Kanye West criticizes 13th Amendment on Twitter

Kanye West in a string of tweets on Sunday criticized the amendment that abolished slavery, at first calling for it to be abolished before clarifying that he wanted to see it “amended.”

The rapper’s initial comments came in a tweet showing a photo of himself on an airplane wearing one of President Trump’s signature “Make America Great Again” hats.

“This represents good and America becoming whole again,” West wrote. “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.”

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 pic.twitter.com/a15WqI8zgu

— ye (@kanyewest) September 30, 2018

{mosads}The 13th Amendment, ratified in 1865, abolished slavery and involuntary servitude following the end of the Civil War. 

West later added on Twitter that he thought the amendment is “slavery in disguise meaning it never ended.”

“We are the solution that heals,” he wrote.

the 13th Amendment is slavery in disguise meaning it never ended We are the solution that heals

— ye (@kanyewest) September 30, 2018

West wrote in a third tweet that he doesn’t want to abolish the 13th Amendment, but rather amend it.

“We apply everyone’s opinions to our platform,” he tweeted.

not abolish but. let’s amend the 13th amendment

We apply everyone’s opinions to our platform

— ye (@kanyewest) September 30, 2018

Actor Chris Evans criticized West for his remarks, calling them “retrogressive, unprecedented and absolutely terrifying.”

“There’s nothing more maddening than debating someone who doesn’t know history, doesn’t read books, and frames their myopia as virtue,” Evans wrote of West’s tweet. “The level of unapologetic conjecture I’ve encountered lately isn’t just frustrating, it’s retrogressive, unprecedented and absolutely terrifying.”

There’s nothing more maddening than debating someone who doesn’t know history, doesn’t read books, and frames their myopia as virtue. The level of unapologetic conjecture I’ve encountered lately isn’t just frustrating, it’s retrogressive, unprecedented and absolutely terrifying. https://t.co/4jCFwB4T5U

— Chris Evans (@ChrisEvans) September 30, 2018

West’s tweets came one day after the rapper was booed loudly by the “Saturday Night Live” audience following a pro-Trump rant in a “Make America Great Again” hat.

“There’s so many times I talk to, like, a white person about this and they say, ‘How could you like Trump? He’s racist,’ ” West said while on stage. “Well, uh, if I was concerned about racism, I would’ve moved out of America a long time ago.”

Trump bashed the show after its season premiere tore into Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh’s hearing before the Senate Judiciary Committee regarding sexual assault allegations. 

“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,” Trump wrote on Sunday. 

“Word is that Kanye West, who put on a MAGA hat after the show (despite being told ‘no’), was great. He’s leading the charge!” the president added.

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 that Kanye West, who put on a MAGA hat after the show (despite being told “no”), was great. He’s leading the charge!

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) September 30, 2018

West was also criticized in May when he suggested that slavery sounded like a “choice.”

“When you hear about slavery for 400 years. For 400 years? That sounds like a choice,” West said in an interview on “TMZ Live.”

“Like, you were there for 400 years and it’s all of you all? You know, it’s like we’re mentally in prison. I like the word prison ’cause slavery goes too — too direct to the idea of blacks,” he continued.

“So prison is something that unites us as one race, blacks and whites being one race. We’re the human race.”

West received massive backlash for the remark, including from a TMZ staffer who confronted him mid-interview.