How does the forward party feel about roe versus wade should have been overturned?
>> Well, I personally think that women's reproductive rights
are fundamental human rights.
But the Forward Party has not left or right, but
forwards stands on even the most divisive and contentious issues.
>> Don't you have to take a position on something?
You take a position on something?
>> That was Andrew Yang speaking to Jim Acosta over at CNN.
And the whole point of that interview was to promote Yang's third party idea,
which of course is being referred to as the Forward Party.
We've previously talked about the Forward Party and
the critiques we have in terms of what they're trying to accomplish here,
which to be honest with you isn't much, it's just a push for moderate politics,
which we have plenty of in the Democratic Party to begin with.
But while we have legitimate critiques the way Acosta handled this interview is is
what I want to focus on because I wasn't a fan of of the line of questioning here,
even though I'm not a supporter of the Forward Party and
I'll explain what I mean.
But first, let's watch a little bit more.
>> You can't just say, well, you know, this is a hot button issue.
So I'm not going to take a position on you.
You know, if you want to run the country,
you're gonna have to make some hard decisions Andrew.
>> Again the forward parties about that common sense consensus majority view,
which is very clear on abortion.
It's clear- >> What about guns?
What about assault weapons change?
>> It's actually clear on just about every issue under the sun.
>> Should 18 year olds be able to buy a ar 15?
>> Because of the nature of our system.
>> Should 18 year olds be able to buy a R 15s?
>> Again, the common sense consensus majority is that there should be some
rules around background checks and access to firearms.
But we're not getting any of these things Jim because the two party system does not
need to deliver.
>> It doesn't sound like you're taking any hard positions.
It sounds like you're you're sort of a fill in the blank party.
You're, you know,
if if somebody wants a party with no clear policy positions, you're it.
But unfortunately in the real world, in the real world,
you have to take a position on something.
>> Where for the common sense consensus.
>> Now, John look Andrew yang in the portions that we showed you,
to be quite honest, didn't do well in answering those questions.
If you watched the entirety of the interview, though,
what really stood out to me was this panic that Acosta feels in regard to a third
party potentially making it easier for donald trump to win in 2024.
He's terrified of that happening and
we haven't even completed the midterm elections yet.
And so there was a lot of, you know,
I'm gonna reprimand you because you're gonna increase the possibility of trump
winning in 2024 it's like if you're coming at it from that point of view and
that perspective, well then I'm not on your side and you know, there were
some good questions asked by Acosta and the portions that we showed you, but
it's just abundantly clear that for comfortable people in this country,
prominent media figures, politicians, corporate leaders, all of that stuff,
the system's working out fine for them, the only thing they care about
is preventing trump from winning because trump makes them uncomfortable,
trump means instability, trump means discomfort for them.
And so that's the only focus, they're not focusing on anything else now for
Andrew yang in the forward party, there's a ton of legitimate criticism that we can
get into, but you should watch the entirety of the interview to see what I'm
talking about, it's just like constant panic about trump and trump only.
>> Yeah, so if the press is really objective,
why would they care if donald trump won or lost?
Like why?
Like, I don't mind them having a perspective if they're honest
about their perspective.
So Fox News used to say fair and balanced and I thought that was the biggest joke
ever, and a lot of the cable news since they wanted to work at Fox news,
back when things were more malleable and you can go back and
forth would never criticize them on that, but finally Fox News dropped fair and
balanced, we all get it, their massive right wingers,
I mean some of their news side is still pretending to do news, right?
But that's a joke.
But but the CNN's of the world say no, we're objective, we don't have a position.
So why would you ask a question of, like, well, if you take away votes from
the Democratic Party, then couldn't trump win, who's your horse in the race?
And I don't mean it like, hey, like they're against trump and
that's problematic.
I think CNN calling out trump for his lies is great, right?
So I don't mind that part at all, but it's clear that they're rooting for
a Democratic Party, that's just super obvious.
So you should be interviewing him in an objective way.
Look, we had one of the first national interviews for
Andrew Yang ever, when he launched his campaign in In 2020.
And when people were not taking him seriously,
I'm sorry, in 2016, no 2020 sorry.
Yeah. When people were not taking
them seriously, but we did, and it turns out we were right, a lot of people,
he was appealing to a lot of people now, yes, the Forward Party has huge issues,
we'll have Andrew back on and ask him about that.
We'll get that for you guys real soon because the portion that we showed you,
that's the one part where Costa was right, You can't just keep saying we believe
in the common sense, consensus, you gotta tell us, okay then what is it?
What's the common sense consensus, like, okay on abortion?
What is it Are you pro abortion?
Are you against abortion and pro choice?
Anti choice?
