President of the NAACP describes Kanye West's campaign as 'a voter-suppression method because it is put in place to mislead voters'

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• Derrick Johnson, president of the NAACP, spoke to Business Insider about his fears regarding the upcoming 2020 election.
• "I think stealing the election is a possibility; suppressing the vote is an absolute, and misleading voters is part of their strategy," Johnson said.
• Johnson argued that the campaign by Kanye West "is a voter-suppression method because it is put in place to mislead voters."
• The selection of Sen. Kamala Harris as Joe Biden's running mate has excited voters, African-American women, in particular, Johnson said.
• "I am feeling the sense of energy and urgency for this election cycle, particularly with the announcement of Kamala Harris as the running mate — a level of excitement that I did not see in 2016," he said.
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Derrick Johnson became president of the NAACP during President Trump's first year in office, and he's not sure he would survive another four-year term.

In an interview with Business Insider, Johnson spoke about voter suppression and how his civil rights organization plans to fight it; Kanye West's pseudo-campaign for the White House; and why he thinks the upcoming election is a matter of life and death for African Americans — one that could also determine whether democracy persists in the United States.

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