BEHIND. THAT’S THE POINT OF HAVING SIX
ON THE STAGE, EVERYONE GETS
THEIR PITCH.
THEIR PITCH. BUT IT DOESN’T NECESSARILY
UNMUDDLE THINGS.
UNMUDDLE THINGS. >>> ONE CANDIDATE NOT ON THE
DEBATE STAGE LAST NIGHT BUT WHO
WAS TRENDING WORLDWIDE,
DEMOCRATIC BUSINESSMAN AND
CANDIDATE FOR PRESIDENT OF THE
UNITED STATES ANDREW YANG.
AMERICA NEEDS YANG, I SAW THAT
ACROSS MY TWITTER FEED.
BUT WE DIDN’T SEE YOU ON THE
DEBATE STAGE, MR. YANG.
LET’S START THIS CONVERSATION
THE SAME WAY EVERYONE GOT TO.
WHY ARE YOU THE BEST PREPARED
CANDIDATE TO BE THE NEXT
COMMANDER IN CHIEF?
>> I’M FOCUSSED ON THE REAL
PROBLEMS THAT GOT DONALD TRUMP
ELECTED IN THE FIRST PLACE.
WE BLASTED AWAY MILLIONS OF
MANUFACTURING JOBS, INCLUDING
40,000 RIGHT THERE IN IOWA, AND
NOW AMERICANS ARE SEEING 30% OF
OUR STORES AND MALLS CLOSE
BECAUSE OF AMAZON WHILE AMAZON
IS PAYING ZERO IN TAXES.
WE’RE GOING THROUGH THIS EPIC
ECONOMIC TRANSFORMATION AND IT’S
LEAVING AMERICANS BEHIND.
WE HAVE TO STOP ACTING LIKE
DONALD TRUMP CAUSED THE
PROBLEMS, HE’S THE SYMPTOM OF A
GREATER DISEASE WE NEED TO CURE
AS A PARTY AND COUNTRY.
>> DO YOU BELIEVE THE AMERICAN
DREAM IS DEAD?
RIGHT NOW THE PRESIDENT PUSHES A
NARRATIVE IF YOU ELECT ANY
DEMOCRAT, THE ECONOMY IS GOING
TO TANK.
TO TANK. >> YOU HAVE RECORD-HIGH
CORPORATE PROFITS BUT YOU HAVE A
DECLINING LIFE EXPECTANCY SO
WHICH DO YOU PAY ATTENTION TO AS
A COUNTRY?
A COUNTRY? EVEN WHEN DONALD TRUMP WAS
RUNNING FOR PRESIDENT A FEW
YEARS AGO, HE SAID THE
UNEMPLOYMENT NUMBER WAS FAKE
NEWS, OBSCURES THE PAINFUL
REALITIES IN OUR COMMUNITIES.
HE WAS RIGHT BUT WHEN HE BECAME
PRESIDENT IT BECAME REAL NEWS.
THE FACT IS THERE’S A LOT OF
ECONOMIC PAIN AND INSECURITY
AROUND THE COUNTRY.
I SEE IT EVERY DAY ON THE TRAIL.
>> HERE’S WHAT’S INTERESTING HE
TALKED ABOUT HOW THE
UNEMPLOYMENT NUMBER WAS FAKED
AND FOCUSSED ON THOSE PEOPLE
YOU’RE TALKING ABOUT.
THE DISAFFECTED AMERICANS, THEY
HAVEN’T TURNED ON HIM DESPITE
THE FACT THEIR LIVES HAVEN’T
GOTTEN ANY BETTER.
WHY IS THAT?
YOU’RE ON THE TRAIL.
>> I SAY TO THEM, LOOK, SOME OF
THE PROBLEMS ARE DEAD RIGHT BUT
WE NEED REAL SOLUTIONS TO MOVE
THE COUNTRY FORWARD.
IN ONE POLL, 10% OF NEW
HAMPSHIRE VOTERS WHO VOTED FOR
TRUMP SAID THEY’D VOTE FOR ME
BECAUSE I’M FOCUSSED ON SOLVING
THE SAME PROBLEMS.
ANOTHER POINT SAID 18% OF
COLLEGE REPUBLICANS WOULD VOTE
FOR ME OVER TRUMP.
SO MANY PEOPLE THAT VOTED FOR
TRUMP SEE HE HASN’T ADDRESSED
THINGS HE WAS TALKING ABOUT.
SO THIS GIVES DEMOCRATS AN
OPPORTUNITY TO SAY IF WE’RE
GOING TO FIGHT THESE PROBLEMS,
GIVE YOU REAL SOLUTIONS WE CAN
WIN THIS WHOLE THING.
