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brooklynite

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1. Good riddance.

Reply to Celerity (Original post)

Mon Oct 4, 2021, 12:20 PM

Oct 2021

Let's be blunt. Yang ISN'T a good political leader. He was a bad candidate for President and a bad candidate for Mayor, for the simple reason that he couldn't get people to vote for him, or get his policy initiatives addressed. Plenty of substantive Democrats to work with.

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Andrew Yang to leave the Democratic Party [View all] Celerity Oct 2021 OP

Good riddance. brooklynite Oct 2021 #1

Bye Felicia. Bleacher Creature Oct 2021 #2

Yang is a bright guy and I think he means well but he sucks at politics. Ocelot II Oct 2021 #3

See ya! BlueJac Oct 2021 #4

Don't let the door hit ya on the way out!! InAbLuEsTaTe Oct 2021 #5

Buh bye. mcar Oct 2021 #6

One good idea does not make a candidate lame54 Oct 2021 #7

I have no interest in anything Yang has to say...bya... Demsrule86 Oct 2021 #8

Nobody will really notice... MineralMan Oct 2021 #9

That's how you know he's a phony Hav Oct 2021 #10