Can Andrew Yang Fix Our Two-Party Dumpster Fire?

Honestly with Bari Weiss

The Free Press

Society & Culture, News

4.6 • 7.8K Ratings

🗓️ 10 November 2021

⏱️ 77 minutes

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Summary

First, Andrew Yang ran for President, and he could barely get mainstream media’s attention. Then, he ran for Mayor of New York City, and suddenly, his every move was being scrutinized. Following those two failed campaigns Andrew announced that he was leaving the Democratic Party altogether and announced the formation of a new third party, Forward, this past October. Today, a conversation on how, and why, Yang plans to take on the two-party system, and what last week’s elections tell us about the political temperature of the country. Plus, universal basic income, Dave Chapelle, open primary voting, establishment politics, The New York Times, the left wing of the Democrats, cryptocurrency, and Confederate statues. Andrew’s new book is called, “Forward: Notes on the Future of Our Democracy.” Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:29.2	I'm Barry Weiss and this is honestly.
0:32.4	Race is just the most... I'm Barry Weiss and this is honestly.
0:33.0	Race is just the most palpable tool in the toolkit.
0:37.0	It used to be of the Democratic Party back in the day when there were Dixiecrats.
0:41.0	And white voters do have anxiety about a changing America.
0:47.8	If you watch the cable news hellscape last week
0:50.6	you'd think that the fact that Republicans did so well in states like
0:54.1	Virginia and New Jersey. This wasn't about those pocketbook issues. This was about
0:58.0	how white kids feel talking about what black kids go through. And that voters
1:02.2	rejected the defund the police measures in Minneapolis.
1:05.4	The subtext of all this was, we can't let these black and brown people run the country.
1:09.4	And that moderate candidates beat out the far left candidates all over the place even in Seattle.
1:14.6	This is about the fact that a good chunk of voters out there are okay with white
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