>> HE ADDRESSED THE PROBLEMS
THAT POSSIBLY HILLARY CLINTON
DIDN’T BUT HE HASN’T OFFERED A
SOLUTION.
SOLUTION. YOU SAY YOU HAVE ONE.
LAST NIGHT YOU WERE ME, THE REST
OF US, YOU WERE A VIEWER
WATCHING THE DEBATE STAGE, WHICH
HAD TO BE WEIRD --
>> A LITTLE BIT.
>> WHEN THE REST OF US AT OUR
MOMENTS SCREAMING AT THE TV
POINTING OUR FINGERS, WHAT WERE
YOUR MOMENTS?
YOUR MOMENTS? >> I THINK FOR ME, I’M THE MATH
GUY.
GUY. SO, YOU KNOW, WHEN THEY WERE
TALKING ABOUT WAS IT 30 YEARS, I
WAS LIKE IF HE GOT ELECTED IN
NOVEMBER, IT WAS 29 YEARS AND 2
MONTHS AGO.
MONTHS AGO. THAT WAS ONE TIME I WAS
ACTUALLY, LIKE, OH, YOU KNOW,
SOMEONE SHOULD DO A LITTLE BIT
OF MATH THERE.
>> THOSE ARE DETAILS.
IF YOU HAD BEEN ON THAT STAGE,
WHAT WOULD YOUR STAND OUT MOMENT
HAVE BEEN?
HAVE BEEN? WHAT WASN’T SAID THAT YOU WOULD
HAVE?
HAVE? >> WHAT I WOULD SAY IS THAT WE
NEED TO SOLVE THE REAL PROBLEMS
THAT AMERICANS CAN SEE IN OUR
COMMUNITIES EVERY DAY AND GIVE
THE ENTIRE COUNTRY A NEW WAY
FORWARD THAT WE’LL BE EXCITED
ABOUT.
ABOUT. WHAT WAS MISSED LAST NIGHT WAS A
REAL POSITIVE VISION WITH
TANGIBLE SOLUTIONS THAT
AMERICANS KNOW WOULD IMPROVE OUR
LIVES.
LIVES. INSTEAD IT WAS BACK AND FORTH
AROUND ISSUES THAT MOST
DEMOCRATS AGREE ON
FUNDAMENTALLY.
FUNDAMENTALLY. THAT’S THE PROBLEM WITH THE
DYNAMIC OF THE DEBATE.
THEY TRY AND SLICE HAIRS AND SAY
IT’S LIKE -- ANYONE ON THE STAGE
WOULD HAVE A MUCH, MUCH SUPERIOR
APPROACH TO POLICY AND
GOVERNMENT THAN OUR CURRENT
PRESIDENT.
PRESIDENT. THE QUESTION IS, HOW DO WE RALLY
PEOPLE AROUND A VISION THAT
AMERICANS CAN SHARE INDEPENDENT
OF WHETHER THEY’RE, YOU KNOW,
PROGRESSIVE, INDEPENDENT,
PROGRESSIVE, INDEPENDENT, LIBERTARIAN, OR SOMEONE
POLITICALLY DISENGAGED WHICH IS
MANY, MANY AMERICANS RIGHT NOW.
>> FUNNY YOU SAY THAT.
LAST NIGHT, MAYBE FOR THE FIRST
TIME, WE STARTED TO HEAR OTHER
CANDIDATES TALK ABOUT THE
ECONOMIC ISSUES YOU’VE BEEN
TALKING ABOUT FROM THE
BEGINNING.
BEGINNING. LET’S WATCH THAT.
>> WE SHOULD BE PUTTING OUR
MONEY AND OUR EFFORT AND TIME
PREPARING AMERICAN WORKERS TO
COMPETE IN THE 21ST CENTURY ON
THE HIGH-TECH SIDE.
DEALING WITH ALL ARTIFICIAL
INTELLIGENCE.
INTELLIGENCE. >> WE’RE NOT GOING TO HAVE A
SHORTAGE OF MBAs, WE’LL HAVE A
SHORTAGE OF PLUMBERS.
SO WE STEP BACK, WHERE SHOULD
OUR MONEY GO?
K THROUGH 12, FREE ONE AND TWO
YEAR DEGREES.
YEAR DEGREES. >> THEY GET THAT RIGHT?
>> YEAH.
>> YEAH. ONE OF THE JOKES WE TOLD, I’M
GOING TO BECOME PRESIDENT OR THE
OTHER CANDIDATES WILL SOUND A
WHOLE LOT LIKE ME.
>> IS THAT WHAT’S HAPPENING?
>> JOE AND I HAVE HAD
CONVERSATIONS ABOUT THE FOURTH
INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION, HE’S
GENUINELY CONCERNED HE SEES THE
SAME PROBLEM.
