2020 Democratic presidential primary

initially read that as "handsomest" and almost smashed that FP button

If Biden runs, it's a three way contest between him, Sanders and Harris. If he doesn't run it's Sanders in a landslide. Is how I see it.

Warren is still in it.

That WaPo article about the Beto documentary at sxsw was not a good look for him.

I figured Biden wouldn't be able to resist given the poll numbers. But my lord are there about a million things to legitimately attack him for.

Everything is going to be exhausting and a waste of time and money. America 2020!

Yang beginning to get more traction

It looks like Andrew Yang will make the debates so it's probably time to consider him a "major" candidate. We're going to do a theory-of-the-case for him, as we have for other major 2020 candidates. https://t.co/n7vbSLdMXw

— Nate Silver (@NateSilver538) March 12, 2019

Hope he goes far enough to influence the debate, only interesting choice besides the obvious two of warren/bernie

I know lots of people here and on lefty Twitter love to shit on the Pod Save guys but I think they're generally pretty good. However, I reserve the right to flip-flop on that position if Beto announces his candidacy and they go fully in the tank for him, as I fear they might.

I don't have enough room in my brain for this Yang dude with all these other candidates. someone linked to his campaign page here I think and a cursory glance seemed promising, but then I see yesterday that he's rubbed shoulders a few times with the alt-right and Fucker Carlson.

maybe biden and beto could run together as father and son creep team

I see yesterday that he's rubbed shoulders a few times with the alt-right and Fucker Carlson.

― Evans on Hammond (evol j),

Depends on your take on the merits of going on fox etc. I think its a good idea, especially for a smaller candidate, all votes count

"I denounce and disavow hatred, bigotry, racism, white nationalism, anti-Semitism and the alt-right in all its many forms. Full stop. For anyone with this agenda, we do not want your support. We do not want your votes. You are not welcome in this campaign.”"

Yang's statement

who the hell's Andrew Yang

They ran a grid of all the Dem candidates on the Daily Show last night? (including a pic of Tyrion Lannister) and we were both like, who's that asian guy?

I believe the correct phrasing is: who da fuq is andrew yang

Taiwan reprezent.

dropping this condensed block of posts here with for my own future reference with zero enthusiasm

my thinking since early 2017 was that the 2020 Dem ticket would be Biden/Warren but i guess Beto/Harris is the new fashionable bet
i mean biden would be 82 at the end of his first term but maybe that's an actual selling point
i have a hard time believing the dems are going to double down on a female nominee in the face of a second term of Trump
but of course, I (and everyone else) don't know anything about anything in this brave new world and every assumption that was bedrock crumbles in unexpected new ways virtually every day
happy new year

― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Monday, December 31, 2018 6:23 PM

well, you did use "double down"

https://i.imgur.com/2JqLfYl.gif

I like Yang’s Local Journalism Fund idea. American Mall Act seems weird but sure, why not? https://www.yang2020.com/policies/american-mall-act/

xp i think presenting a democratic party candidate that is a woman in 2020 would be considered doubling down! i think it's entirely possible that a considerable amount of americans - and possibly a plurality - hate and distrust women more than they hate and distrust trump! it's really fucked up!

(I am not in the YangGang I just looked at his website last night)

"entirely possible"

hope springs eternal

Oh man, I've been talking about what to do with empty malls for years. It's weird that those spaces have never been repurposed/taken over for community open spaces.

The one mall i frequented so much as a teenager, I got drunk one night and outlined what certain areas and timeslots were designated for (continuuing ed classrooms, daycare to preschool to K, sr citizen mile walkway.)

https://www.politico.com/story/2015/10/joe-biden-beau-2016-214459

I somehow missed that Biden leaked the "dying wish" story himself

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/D1kPYl2WoAI9Pon.jpg:large

"One Love. One Heart. Let's get together and feel all right." - Andrew Yang

hey little girl is your daddy home?
did he go away and leave you all alone?

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/D1kZdPhVYAA8c4a.jpg:small

LOL. That poor dog.

what could he possibly add to this race?

a good use of his career would be helping to grow the democratic party in texas.

he's bigger than Texas*. he belongs to the world now.

*this is not true

what could he possibly add to this race?

― Trϵϵship, Wednesday, March 13, 2019 5:38 PM (eighteen minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

I think he can take a lot from Biden's base.

No one's ever written about how hard Biden would make them cum.

every 20 years america needs a president who knows how to clear brush on the ranch

Milo that is almost certainly not true

Obama/Biden slash fic doesn't count

I like a lot of Andrew Yang's policies but "humanity first" is such a lol campaign slogan

he'll probably get a lot of the Joe Rogan crowd for what that's worth

what is the joe rogan crowd? whenever i hear about someone being a guest on his show it's usually someone alt-light

Rogan’s audience is impressionable. More liberals and leftists should go on the program.

ooof

Beto is now the "wow this blew up" second tweet in human form

— Victor Luckerson (@VLuck) March 13, 2019

Better they embrace yang than ben shapiro

LOL. That poor dog.

― Yerac, Wednesday, March 13, 2019 5:36 PM (forty-three minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

what could he possibly add to this race?

― Trϵϵship, Wednesday, March 13, 2019

He makes Beto human.

He doesn’t have the easy manner of elizabeth warren’s dog, bailey

But maybe america is looking for authenticity

LOL. That poor dog.

― Yerac, Wednesday, March 13, 2019 5:36 PM (forty-three minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

hello. yes. this is dog

https://www.theverge.com/2019/3/9/18256622/andrew-yang-2020-president-meme-yanggang

“Andrew Yang supporters, be SMART with your memes.”

The post appeared on the Yang For President subreddit on Thursday, warning supporters against creating anything that might reflect poorly on the candidate. “I get it,” the author warned, “you want to show off how dark your sense of humor is.” Pro-Yang memes are fine, the post argued, but the latest flood of Pepe and Trump-adjacent rage comics “reinforces the stereotype we are trying to avoid.”

“Seriously,” the message closed, “the memes being spread right now are sabotage.”

A tour through 4chan’s notoriously toxic /pol/ forum shows what the poster was so worried about. Yang is a minor player in the Democratic primary so far, an entrepreneur and political outsider with no traditional base of support. But on /pol/, he’s the only candidate that matters. The boards are full of Yang-related memes, including familiar faces like Wojak and Pepe. One reworked the Virgin / Chad meme (contrasting a dejected virgin with a carefree and popular Chad) to show Yang triumphing over a humiliated Trump.

More to the point:

Yang’s supporters — known online as the “YangGang” — seem to be drawn from across the political spectrum. According to the Daily Beast, Yang saw a surge of new supporters after an appearance on the Joe Rogan Experience in February, often a crossover point between mainstream culture and the fringe right. At the same time, his Universal Basic Income proposal has proven genuinely popular with younger voters disenchanted with conventional politics.

“He feels like someone who forms his own ideas and knows what he’s talking about,” one online supporter told me. “And YangGang sounds like a dope group to be a part of.”