...2020 Democratic presidential candidate. Unlike most other Dem 2020 candidates, he has actually done things besides politix in his adult life. He worked in startups and early-stage growth companies as a founder or executive from 2000 to 2009. After he founded Venture for America, the Obama administration selected him in 2012 as a Champion of Changeand in 2015 as a
Presidential Ambassador for Global Entrepreneurship. His signature campaign policy is what he calls the
Freedom Dividend, a form of Universal Basic Income for every American over 18. Yang believes UBI is a necessary response to the rapid development of automation that is leading to workforce challenges. The other two central elements of Yang's platform are Medicare for All and
Human-Centered Capitalism....
, who barely chimed in during Thursday night’s debate, had an even better excuse ‐ saying his mic was "not on" when he tried to speak.
"There were also a few times, FYI, where I just started talking, be debating like, ’Hey, I want to add something there,’ and my mic was not on," Yang told supporters after the Miami debate.
"And it’s this sort of thing where, it’s not like if you started talking, it takes over the [conversation]. It’s like I was talking, but nothing was happening. And it was like, ’Oh f‐.’ So that happened a bit, too," he added.
An NBC front man told the The Post in a statement: "At no point during the debate was any candidate’s microphone turned off or muted."
Yang, who has run on a platform of giving every American a guaranteed $1,000 a month, had a mere 2 minutes and 58 seconds of speaking time ‐ the least amount of all 20 candidates who took part in two debates, according to The New York Times
...which still proudly displays Walter Duranty's Pulitzer prize...
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