SAME PROBLEM. WE HAVE A SHORTAGE OF PLUMBERS,
HVAC REPAIRS, INSTALLERS.
WE NEED TO INVEST IN TRADE
PROGRAMS AT THE HIGH SCHOOL
LEVEL.
LEVEL. RIGHT NOW ONLY 6% ARE IN THOSE
PROGRAMS.
PROGRAMS. IN GERMANY IT’S 59%.
LOOK AT THAT GULF.
>> YOU HAD A BIG ENDORSEMENT
FROM COMEDIAN DAVE CHAPPELLE,
WHAT’S THE REACTION TO THAT?
>> IT’S THRILLING FETING TO KNOW
DAVE.
DAVE. HE’S A PARENT LIKE ME.
HE’S CONCERNED ABOUT THE STATE
OF THE COUNTRY AND THE FUTURE.
HE HAS THE SAME HOPES I DO, THAT
WE CAN COME TOGETHER AND START
TO IMPROVE OUR LIVES AND THE
GOVERNMENT HAS TO BE THE LEADER.
I’M THRILLED TO CAMPAIGN WITH
DAVE IN SOUTH CAROLINA LATER
THIS MONTH.
THIS MONTH. I’VE BEEN A HUGE FAN OF HIM FOR
YEARS.
YEARS. SOMEONE ASKED ME WHO MY FAVORITE
COMEDIAN WAS, I ANSWERED DAVE
CHAPPELLE, I WAS HONEST, AND
HERE WE ARE WORKING TOGETHER.
>> OBVIOUSLY A BIG DEAL
PERSONALLY TO GET ENDORSED BY
YOUR FAVORITE COMEDIAN AND A
NUMBER OF CELEBRITIES HAVE
ENDORSED YOU, BUT YOU DON’T HAVE
A SINGLE NATIONAL LAWMAKER.
>> I’M TALKING TO A LOT OF
PEOPLE WHO ARE POLITICAL
FIGURES, WHO ARE VERY EXCITED
ABOUT MY CANDIDACY AND CAMPAIGN.
THEY’RE JUST WAITING FOR THE
WATER TO GET A LITTLE WARMER.
THE THING IS, IF YOU’RE IN D.C.
AND FRIENDS WITH SOME OF THE
PEOPLE IN THE RACE, IT’S HARD TO
ENDORSE ANDREW YANG, BUT IT’S
COMING.
COMING. >> IT’S COMING.
ALL RIGHT, SAY YOU DON’T END UP
IN THE TOP THREE, IOWA, NEW
HAMPSHIRE, SOUTH CAROLINA.
THE WATER WON’T BE WARMER, WHAT
ARE YOU GOING TO DO THEN?
>> THE GREAT THING ABOUT THE
CAMPAIGN, WE’VE OUTPERFORMED
EXPECTATIONS AT EVERY LEVEL.
WE’VE BEEN THE MOST CONSISTENT
GROWTH STORY THROUGHOUT THE
CAMPAIGN.
CAMPAIGN. WE’RE GOING TO GROW AND GROW AND
PEAK WHEN VOTING STARTS.
AS LONG AS WE EXCEED
EXPECTATIONS IN IOWA, NEW
HAMPSHIRE, SOUTH CAROLINA, THE
YANG-GANG IS PROVIDING US THE
RESOURCES TO GO THROUGH THE
PRIMARY SEASON.
PRIMARY SEASON. WE’RE DIFFERENT FROM THE OTHER
CANDIDATES THAT WAY.
WHERE THE ENTHUSIASM THAT’S BEEN
FUELLING OUR RISE, $16.5 MILLION
LAST QUARTER, GRASS ROOTS, WE’LL
BE HERE ALL THE WAY TO THE WHITE
HOUSE.
HOUSE. >> YOU’RE IN IT TO WIN IT ALL
THE WAY.
THE WAY. SAY THINGS CHANGE.
YOU MENTIONED YOU SPOKE TO JOE
BIDEN ABOUT THE FOURTH
INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION.
INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION. COULD WE SEE YOU AS A VP
CANDIDATE?
CANDIDATE? >> I SAID I WANT TO HELP SOLVE
THESE PROBLEMS AS PRESIDENT BUT
THE PROBLEMS ARE GOING TO BE
HERE ANYWAY.
HERE ANYWAY. SO IF IT’S NOT AS PRESIDENT, AS
VICE PRESIDENT GREAT, SOME OTHER
CAPACITY FINE, TOO.
I WANT TO HELP MAKE THE COUNTRY
A BETTER PLACE FOR MY KIDS.
>> ALL RIGHT.
THANK YOU SO MUCH.
>> THANKS, STEPHANIE.
>> I APPRECIATE IT, MR. YANG.