While upstart Presidential candidate Andrew Yang is facing a key cutoff date Friday to qualify for the upcoming Democratic debate in Iowa next week, he remains optimistic about his campaign’s chances in the state when the caucuses open next month.
He raised $16.5 million in the fourth quarter, his campaigns’ best performance to date, and this week the New York Times reported that Yang was performing well in New Hampshire with the kind of young, independent and libertarian voters that propelled Bernie Sanders to a primary victory there in 2016.
When Hartman noted Yang was now getting traction with older voters as well, Yang turned to one of his favorite topics — the rise of automation and its impact on manufacturing jobs, as well the role of Amazon in the loss of retail jobs.
“Older people in Iowa and Minnesota can see that we're not doing right by them, we're not doing right by their kids or their families and we have to rewrite the rules of the 21st Century economy so that it works for the people right there in Iowa and Minnesota, instead of having their Main Streets all close and get sucked dry by a trillion dollar tech company that's literally paying zero in taxes.”
Listen to the full interview, including Yang’s thoughts on the Trump administration's decision to assassinate Iranian General Qasem Soleimani, below: