ANDREW. >>> [ APPLAUSE ]
>>> ALL RIGHT.
WELCOME BACK TO "MORNING JOE."
AND PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE
ANDREW YANG JOINS US.
HE’S LIKE RAILING UP THE CROWD.
GET WITH THE CROWD ANDREW YANG.
>> VERY EXCITED.
>> ENJOY IT.
>> ANDREW A POLL WE’VE TALKED
ABOUT, THE YOUTH VOTE AND
BERNIE, BOUGHT POLL CAME OUT,
YOUTH VOTE POLL CAME OUT
ACTUALLY SHOWED YOU --
>> NUMBER ONE AMONG THE YOUNGS!
THANK YOU, YOUNG
>> SO HOW IS THAT GOING TO
TRANSLATE INTO YOU SHOCKING THE
POLITICAL WORLD TONIGHT?
>> WELL, THAT YOUTH POLL
STATE-WIDE HAS BEEN AN UNCANNILY
ACCURATE PREDICTOR OF WHAT
HAPPENS IN THE REAL CAUCUS IN
LARGE PART WAS 17-YEAR-OLDS WHO
PARTICIPATED IN THE VOTE CAN
CAUCUS TONIGHT.
CAUCUS TONIGHT. WE THINK THAT WINNING THAT POLL
TRANCE LALTSSLATES TO THE FACT T
TON OF ENTHUSIASM AND EXCITEMENT
AROUND OUR CAMPAIGN THAT WE
BELIEVE IS GOING TO AROWLLOW US
OVERPERFORM TONIGHT.
OVERPERFORM TONIGHT. >> WE TALKED ABOUT IT WHEN YOU
WERE FIRST COMING UP.
HOW DO YOU MOVE YOUR CAMPAIGN TO
WHAT IT’S BEEN, TO EXPAND MORE
TO THE GENERAL ELECTORATE?
BECAUSE IT’S BEEN -- I MEAN,
IT’S BEEN A VERY EXCITING,
ENERGIZED GROUP OF PEOPLE.
BUT YOU SAID NEXT STEP IS WE’VE
GOT TO GET THIS MESSAGE OUT TO
THE GENERAL POPULOUS.
>> THAT’S BEEN THE EXCITEMENT OF
THIS LAST SEVERAL MONTHS, JOE,
IS THAT WE’VE BEEN JUST GOING TO
TOWNS AROUND IOWA WHERE PEOPLE
HAVE NEVER HEARD OF ANDREW YANG.
THEY DON’T HAVE MATH HATS ON.
YOU KNOW, THEY’RE FRANKLY OLDER
VOTERS WHO HAVEN’T BEEN ON SOME
OF THE SITES THAT I BECAME
POPULAR ON.
POPULAR ON. SO I HAVE BEEN MAKING MY CASE TO
THEM PERSONALLY FOR MONTHS NOW.
I BELIEVE THAT THE NUMBERS, WE
DID OVER 180 EVENTS IN THE
STATE.
STATE. I JUST COMPLETED A 17-DAY BUS
TOUR WHERE WE WERE CRISSCROSSING
THE STATE.
THE STATE. THE BEST PART OF THESE EVENTS,
JOE, IS NO ONE HAD EVER SEEN
ANYTHING ABOUT ME BEFORE OR
HEARD OF ME.
MAYBE THEY HAD SEEN ONE OF MY
ADS BECAUSE WE HAVE BEEN
SPENDING A LOT OF MONEY ON
ADVERTISEMENT IN THE STATE.
>> WHAT’S YOUR CAMPAIGN DOING TO
GET THOSE YOUNG PEOPLE ACTUALLY
TO THE POLLS WHEN IT MATTERS?
LIKE I HAVE HEARD REPORTS OF
ELIZABETH WARREN PROVIDING CHILD
CARE FOR PEOPLE WHO WANT TO
CAUCUS FOR YOU.
IS THERE ANYTHING YOU CAN DO TO
SORT OF STOP THE REPETITIVE
REALITY THAT YOUNG PEOPLE DON’T
SHOW UP?
SHOW UP? >> I’M OFFERING THEM $1,000 A
MONTH STARTING AT AGE 18.
>> THAT COULD WORK.
THAT COULD WORK.
>> I THINK THAT WORKS.
I’M GOING TO ASK YOU ABOUT A
MOMENT, I BELIEVE IT WAS ON
SATURDAY AT ONE OF YOUR EVENTS
WHEN YOU ASKED THE CROWD OF
DEMOCRATIC SUPPORTERS,
DEMOCRATIC SUPPORTERS, PRESUMABLY
PRESUMABLY PRESUMABLY, TO STOP AND GIVE A
ROUND OF APPLAUSE FOR TRUMP
VOTERS IN 2016.
STRATEGICALLY, I GET IT.
YOU WANT TO BRING IN THE
DISAFFECTED VOTERS.
DISAFFECTED VOTERS. BUT IN THIS AGE OF DIVISION THAT
STOOD OUT AS AN EXTRAORDINARY
MOMENT.
MOMENT. WHY DID YOU STOP AND DO THAT?
>> I THINK IT’S REALLY
IMPORTANT, PARTICULARLY HERE IN
IOWA, TO TRY TO BRING PEOPLE
TOGETHER, BECAUSE IOWA IS A
PURPLE SWING STATE THAT WENT TO
TRUMP BY ALMOST TEN POINTS.
AND SO IF YOU LOOK AT THE GROUND
HERE, MANY PEOPLE VOTED FOR
TRUMP OR CERTAINLY THEY HAVE
FRIENDS AND NEIGHBORS WHO VOTED
FOR TRUMP.
FOR TRUMP. SO IF YOU’RE GOING TO MAKE THE
CASE TO THE PEOPLE OF IOWA THAT
YOU CAN HELP BRING THE COUNTRY
TOGETHER, THAT HAS TO START
RIGHT HERE AMONG THE PEOPLE THAT
WENT TO TRUMP JUST A FEW YEARS
AGO.
AGO. THE FOLKS WHO VOTED FOR TRUMP
AND COME TO MY EVENTS ARE NOW
EXCITED ABOUT MY CAMPAIGN.
THAT’S HOW WE’RE GOING TO WIN.
AND HEAD-TO-HEAD MATCHUPS
BETWEEN ME AND TRUMP SHOW I’M
THE HEAVIEST FAVORITE TO BEAT
HIM ONE-ON-ONE, IN LARGE PART
BECAUSE 18% OF COLLEGE
REPUBLICANS SAY THEY WOULD
SUPPORT ME OVER THE PRESIDENT,
10% OF TRUMP VOTERS IN NEW
HAMPSHIRE IN ONE POLL SAID THEY
WOULD SUPPORT ME OVER THE
PRESIDENT.
PRESIDENT. YOU KNOW WHO FIGURED THIS OUT?
PRESIDENT TRUMP, BECAUSE I’M THE
ONLY CANDIDATE HE HAS NOT
TWEETED A WORD ABOUT.
HE KNOWS I’M BETTERER AT THE
INTERNET THAN HE IS.
>> ANDREW, WE HAD YOU ON "THE
CIRCUS" LAST NIGHT.
THANK YOU FOR BEING ON THE SHOW.
ONE OF THE THINGS I LEARNED FROM
THE INTERVIEW IS YOU WERE A
SANDERS SUPPORTER IN 2016.
I’M CURIOUS, THERE’S GOING TO BE
CAUCUS SITES WHERE GIVEN YOUR
LEVEL OF SUPPORT, YOU’RE NOT
GOING TO MAKE THE 15% THRESHOLD.
SOME NUMBER.
SOME NUMBER. THERE’S 1900 CAUCUS SITES.
YOU’RE A MATH GUY, WE CAN DO THE
MATH.
MATH. WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT YOUR
SUPPORTERS, AS THEY THINK ABOUT
A SECOND CHOICE, THAT THEY ARE
SANDERS PEOPLE AND THAT’S WHERE
THEY’RE LIKELY TO GRAVITATE IN
THE SAME WAY YOU TALKED ABOUT
HOW YOU WERE PREVIOUSLY A
SANDERS SUPPORTER?
SANDERS SUPPORTER? >> I THINK THERE’S A LOT OF
OVERLAP BETWEEN MY SUPPORTERS
AND BERNIE’S.
AND BERNIE’S. FOR EXAMPLE, BERNIE WAS SECOND
IN THE YOUTH POLL WE WERE
TALKING ABOUT.
TALKING ABOUT. AT THE SAME TIME, I THINK SOME
OF MY SUPPORTERS WILL HEAD
TOWARDS PETE, AMY, ELIZABETH,
JOE.
JOE. ALL DOWN THE LIST.
I DID DONATE TO BERNIE’S
CAMPAIGN IN 2016, BUT THEN I
VOTED FOR HILLARY IN THE GENERAL
BECAUSE I’M PRO CIVILIZATION.
>> THAT’S RADICAL.
>> WE HAVE TO MAKE IT
NONRADICAL, KATTY.
NONRADICAL, KATTY. >> I HAVE A COUPLE KIDS WHO ARE
VERY INTERESTED IN YOUR
CAMPAIGN, BUT EVEN THEY WILL SAY
TO ME, WE JUST DON’T THINK HE’S
GOING TO GET OUT OF THAT FIFTH
PLACE YOU’RE BUMPING AROUND IN
IN PRETTY MUCH ALL OF THE POLLS
AT THE MOMENT.
WHAT DO YOU DO IF YOU COME OUT
OF IOWA STILL IN FIFTH, SIXTH
PLACE.
