>>> THINK ABOUT THIS. THERE’S ONE THING THAT TUCKER
CARLSON, BERNIE ROSE AND WALL
STREET CEOs HAVE IN COMMON.
THIS ELECTION.
THIS ELECTION. ACROSS THE ELECTION ONE THING.
ANDREW YANG.
ANDREW YANG. AS LIZ PLANK PUTS IT IN THE NEW
PIECE FOR NBC THINK, THIS IN
PART BECAUSE YANG’S MESSAGE IS
RESONATING WITH MEN WHO FEEL
FORGOTTEN NOT ONLY BY THE
DEMOCRATIC PARTY BUT BY SOCIETY
AT LARGE AND HIS MESSAGE IS
RESONATING WITH VOTERS IN IOWA.
THIS PHOTO FROM LAST NIGHT
CAPTURES THE BIGGEST IOWA DEBATE
THAT TOOK PLACE IN DES MOINES.
JOINING ME TO DISCUSS THE AUTHOR
OF THE THINK PIECE AND THE VOTE
FOR "THE LOVE OF MEN" AND ROBERT
COSTA IS BACK WITH ME.
LIZ YOU SAID HE’S RESONATING
WITH GUYS WHO FEEL FORGOTTEN.
WHY?
WHY? >> YEAH, I MEAN, THAT WAS ONE OF
THE REASONS I WROTE THIS PIECE.
I STARTED TO SEE DIFFERENT MEN
WITH DIFFERENT IDEOLOGIES.
ALL HAVING THIS YANG, YOU KNOW,
SHAPED HOLE IN THEIR HEART.
ONE THING THAT I THINK HE’S
REALLY TAPPING INTO AND ONE
THING I TALK ABOUT IN THE BOOK
WE’RE IN THE MIDST OF A MAN
CRISIS.
CRISIS. THERE’S A DEFINITIONAL PROVIDE.
THEY WANT TO BE PROVIDERS BUT IN
A LOT OF WAYS OUR ECONOMY AND
OUR POLITICAL SYSTEM MAKES IT
HARDER FOR THEM TO DEFINE
THEMSELVES IN THOSE WAYS AND
YANG IS OFTEN ABLE TO TAP INTO
THE MALE PAIN.
HE CONNECTS MALE PAIN SOME OF
THE THE BIGGEST PROBLEMS IN OUR
SOCIETY.
SOCIETY. HE CONNECTS IT TO RISING LEVELS
OF SUICIDE, HE CONNECTS IT TO
THE RISE OF ONLINE RATE GROUPS
AND TO DOMESTIC VIOLENCE.
WE SEE TRUMP ACTUALLY
WEAPONIZING MALE PAIN AND PROFIT
OFF OF THAT.
BUT ANDREW YANG INSTEAD OF
OFFERING MEN A COMMON ENEMY AS
YOUR PREVIOUS GUEST WAS TALKING
ABOUT WHETHER IT COMES, YOU
KNOW, TO IMMIGRANTS OR WHETHER
IT’S WOMEN, ANDREW YANG IS
OFFERING MEN A SOLUTION.
SO THAT IS SOMETHING THAT I
THINK WHETHER ANDREW YANG MAKES
IT TO THE WHITE HOUSE SOMETHING
THAT THE DEMOCRATS SHOULD TAKE
LITERALLY AND SERIOUSLY.
>> THE LAST PERSON TO SPEAK TO
THIS BASE WAS PRESIDENT TRUMP.
HE WAS ABLE TO RALLY THEM IN
2016.
2016. COULD ANDREW YANG OF ALL PEOPLE
BE THE GUY TO RALLY THESE VOTERS
OR PULL THEM FROM PRESIDENT
TRUMP MAKING HIM A VIABLE
CANDIDATE TO TAKE HIM ON?
>> ANDREW YANG’S MESSAGE ON THE
ECONOMY IS UNIVERSAL BASIC
INCOME.
INCOME. AND HE’S NOT SPEAKING DIRECTLY
IN A POLITICAL SENSE.
JUST TO MEN.
