We sat down with Andrew Yang and he dished on a range of topics, interspersing serious talk about his ideas with humorous observations about what it’s been like for a true political neophyte to run for the highest office in the land
“What I find shocking is that Donald Trump could run the table in the Republican Party and become president and that people still believe that everything is essentially as it was. That in order to run for election successfully you need to be an elected official, that you need to talk a certain way, dress a certain way, be a certain sort of person.
“I want you all to play out this scenario: I shock the world, I become the nominee, I beat Donald Trump, I am your president in 2021. I come and say, 'Look, ‘I'm here because of the dividend. Let's get money into the hands of the American people.’ Can you imagine Mitch McConnell's office when he goes back to Kentucky and the people there are saying, ‘Hey Mitch, why aren't we getting this dividend?’ Can you imagine a legislator's office or their phone lines if they were the person standing between their constituents and the dividend?
Democratic presidential candidate Andrew Yang speaks with POLITICO journalists. | M. Scott Mahaskey/POLITICO“We're a very diverse community and if Asian-Americans disagree with my response to a particular issue or a joke I tell, that's something I would expect and accept. You know, that that's what happens in a diverse community. I don't see any reason to dramatically change anything.I was about to tell an Asian joke. I'll tell it, why not. I'm Asian so I love tests.
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