Obama Gives Kanye West Some Advice About Getting Into Politics

"It couldn't get any stranger."

President Barack Obama gave Kanye West some advice about getting elected on Saturday.

The rapper recently announced he was running for president in 2020. Obama, alluding to the inability of House Republicans to find a new speaker, suggested Kanye could be a candidate for that position instead.

"You may have heard that Kanye is thinking about running for Speaker of the House. It couldn't get any stranger," Obama said at a fundraiser in San Francisco. He dispensed some tips "in case Kanye is serious about this whole POTUS thing, or as Kanye calls it, 'Peezy.'"

"Do you really think this country is going to elect a black guy from the south side of Chicago with a funny name to be president of the United States?" Obama said. "That's cray."

"Saying you have a beautiful dark twisted fantasy -- that's what's known as 'off message' in politics," he continued.

Obama also suggested that West's appearances on "Keeping Up With The Kardashians" might serve him well in politics.

"You got to deal with strange characters who behave as if they are on a reality TV show," Obama said.

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