AND YOU WANT TO TRY AND AVOID
THE MUSCLE AND THE BONE.
BUT ITS GOING TO INVOLVE SOME
DIFFICULT CHOICES AHEAD.
>> ANDREW, AL SHARPTON.
YOU AND I HAVE TALKED AND YOUVE
BEEN UP IN -- YOU BROUGHT YOUR
WIFE.
YOURE THE CHANGE CANDIDATE, AS
YOU SAID THIS MORNING.
BUT THE KNOCK AGAINST YOU IS YOU
HAVE NEVER BEEN IN GOVERNMENT
AND THAT YOU DIDNT EVEN VOTE IN
THE LAST FEW NEW YORK ELECTIONS.
HOW CAN YOU CHANGE SOMETHING
THAT YOU DONT KNOW?
HOW CAN YOU CHANGE GOVERNMENT IF
YOU DONT KNOW HOW GOVERNMENT
WORKS?
HOW CAN YOU CHANGE POLITICS IF
YOUVE NOT BEEN INVOLVED IN NEW
YORK POLITICS?
YOU EVEN GOT WHERE ONE OF THE
TRAINS DONT RUN THE SAME WAY.
SO HOW DO YOU CONVINCE PEOPLE IN
NEW YORK THAT YOURE THE CHANGE
AGENT IF YOURE GOING TO GOVERN
SOMETHING THAT YOU ARE NOT
FAMILIAR WITH AND, THEREFORE,
WOULDNT KNOW HOW TO CHANGE?
>> REV, EVERYWHERE I GO, NEW
YORKERS TALK TO ME ABOUT THE
SAME ISSUES.
PUBLIC SAFETY, JOBS,
HOMELESSNESS, HOUSING, TRASH,
SCHOOLS, THESE ARE THE ISSUES
THAT WE ALL SHARE.
AND YOU ALL LIVE IN NEW YORK.
YOU KNOW THAT ITS NOT WORKING.
AND IF YOUVE BEEN ENTRENCHED IN
OUR BUREAUCRACIES FOR THE LAST
NUMBER OF YEARS, DO YOU KNOW
WHAT YOUVE LEARNED A LOT OF? WHAT CANT HAPPEN.
WHAT CANT HAPPEN.
WERE ALL TIRED 069 OF THE
EXCUSES.
SO BRINGING IN SOMEBODY LIKE ME,
I HAVE MORE INDIVIDUAL
GRASSROOTS DONORS HERE IN IN,
CITY
NEW YORK CITY.
>> I UNDERSTAND THAT.
BUT IF I WANT A GUY THAT FIX MY
CAR, I WANT A GUY THAT KNOWS HOW
THE CAR RUNS.
HE CANT JUST STAND OUTSIDE THE
CAR AND SAY ITS NOT WORKING,
YOU NEED CHANGE.
YOUVE GOT TO HAVE A GUY THAT
KNOWS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE
TIRES AND THE STEERING WHEEL.
>> SO THATS A GREAT METAPHOR.
SO WHAT YOU WANT IS YOU WANT
SOMEONE WHO KNOWS WHERE THE CAR
NEEDS TO GO AND GETS IN THERE
AND BUILDS A TEAM OF PEOPLE WHO
HAVE A COMBINATION OF DIFFERENT
EXPERIENCE, INCLUDING SOME VERY,
VERY EXPERIENCED GOVERNMENT
HANDS.
BECAUSE CLEARLY, IF YOU WANT TO
BUILD A TEAM AROUND ME, YOU
WOULD START WITH PEOPLE WHO KNOW
WHAT THE LEVERS ARE, WHO KNOW
HOW TO PURE BUREAUCRACIES IN A
PARTICULAR DIRECTION.
BUT THE CAR IS NEVER GOING TO
GET WHERE IT NEEDS TO GO IF
SOMEONE IS IN THAT DRIVERS SEAT
SAYING WERE JUST GOING TO KEEP
ON GOING THE SAME WAY WEVE GONE
OR DONT HAVE A SENSE OF THE
REAL PROBLEMS ON THE GROUND.
WHICH IS WHAT SO MANY NEW
YORKERS FEEL RIGHT NOW.
>> SO, ANDREW, A COUPLE OF
MINUTES AGO YOU SAID WE NEED IN
NEW YORK CITY A 21st CENTURY
POLICE DEPARTMENT.
GIVEN ME THE FIRST COUPLE OF
QUESTIONS YOU WOULD ASK A
POTENTIAL NEW POLICE COMMISSIONER.
I WOULD ASK THEM HOW THEY
PROPOSE TO GET THE GUN VIOLENCE
DOWN.
AND TO GET THE MENTALLY ILL
PEOPLE ON THEIR STREETS AND SOME
ARE ATTACKING NEW YORKERS.
