Kim Kardashian has publicly been on Team
Hillary since last summer , but it turns out she
may not have completely made up her mind
about who she plans to vote for on Nov. 8.
In June, Kardashian told GQ that she planned
on casting her vote for Clinton , but
conversations with her stepparent Caitlyn
Jenner have apparently caused her to doubt
her initial choice.
“At first I thought, ‘Oh my God, I’m so Hillary
[Clinton]’, but I had a long political call with
Caitlyn last night about why she’s voting
Trump. I’m on the fence,” Kardashian said in
a cover story for Wonderland
magazine . ( Editor’s note: The quotesk appear via
The Evening Standard and are not in the online
version of the story, however, The Huffington
Post has confirmed their validity.)
Jenner has continued her lifetime affiliation
with the Republican party , despite being one of
the most visible faces in the transgender
community. The former Olympian has
repeatedly made her opposition to Clinton
clear, stating she believes the Democratic
nominee “couldn’t care less about
women.” She further raised eyebrows in June
when she praised GOP nominee Donald Trump
for his attitudes toward women and the LGBT
community.
And while Jenner is clearly a strong influence in Kardashian’s life, the reality star’s sudden
consideration of Trump is disappointing but
not entirely out of character. She told GQ that
while she now votes as a Democrat, at one
time she identified as a “liberal Republican.”
She also has a professional relationship with Trump, having appeared on “The Apprentice”
in 2010 , and can count herself among the few
people the Republican nominee hasn’t
badmouthed.
When Yahoo! Politics asked Trump to describe
the reality star in two words , he couldn’t do it.
“Well, look, she was so nice to me,” he said. “I
mean every time I see her she’s just — I’m just
going to say she was always nice to me.”
Meanwhile, when it comes to husband Kanye
West’s presidential aspirations for 2020,
Kardashian is also having second thoughts.
“Look at all the awful things they’re doing to
Melania [Trump], putting up the naked photos
[of her]…” she told Wonderland. “I’ll say to
Kanye: ‘Babe, you know the kind of photos
they’d put up of me!’... I don’t want to put
words in his mouth, but I’m pretty sure [he
would run for] the Democrats. Maybe
independent? I don’t know how serious he is
about it. We’ll see.”
Huffpost
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