Yang: Trump followers 'kind of like me'

[RandySF]

Entrepreneur and Democratic presidential candidate Andrew Yang joked Thursday that he is President Trump’s “worst nightmare” heading into the 2020 elections and that his supporters “kind of like me.”

“You know who’s figured out that I’m the worst nightmare for Donald Trump in the general? Donald Trump,” Yang said at a town hall in Iowa Thursday.

Yang continued, saying that the president has “tweeted about every candidate in the field except for me,” for three reasons.

“One, he knows his followers kind of like me,” Yang said, though he did not immediately provide any evidence of his claim. “Two, I’m better at the internet than he is.”

“And the third reason is that most of his most potent attacks are what? You’re a corrupt politician. You’re a creature of D.C. Like none of that stuff works on me," the entrepreneur continued, referencing the president’s frequent attacks against longtime Washington figures.




https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/479686-yang-trump-followers-kind-of-like-me

[Recursion]

1. There's definitely a contingent of Trumpgret people in the Yang online communities

It's not particularly helpful in the primaries but I think it's one of Yang's strengths as a candidate.

[redqueen]

2. K&R

All true.

[W_HAMILTON]

3. I sure bet they do, given that Yang has said that he would consider pardoning Trump's crimes.

[rogue emissary]

4. "though he did not immediately provide any evidence of his claim."

A perfect summation of Yang's campaign.