AND THE HOMELESSNESS OVERLAPS
WITH THE SUBWAY SAFETY, WHICH IS
VERY MUCH TIED INTO THE SAFETY
OF THE CITY.
THAT IS A STARTING POINT BUT WE
NEED SOMEONE WHO CAN ADVANCE AND
EVOLVE AND BUILD TRUST WITH
DIFFERENT RECRUITMENT.
I HAVE BEEN TALKING TO PEOPLE
WHO ARE CANDIDATES FOR IT AND
SOME ARE TREMENDOUS.
>> I WANT TO LEARN MORE ABOUT
YOU AS A LEADER.
I THINK THE REV ASKED A GREAT
QUESTION, IF YOU HAVE NOT FIXED
CARS BEFORE, HOW DO YOU KNOW HOW
TO FIX CARS?
AND I REMEMBER ASKING DONALD
TRUMP EARLY ON, SO YOU HAVE
NEVER DONE THIS GOVERNMENT THING
BEFORE?
WHO DO YOU TALK TO WHEN YOU NEED
AN ANSWER?
>> REMEMBER THAT?
>> HE SAID, YOURE NOT GOING TO
LIKE THIS, JOE, BUT I TALK TO
MYSELF.
YOURE RIGHT, I DONT LIKE THAT.
CONTRAST THAT WITH HARRY TRUMAN
WHO WENT IN AND MANY PEOPLE
THOUGHT HE WAS THE MOST
ILL-EQUIPPED PERSON TO THE
PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES
IN THE 20th SENTCENTURY.
HE SURROUNDED HIMSELF WITH THE
BEST AND BRIGHTEST MINDS AND
DIPLOMATS AND GREATEST AMERICA
PROBABLY HAD IN THE 20th CENTURY
AND HE WAS NOT AFRAID TO LISTEN
TO EXPERTS.
HOW DO YOU GUARANTEE NEW YORK
VOTERS YOURE GOING TO BE MORE
LIKE HARRY TRUMAN, BRINGING IN
THE VERY BEST PEOPLE AROUND YOU
AND DEFERRING TO THOSE PEOPLE
WHO KNOW NEW YORK TOP TO BOTTOM
VERSUS DONALD TRUMP, WHO NEVER
WANTED TO LISTEN TO ANYBODY WHO
WANT TELLING HIM HOW GREAT HE
WAS?
>> I LOVE THIS QUESTION.
AND IF THERES A TEMPLATE IN MY
MIND, ITS MIKE BLOOMBERG.
HE BECAME AN EXPERT IN HEALTH,
TRANSPORTATION, AND ON AND ON
AND THATS EXACTLY WHAT I PLAN
TO DO.
I HAVE DEMONSTRATED THATS MY
APPROACH IN MY CAREER WHERE I
RAN A PRIVATE COMPANY THAT
BECAME NUMBER ONE IN THE
COUNTRY, AND YOU CANT DO THAT
IF ITS ME, ME, ME ALL THE TIME.
IT WAS ALL ABOUT TRYING TO FIND
THE RIGHT PEOPLE, PUTTING THEM
IN POSITION TO DO THEIR BEST
WORK, BUILD A POSITIVE CULTURE,
TAKE ACCOUNTABILITY WHEN THINGS
GO WRONG BECAUSE THE BUCK STOPS
WITH YOU BUT BRING IN FOLKS WHO
JUST WANT TO PERFORM AND DELIVER
FOR IN THIS CASE THE PEOPLE OF
NEW YORK CITY.
I DONT LIKE TALKING TO MYSELF.
CERTAINLY NOT THE TYPE WHOS
GOING TO LOOK AROUND AND BE LIKE
OH, WHAT DO I THINK ABOUT THIS?
I LOVE BEING AROUND SMART PEOPLE
WHO ARE DEDICATED TO ACTUALLY
GETTING RESULTS, ARE FREE OF
IDEOLOGY, FREE OF POLITICS AND
THATS ACTUALLY ALSO CONSISTENT
WITH THE WAY SMALL BUSINESSES
ARE RUN, ITS BECAUSE IF YOU GET
INTO A GUTS OF A SMALL BUSINESS,
THEY ONLY CARE ABOUT WHAT WORKS.
THAT WHAT NEW YORKERS HAVE BEEN
WAITING FOR, FOR YEARS IS JUST
TO GET OUR CITY WORKING AGAIN.
THIS IS THE KIND OF LEADERSHIP
SO MANY PEOPLE WANT.
ITS WHY WERE GOING TO WIN THIS
RACE JUNE 22.
>> ANDREW YANG, THANK YOU VERY
MUCH FOR BEING OUR GUEST THIS
MORNING.
>>> AND TOMORROW THE MAN WHOSE
JOB THESE CANDIDATES ARE
FIGHTING FOR, MAYOR BILL de
BLASIO WILL JOIN US HERE ON SET.
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