Jennifer Aniston urged her fans to vote but said it's 'not funny' to vote for Kanye West
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Zoë Ettinger
Oct 26, 2020, 00:22 IST
Jennifer Aniston shared her political views via Instagram on Saturday.Steve Granitz/Paras Griffin/WireImage/Getty Images
Jennifer Aniston posted on Instagram on Saturday that she cast her ballot in the 2020 Election for Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden and vice presidential nominee Kamala Harris.
Aniston also referenced Kanye West's presidential campaign and discouraged her fans from voting for the rapper, who is on the ballot in at least 11 states.
She added: "PS - It's not funny to vote for Kanye. I don't know how else to say it. Please be responsible."
On Saturday, Jennifer Aniston wrote in an Instagram post that she cast her vote for Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden and vice presidential nominee Kamala Harris. The "Friends" actress also wrote to her fans that she believes it's "not funny" to vote for Kanye West in the upcoming presidential election.
In her Instagram post, Aniston was pictured placing a ballot in a mailbox, wearing sunglasses, a matching sweatsuit, and an animal-print face mask.
A post shared by Jennifer Aniston (@jenniferaniston) on Oct 23, 2020 at 11:35am PDT
"Our current President has decided that racism is a non-issue. He has repeatedly and publicly ignored science... too many people have died," Aniston wrote in her caption.
She urged fans to consider who she believes will be most affected by the results of the election: female-identifying people, the LGBTQ community, Black Americans, and senior citizens, as well as future generations facing environmental issues.
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Aniston finished her post by discouraging fans from casting their votes for West.
"PS - It's not funny to vote for Kanye. I don't know how else to say it. Please be responsible," the actress wrote.
On July 8, the rapper told Forbes that he was running for president under a party he created, called the Birthday Party, and named Wyoming preacher Michelle Tidball as his running mate.
On July 19, he hosted his first campaign event in North Charleston, South Carolina, where he said Harriet Tubman "never actually freed the slaves" and spoke out against abortion, tearfully saying that he and wife Kim Kardashian West almost aborted their first child together, North, who's now 7 years old.
Mental health and media experts previously told Insider West's presidential campaign should be considered in the context of his bipolar disorder. West has spoken publicly about his bipolar disorder diagnosis and his decision not to take medication, as reported by Insider's Kat Tenbarge and Connor Perrett.
West's name is officially on the ballot in at least 11 of 50 US states, including Arkansas, Colorado, Idaho, Iowa, Kentucky, Louisiana, Oklahoma, Tennessee, Utah, Vermont, and Minnesota, according to an NBC News report.
Representatives for Jennifer Aniston and Kanye West, respectively, did not immediately respond to Insider's request for comment.
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