Why is Andrew Yang Running for President?

Deconstructed

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🗓️ 6 June 2019

⏱️ 36 minutes

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Democratic presidential candidate Andrew Yang, a 44-year-old former businessman and philanthropist, has garnered a devoted fanbase (dubbed the “Yang Gang”) for his unique raft of progressive and technocratic reform proposals. His signature policy, the “freedom dividend”, would see every American receive $1000 every month, no strings attached. Yang has garnered enough support to secure a spot on the Democratic debate stage later this month, in spite of his total lack of political or government experience. On this week’s Deconstructed, Mehdi Hasan sits down with the candidate to talk about his platform, his qualifications, and why he seems to have attracted online interest from the alt-right.

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0:00.0	I'm wondering what it is that attracts neo-naughtsies to a campaign.
0:02.9	You're a progressive Democrat.
0:04.1	I believe that the problem that the truck driver is facing
0:06.9	and the problem that the neo-naughtsie is facing,
0:09.0	it's a disintegrating way of life.
0:11.1	I mean, like obviously the vision of the future is nothing we want.
0:14.0	Sorry, a neo-naughtsies way of life is disintegrating.
0:17.1	What do you mean by that?
0:17.7	You know, they look up, and this is obviously this is just me projecting
0:20.5	because I don't know what the heck goes through.
0:22.0	They're all as wide.
0:24.0	But if they look up and they said,
0:25.2	hey, Donald Trump's the answer and they're like,
0:26.7	whoa, wait, Donald Trump's not necessarily the answer.
0:30.0	What's going on?
0:32.0	What's going on?
0:34.0	What's going on?
0:36.0	Welcome to Deconstructed.
0:38.0	I'm Mayor de Hussain, and that was Andrew Yang.
0:42.0	Andrew who?
0:44.0	Andrew Yang, my guest today,
0:46.0	the 44-year-old former businessman and philanthropist
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