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Dahleen Glanton: Conservatives may be misreading Kanye West and his pro-Trump tweets

Here's some advice for conservatives who are jumping to Kanye West's defense. Don't get caught up in the Kardashians' mess.

There's a good chance the recent Twitter fest between West and Donald Trump has nothing to do with politics. Most likely, it's about television ratings.

I get why conservatives were quick to embrace West's tweet that seemed to come out of nowhere last week and fall into their laps like a gift from Jesus - or Yeezus, as the rapper likes to call himself.

"You don't

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