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Andrew Yang claims his mic was turned off during debate

[NYPOST] Presidential contender Andrew Yang

...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 Change and 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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Posted by Fred 2019-06-29 00:00|| || Front Page|| [11134 views ] Top

#1 Thanks life on Jeopardy, baby.

Posted by Procopius2k 2019-06-29 08:19|| 2019-06-29 08:19|| Front Page Top

#2 "... and I had the mic, I was talking and the thoughts were forming but nothing was coming out... the others were going on, and I wanted to go on too and I thought ohh ! I just didn't think it would be like this ! And before I new it, it was over...."

- Andrew 'Blither' Yang

Posted by Dron66046 2019-06-29 15:47|| 2019-06-29 15:47|| Front Page Top

#3 "Yang told supporters", both of them: "Mom, Dad. My mic didn't work, otherwise I would have won!"

Posted by Creling Pelosi3622 2019-06-29 21:49|| 2019-06-29 21:49|| Front Page Top

#4 Perhaps he should thank the technicians. "It is better to be silent and be thought a fool than to open your mouth and remove all doubt."

Posted by james 2019-06-29 23:21|| https://idontknowbut.blogspot.com 2019-06-29 23:21|| Front Page Top

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