There's also a difference between not being able to handle someone and choosing not to deal with someone.

Once you decide to be a public servant, you lose the right to the second one. Especially on the beliefs you openly are running on, in an interview you agreed to.

All this shows (well we already knew honestly) is that Kanye has no interest in using his newfound knowledge or growing fans to better anything with this bid, its all an ego stunt to prop himself up. And the moment his ego isn't getting fluffed, he bails.