We believe in the common sense, because says Goddammit Andrew what is it, then?
What's the common sense consensus?
You can't just keep putting out vague stuff and you know why he's doing it,
because some right wingers like him, I don't know why,
like him and so that he doesn't want to offend the right wingers, but
you're never gonna run a party that way?
That's that's ridiculous.
No, you have to say, hey, here's a position the right wing and
the left wing can agree on, so that's what we're going with.
But if you're like this vague, you're not going to get the right wingers anyway, so
it's a hopeless cause.
But we'll let him sort out in a real interview when we talk to him.
>> Yeah, look, for me, all of the arguments that I've seen from supporters
of a third party and like, I'm not just inherently against third parties,
I just think it's not gonna solve anything if that's all you're focused
on right the idea, like, we just need more choices.
Okay, fine, but the underlying systemic issue is still there And
the system is rotten to the core because the incentives are all in
the wrong place if you don't do away with legalized bribery?
If you don't do away with congressional lawmakers ability to
invest in private businesses and individual stocks,
you can have 28 political parties ain't gonna do you any good
unless you do something about the money, about the corruption.
And one question that Acosta asked in that interview that I actually thought was
excellent and Yang really struggled to answer it was are you guys
taking corporate money And I wish Acosta would ask that question of all
other politicians or all other political candidates.
It's interesting that that question that's so critical.
It's so important,
was directed solely at Andrew Yang as he's attempting to launch a third party.
No, that is the only question really that you should be asking of every politician,
every candidate.
And so while you might be supportive of third parties, I hear you,
I just want you to be a little more skeptical of what a third party could
actually do for you if that underlying issue with our system isn't addressed.
>> Yep, Cable News has never once asked Nancy Pelosi,
do you take corporate pac money?
Ever, ever, ever and they never will, but- >> No they think she's a hero Cenk,
they think she's a hero for taking the money, are you kidding me?
She's the top fundraiser, the Democratic Party, they love it.
They give her kudos for that.
>> Bad one Andrew Yang takes it.
But and bad one mitch McConnell takes it.
But terrific when Nancy Pelosi and Joe Biden take it absurd.
>> Yep now, I want to be fair.
And even though he did a poor job in answering the questions during
the interview, let's talk about where the forward Party stands on the issues that,
Acosta had asked about so on guns, for instance,
most americans don't agree with calls from the far left to confiscate all guns and
repeal the Second Amendment, but they're also rightfully worried by the far
right's insistence on eliminating gun laws.
This is according to yang in his op ed in the Washington post.
By the way, the far left, I mean,
I really don't see calls to ban all guns like position.
>> It's it's he's saying on the one hand, I'm gonna repeal the Second Amendment,
who, who's proposing to repeal the Second Amendment, you just made that up.
Okay.
And on the other hand,
can we get the republicans to agree to moving one inch towards gun loss?
No, that's not a fair look at the issues.
You're painting it completely in favor of the right way.
>> On climate change he writes, most Americans don't agree
with calls from the far left to completely upend our economy and way of life,
but they also reject the far rights denial that there is even a problem.
Yes, yeah, yeah, totally, 100%.
And by the way, like he's he's kind of straw manning everything and his, his
perception of the two sides is a little outdated because Republicans have moved on
to accepting that climate change is real, but that we just need to adapt to it.
And it's interesting that he's not really updating his perception here on abortion.
Most americans don't agree with the far left extreme view on late term abortions.
>> Not not a thing Andrew you're making it up 100% making it up.
What the roe v wade says, you can't have a late term abortion.
What on God's Green Earth are you talking about?
You can't have one in the third trimester, you're just making stuff up.
That's the right wing talking point.
100% fiction.
>> The only calif blue California has restrictions on late term abortion,
the only time, late term abortions happen, and they're incredibly rare is
when the fetuses, the fetus is not viable, it's it doesn't have a heartbeat or
the woman's life is in jeopardy as a result of that pregnancy, but, you know,
it's, look, I don't know what the real goal is here.
This wishy washy both sides garbage that we're seeing,
especially in this op ed does not bode well for the so called forward party.
But again, even if you love the Forward Party,
even if you think they're really going to represent your best interests fine.
But but consider the fact that, again, the underlying issues with the system remain,
and if corporate interests are going to take complete control of democrats, and
republicans, what's stopping them from doing the exact same thing with
candidates from the so called forward party?
Nothing, there's nothing in place to stop that.
>> Yep, no, it's it's super disappointing at first blush.
But let's see, let's talk to Andrew see if he's got a better defense of it.
And I do now.
You got me real curious on on where the money is coming from,
because I'm not interested in other peter thiel backed, action.
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