BUT HE’S SPEAKING TO THOSE WHO
ARE IN INDUSTRIES OR SECTORS
THAT ARE PREDOMINANTLY FEATURING
MEN SUCH AS TRUCK DRIVERS, FOR
EXAMPLE.
EXAMPLE. HE TALKS OFTEN AN THE CAMPAIGN
TRAIL HOW THEY FEEL LIKE THEY’RE
BEING AUTOMATED OUT OF THE JOBS
AND THAT INDUSTRY IS POPULATED
BY MALES WHO ARE DRIVING TRUCKS
ACROSS THE COUNTRY AND HE’S
SPEAKING TO THEIR GRIEVANCES
ABOUT FEELING LEFT OUT AND IN AN
ECONOMY THAT’S MOVING MORE
TOWARD AUTOMATION AND TO LIZ’S
POINT MANY OF THE SECTORS,
INDUSTRIAL SECTORS THAT DO FEEL
THE FORCE OF AUTOMATION OFTEN DO
FEATURE MEN WHO ARE UNHAPPY
ABOUT HOW THEY HAVE BEEN TREATED
BUT IT’S NOT A UNIVERSALLY MALE
ISSUE HERE.
ISSUE HERE. WOMEN IN MANY SECTORS ARE
FEELING LIKE THEIR JOBS ARE
BEING LOST TO AUTOMATION.
WHEN YOU SPEAK TO ANDREW YANG HE
SPEAKS TO THEM AS WELL.
>> IF HE SPEAKS TO THOSE PEOPLE
WHO ARE SAYING I’M FED UP, I
WANT SOMETHING DIFFERENT, IF THE
DEMOCRATIC NOMINEE IS A MORE
TRADITIONAL CANDIDATE LIKE A JOE
BIDEN DOES ANDREW YANG MAKE A
VIABLE VP OPTION SINCE HE’S
MARKETING TO VOTERS SAYING I
DON’T WANT THE SAME THING?
>> YANG POLITICALLY YOU COULD
SAY HE’S ASSOCIATED WITH SENATOR
BERNIE SANDERS.
BERNIE SANDERS. EVEN SENATOR ELIZABETH WARREN
AND OTHERS WHO ARE SPEAKING TO A
LARGER FEDERAL ROLL IN THE
WORKFORCE WHETHER IT COMES TO
HEALTH CARE OR PROVIDING
UNIVERSAL BASIC INCOME.
THERE’S A MOVEMENT IN THE
DEMOCRATIC PARTY TO HELP PEOPLE
OUT.
OUT. >> LIZ, WHETHER OR NOT ANDREW
YANG STAYS IN THE RACE, WHAT
COULD THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY LEARN
FROM HIM?
FROM HIM? >> I THINK ANDREW YANG
UNDERSTANDS WHAT A LOT OF
PROGRESSIVES UNDERSTAND WHICH IS
THAT THE PROGRESSIVE MOVEMENT
AND THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY
SHOULDN’T BE A SPEAK EASY BUT A
BLOCK PARTY.
BLOCK PARTY. EVERYONE IS WELCOME.
YOU DON’T NEED TO KNOW ALL OF
THE TERMS, KNOW EXACTLY, YOU
KNOW, HAVE THE RIGHT DRESS CODE
THAT’S REALLY A PARTY OPEN TO
EVERYBODY AND SPECIFICALLY THAT
IT’S A PARTY THAT’S OPEN TO MEN.
WE DON’T JUST TOLERATE MEN.
WE CELEBRATE THEM.
WE DON’T JUST UNDERSTAND THE
PAIN OF, YOU KNOW, WOMEN AND
PEOPLE OF COLOR.
WE UNDERSTAND THE PAIN OF
EVERYONE.
EVERYONE. WE DON’T RANK THAT PAIN.
WE SEE THAT PAIN IS LINKED.
SO I THINK THAT, YOU KNOW,
THERE’S A REAL NEED FOR THE
PROGRESSIVE MOVEMENT TO
UNDERSTAND A MUCH MORE NUANCED
VIEW OF I THINK FEMINISM AND
GENDER EQUALITY WHICH IS NOT
JUST THE FUTURE OF FEMALE WHICH