TODAY. THEY TALKED ABOUT EVERYTHING
FROM IRAN TO YANG’S FREEDOM
DIVIDEND.
DIVIDEND. >> Reporter: I HEARD YOU TALKING
ABOUT ROBOT BUTTER TRUCKS HERE
BEFORE YOU TALKED ABOUT IRAN.
IT SOUNDS LIKE THE DEVELOPMENTS
OVERSEAS AREN’T CHANGING HOW YOU
CAMPAIGN HERE.
CAMPAIGN HERE. >> WE HAVE TO ADDRESS THE REAL
PROBLEMS ON THE GROUND THAT GOT
DONALD TRUMP ELECTED, INCLUDING
THE FACT THAT WE BLASTED AWAY
MILLIONS OF MANUFACTURING JOBS
RIGHT HERE IN TOWNS LIKE THIS,
IN DAVENPORT.
IN DAVENPORT. BUT THE IRAN ESCALATION
CERTAINLY HEIGHTENS MY URGENCY
TO GET DONALD TRUMP OUT OF THE
WHITE HOUSE.
WHITE HOUSE. 78% OF AMERICANS WANT NOTHING TO
DO WITH A WAR IN IRAN.
HOW HAVE WE GOTTEN TO A POINT
WHERE ENTERING A CONFLICT THAT
THE AMERICAN PEOPLE ARE
COMPLETELY OPPOSED TO, WE NEED
TO REPLACE DONALD TRUMP WITH
SOMEONE WHO WILL HAVE A MUCH
MORE BALANCED AND RESTRAINED
APPROACH TO FOREIGN POLICY.
>> Reporter: JOE BIDEN WAS HERE
LAST NIGHT AND HE SAID WE NEED A
PRESIDENT WHO ON DAY ONE CAN
STEP INTO THE OVAL OFFICE READY
FOR THE JOB AND COMMAND THE
RESPECT OF OTHER LEADERS ON THE
WORLD STAGE.
WORLD STAGE. WHAT DO YOU SAY TO A VOTER WHO
SAYS I DON’T KNOW WHAT ANDREW
YANG’S BACKGROUND AND ABILITY TO
DO THAT IS?
>> THE NEXT COMMANDER IN CHIEF
HAS TO BE FOCUSED ON THREATS AND
CHALLENGES OF THIS ERA, AND THAT
INCLUDES CONFLICTS LIKE IRAN
WHICH WE SHOULD NEVER HAVE COME
CLOSE TO IN THE FIRST PLACE.
IT ALSO INCLUDES CLIMATE CHANGE,
ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE,
ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE, CYBERSECURITY, AND CHALLENGES
THAT I BELIEVE I’M BETTER
EQUIPPED TO HANDLE THAN ANYONE
ELSE IN THE WAR.
>> Reporter: IS JOE BIDEN’S 2002
IRAQ WAR VOTE STILL GAME FOR
THIS POINT?
THIS POINT? >> JOE BIDEN HAS A LONG TRACK
RECORD AND PUBLIC LIFE AND IT
HAS MANY POSITIVE THINGS, BUT HE
SHOULD BE OWNING ANY DECISIONS
HE MADE THAT MIGHT NOT REFLECT
AS POSITIVELY.
AS POSITIVELY. >> Reporter: I WANT TO ASK YOU
ABOUT SOMETHING YOU SAID THE
OTHER DAY.
OTHER DAY. YOU TALKED ABOUT THE WAY THE DNC
IS INVOLVED IN THIS PRIMARY AND
WHETHER THEY RIGGED IT FOR
HILLARY CLINTON IN 2016.
DO YOU THINK THE DNC IS RIGGING
THIS PRIMARY RIGHT NOW?
>> OH, THE DNC NOW IS A
COMPLETELY DIFFERENT SET OF
PEOPLE THAN IT WAS DURING THE
LAST RACE.
LAST RACE. WHAT HAPPENED IN THE LAST RACE
HAS BEEN WELL DOCUMENTED.
I HAVE HAD VERY GOOD
CONVERSATIONS AND I BELIEVE GOOD
RELATIONSHIPS WITH FOLKS AT THE
DNC.
DNC. I BELIEVE THEY’RE TRYING TO SET
UP A BALANCED FIELD, DOING THE
BEST THEY CAN WITH VERY
DIFFICULT CHALLENGES.
DIFFICULT CHALLENGES. >> Reporter: DO YOU THINK
DEMOCRATS WILL HAVE CONFIDENCE
IN THE NOMINATION PROCESS AT THE
END OF THE DAY, ESPECIALLY IN
SUCH A CROWDED FIELD?
WILL THEY BE ABLE TO UNITE
BEHIND THE NOMINEE AND BELIEVE
THAT THE NOMINATION WAS FOUGHT
FAIRLY?
FAIRLY? >> I DO BELIEVE THAT DEMOCRATS
ARE GOING TO COALESCE BEHIND AN
EVENTUAL NOMINEE.
EVENTUAL NOMINEE. I PLAN ON BEING THAT NOMINEE.
ONE POLL SHOWED THAT 10% OF
TRUMP VOTERS IN A SWING STATE
WOULD CHOOSE ME OVER THE
PRESIDENT, WHICH MAKES ME THE
STRONGEST CANDIDATE TO TAKE HIM
ON AND DEFEAT HIM LATER THIS
YEAR.
YEAR. DEMOCRATS WANT SOMEONE WHO CAN
BEAT DONALD TRUMP AND I AM THAT
CANDIDATE.
CANDIDATE. >> Reporter: I WANT TO ASK YOU
LASTLY ABOUT SOMETHING WE HEAR
ACTUALLY FROM VOTERS WHEN THEY
HAVE QUESTIONS ABOUT YOUR
FREEDOM DIVIDEND.
FREEDOM DIVIDEND. THEY SAY IF YOU GIVE EVERYBODY
$1,000, HOW DOES IT NOT CREATE
INFLATION, RAISE THE COST OF
EVERYTHING ACROSS THE BOARD?
WHAT IS YOUR ANSWER TO THAT?
>> WELL, IF YOU LOOK AROUND US,
WE’RE EXPERIENCING INFLATION IN
THREE CORE AREAS, EDUCATION,
HEALTH CARE AND HOUSING.
THESE THINGS ARE NOT DRIVEN BY
THE FACT THAT WE HAVE A LOT OF
SPENDING POWER.
SPENDING POWER. MOST EVERY CONSUMER PRODUCT HAS
BEEN STAYING THE SAME IN PRICE.
THAT’S CLOTHING, MEDIA,
ELECTRONICS, AUTOMOBILES, MOST
FOOD.
FOOD. EVERYTHING THAT HAS A
COMPETITIVE DYNAMIC MARKET.
WE HAVE TO GET HOUSING,
EDUCATION AND HEALTH CARE COSTS
DOWN AND I HAVE SEPARATE PLANS