prisoners to be used as slave labor,” tweeted writer Yashar Ali, who tried to make sense of West’s message. “But he doesn’t articulate that in his tweet, leaving people confused and others delighted.”
Evans was not one of those delighted people. “There’s nothing more maddening than debating someone who doesn’t know history, doesn’t read books, and frames their myopia as virtue,” tweeted theCaptain Americaactor, 37.
“The level of unapologetic conjecture I’ve encountered lately isn’t just frustrating, it’s retrogressive, unprecedented and absolutely terrifying,” Evans concluded.
It’s been a political weekend for West, whoselengthy off-air, pro-Trump rant atSaturday Night Livewas met with some boos from the audience whilemaking the show’s stars “uncomfortable,”a source told PEOPLE.
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Responding to West’s support, Trumptweetedon Sunday, “Like many, I don’t watch Saturday Night Live (even though I past hosted it) – no longer funny, no talent or charm. It is just a political ad for the Dems. Word is thatKanye West, who put on a MAGA hat after the show (despite being told ‘no’), was great. He’s leading the charge!”
Wearing aMake America Great Again hat, he then delivered an unexpected speech in front ofSNLperformers likeColin Jostand hostAdam Driver. “Actually, blacks weren’t always Democrats,” he started. “It’s like a plan they did to take the fathers out the homes and promote welfare. Does anybody know about that? That’s the Democratic plan.”
Motioning toSNLfunnymanMichael Che, West said, “You know what I mean?”
West, whoreplaced Ariana Grande as the musical guestafter she had to drop out, said, “It’s so many times that I talk to a white person about this, and they say, ‘How could you support Trump? He’s racist.’ Well if I was concerned about racism, I would have moved out of America a long time ago. We don’t just make our decisions off of racism. I’ma break it down to you right now: If someone inspires me and I connect with them, I don’t have to believe in all they policies.”
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The Kardashian crew was out in full force to show support for the performance: West’s wifeKim Kardashian West, 37, and daughterNorth, 5, danced along to his performances during the show, andKourtney Kardashian, 39, andScott Disick, 35, were also in attendance for the spectacle.
Chris Rockrecorded West’s speech on his Instagram Story and seemed to whisper at one point, “My God.”
“But this man is a builder,” West said of Trump. “And when I said I’mrunning in 2020, all my smart friends talked so much s— about me. And when I saw that man win, I said, ‘See, I told you. I could have been there.’”
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Some audience members laughed. “You see they laughing at me. You heard ’em, they scream at me, they bully me,” said West. They bullied me backstage they said, ‘Don’t go out there with that hat on.’ They bullied me backstage. They bullied me. And then they say I’m in a sunken place. You want to see the sunken place? Okay, I’ma listen to y’all now.”
source: people.com
