Kanye West Applauds Black Lives Matter Critic; Many Fans Revolt: ‘This Is So Disturbing’

“Candace Owens is making money off of denigrating black folks for her mostly white audience,” a Twitter user says of YouTube personality

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Kanye West voiced his liking of conservative YouTube personality Candace Owens on Saturday, upsetting many of his fans.

Owens — a frequent guest on Fox News and InfoWars — launched a website and YouTube channel in 2017 called Red Pill Black, which promotes black conservatism. She has hailed President Trump as not “just the leader of the free world, but the savior of it as well,” and has been known to blast Black Lives Matter.

West tweeted Saturday: “I like how Candace Owen thinks.”

Upon seeing West’s endorsement, Owens quickly responded: “I’m freaking out.

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