PLACE. HOW ARE YOU GOING TO LAUNCH INTO
SOMEBODY WHO PEOPLE WHO SEEMS
VIABLE BUT JUST ISN’T GOING TO
BE A PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE?
>> THERE WAS ANOTHER POLL THAT
SHOWED ME TO BE AMONG THE LEAST
DISAPPOINTING FIELD IN THE
DEMOCRATS.
DEMOCRATS. A LOT OF PEOPLE WOULD BE
PERFECTLY HAPPY WITH ME.
I THINK WE’RE GOING TO HAVE A
GREAT NIGHT TONIGHT, KATTY, AND
I THINK WE’RE PARTICULARLY
STRONG IN NEW HAMPSHIRE,
UPCOMING.
UPCOMING. NEW HAMPSHIRE HAS BEEN A VERY
NATURAL HOME FOR ME AND MY
CAMPAIGN SINCE DAY ONE.
I’M EXCITED FOR TONIGHT, BUT I’M
EXCITED ABOUT NEXT WEEK AS WELL.
>> WILLIE AND I DID VERY WELL IN
HE DOESN’T COMPLETELY SUCK AS A
CABLE NEWS HOST POLL THAT CAME
OUT.
OUT. >> ONE AND TWO.
>> YEAH, ONE AND TWO, EXACTLY.
>> STATISTICAL TIE.
>> IT WAS CLOSE.
>> WE JUST PUT UP A POLL.
>> THIS POLL IS FASCINATING.
>> A POLL THAT WAS VERY
FASCINATING.
FASCINATING. IT JUMPED OUT TO A LOT OF
PEOPLE.
PEOPLE. THE QUESTION WAS, WILL YOU
SUPPORT THE DEMOCRATIC NOMINEE
EVEN IF HE OR SHE IS NOT YOUR
CANDIDATE.
CANDIDATE. YOUR SUPPORTERS, 42% OF THEM
SAID NO.
SAID NO. >> WHAT?
>> WHAT? >> IN OTHER WORDS, IT’S ABOUT
YOU AND NOT ABOUT THE DEMOCRATIC
CANDIDATE.
CANDIDATE. WHAT’S YOUR REACTION TO THAT?
WOULD YOU SUGGEST THEY SUPPORT
WHOEVER THE NOMINEE IS?
>> I WOULD SUGGEST THAT SUPPORT
WHOEVER THE NOMINEE IS.
I’M ON THE RECORD SAYING I’M
GOING TO SUPPORT WHOEVER THE
NOMINEE IS, BECAUSE JOB ONE IS
BEATING DONALD TRUMP AND GETTING
HIM OUT OF THERE.
>> BOTTOM LINE.
OKAY.
OKAY. >> BUT I WILL SAY THAT A POLL
SHOWS I’M DRAWING IN PEOPLE WHO
VOTED FOR DONALD TRUMP IN THE
GENERAL IN 2016.
I’M GETTING LIBERTARIANS, THE
PLATICALLY DISSEN AGEDENGAGEDISE
KWM EXCITING PEOPLE WHO HAVEN’T
BEEN TYPICALLY IN THE DEMOCRATIC
PARTY.
PARTY. THAT MEANS I CAN GROW THE PARTY.
>> WHY DO YOU THINK YOU EXCITE
PEOPLE IN A WAY OTHER DEMOCRATS
DON’T?
DON’T? >> I THINK I’M TALKING ABOUT
DIFFERENT PROBLEMS IN DIFFERENT
WAYS WITH DIFFERENT SOLUTIONS
THAN MOST OF THE OTHER
CANDIDATES.
CANDIDATES. MOST OF THE OTHER CANDIDATES ARE
SPEAKING POLITICALLY, AND I’M
NOT A CAREER POLITICIAN, AS YOU
KNOW.
KNOW. I’M A DATA AND NUMBERS GUY.
TO ME, THE MOST COMPELLING
NUMBERS RIGHT NOW IN MY MIND,
THIS ECONOMY IS NOT WORKING FOR
THE VAST MAJORITY OF AMERICAN
FAMILIES.
FAMILIES. THE QUESTION IS HOW DO YOU
CHANGE THAT?
CHANGE THAT? MY SOLUTION IS TO PUT MONEY
DIRECTLY INTO AMERICANS’ HANDS,
WHICH WOULD IMPROVE THEIR WAY OF
LIFE VERY QUICKLY AND DIRECTLY.
THAT’S A DIFFERENT CONVERSATION
THAN MOST POLITICIANS HAVE BEEN
OFFERING FOR YEARS.
IT’S ONE REASON WHY I’M DRAWING
IN NEW VOTERS.
>> ANDREW YANG, THANK YOU FOR
JOINING US.
JOINING US. GREAT TO HAVE YOU.