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EXCERPT: . . . Andrew Yang ... The New York City entrepreneur – once the longest of long-shots for the White House – has surged in polling and in the number of contributors to his campaign in recent months. On Thursday, he became the ninth candidate to reach the thresholds needed to qualify for the third and four rounds of Democratic presidential primary debates, which will be held next month and in October.
One of the reasons for the first-time candidate’s newfound popularity is his so-called "Freedom Dividend," which would pay each adult American $1,000 a month and would be paid for by a national value-added tax. [...] Asked about the Kamala Harris plan, Yang told Fox News "$1,000 bucks a month is twice as good as $500 bucks a month and Americans can do the math."
Yang also reacted to the latest verbal gaffe by former Vice President Joe Biden [...] Biden ... said “poor kids are just as bright and talented as white kids” before quickly adding “wealthy kids, black kids, Asian kids.” The gaffe quickly grabbed plenty of attention on social media. Yang told Fox News, “I think that’s Joe Biden being Joe Biden."...
Yang also weighed in on the controversial tweet by Rep. Joaquin Castro of Texas ...brother of... Democratic presidential candidate Julian Castro ... In his tweet -- which only included publicly available donor information – Castro said: “Sad to see so many San Antonians as 2019 maximum donors to Donald Trump…Their contributions are fueling a campaign of hate that labels Hispanic immigrants as ‘invaders.’” The post quickly drew swift backlash, mainly from conservatives, who emphasized that the congressman was targeting private citizens for political purposes. Castro is the chairman of his brother’s presidential campaign. [...] Asked about the Castro controversy, Yang told Fox News “its bad practice to air publicly available information for political purposes.”
Yang, who last month reached the fundraising criteria of 130,000 contributions from individual donors, on Thursday hit two percent a fourth poll recognized by the Democratic National Committee. [...] And taking aim at some of the lower-tier contenders, Yang added “anyone who's complaining about the rules, they've been out there for all of us to see for months.” (MORE - details)
EXCERPT: . . . Andrew Yang ... The New York City entrepreneur – once the longest of long-shots for the White House – has surged in polling and in the number of contributors to his campaign in recent months. On Thursday, he became the ninth candidate to reach the thresholds needed to qualify for the third and four rounds of Democratic presidential primary debates, which will be held next month and in October.
One of the reasons for the first-time candidate’s newfound popularity is his so-called "Freedom Dividend," which would pay each adult American $1,000 a month and would be paid for by a national value-added tax. [...] Asked about the Kamala Harris plan, Yang told Fox News "$1,000 bucks a month is twice as good as $500 bucks a month and Americans can do the math."
Yang also reacted to the latest verbal gaffe by former Vice President Joe Biden [...] Biden ... said “poor kids are just as bright and talented as white kids” before quickly adding “wealthy kids, black kids, Asian kids.” The gaffe quickly grabbed plenty of attention on social media. Yang told Fox News, “I think that’s Joe Biden being Joe Biden."...
Yang also weighed in on the controversial tweet by Rep. Joaquin Castro of Texas ...brother of... Democratic presidential candidate Julian Castro ... In his tweet -- which only included publicly available donor information – Castro said: “Sad to see so many San Antonians as 2019 maximum donors to Donald Trump…Their contributions are fueling a campaign of hate that labels Hispanic immigrants as ‘invaders.’” The post quickly drew swift backlash, mainly from conservatives, who emphasized that the congressman was targeting private citizens for political purposes. Castro is the chairman of his brother’s presidential campaign. [...] Asked about the Castro controversy, Yang told Fox News “its bad practice to air publicly available information for political purposes.”
Yang, who last month reached the fundraising criteria of 130,000 contributions from individual donors, on Thursday hit two percent a fourth poll recognized by the Democratic National Committee. [...] And taking aim at some of the lower-tier contenders, Yang added “anyone who's complaining about the rules, they've been out there for all of us to see for months.” (MORE - details)