Democratic presidential candidate Andrew Yang loves to play basketball while on the campaign trail. Chris Cillizza met up with him in New Hampshire for a quick game of P-O-T-U-S. Here's how it went down.
To check out their full conversation, watch the interview here: .
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Hey, Chris here — who is your favorite basketball player?
No, see who can outplay? https://youtu.be/WHf6L8T_kOs
Why is he still in the Race. He will get Trump elected again in 2020. Just watch.
All the ones that vote Team Trump!!!!!!
@cnn you know you’re supposed to get a second try on the final letter? I’d like a yang Obama game of 21
Andrew Yang. He def has my vote as well!
Why is CNN out of nowhere obsessed with Andrew Yang?
Because they missed him at the last debate!
@Natalie Cheah Obviously the Dramacrat sheeple don’t feel the same or they would have backed him better. CNN is showboating a has been because Sanders and Warren are starting the backbiting. The Dramacrat party is falling apart.
KAG2020!
@mopthermopther that sounds familiar. Did you just quote butt edge edge?
@Earnest Lee Saddened I agree about the DNC falling apart, though I think Andrew is the best out of anyone there running. To me, I’d vote for the candidate I can live with in the primary, so when general rolls around I’d be happy with either (Trump or Yang)!
Damage control
Lol, CNN going Yang hard now that they realize Biden and Warren are unelectable.
Any content with Yang drives traffic and engagement like crazy. Traffic is the lifeline of media. Regardless, Yang’s message is growing on people daily.
Maybe Lemonhead and Fredo are hard for Yang, but it isn’t over politics.
KAG2020!
I have a 3 year old baby shark is running through my head all day. Smh
RellyR510 it’s one of the top-watched YouTube videos of all time. I’m a 33-year-old childless man and for a while it was my favorite song. It’s timeless.
Doo doo doo Doo doo doo
As do everyone who has kids. There is not getting away from it.
Baby shark doo doo baby OHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH YEAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHH
Our future President Ladies and Gentlemen. 😉
Lol you dorks wish
Don’t jinx it dude
😭
@O SNOOPY SNOOP #1 You scream then mute? You’re a coward. And if you had an iota of reliance on Yang the vote buyer, you’d stand your ground. None of those lefties stand a snowball’s chance against DJT!
KAG2020!
Of the PTA
regardless of his potential as a presidential candidate or whether or not you agree with his campaign, yang is just a likable dude
@williampatrickwoods VAT is a tax. it’s a consumption tax.for crying out loud, don’t they teach basic economics in school anymore. the tax is passed on to consumers. thus they buy less of the product which results in layoffs. it’s insane that we have to keep having the same arguments that were settled by history and experience decades ago.
Only by the few.
@Ulitarism #sweetpontang2020
@Tiffany You have no dog in the fight, good to know that you are irrelevant. No more attention for you.
KAG2020!
@Tiffany You still here? Oh well. If Manson advertised his plans like Yang is, lots less people would have had to die. But some people, like you, stick their noses into other peoples business for attention. We’re done here.
I see him all the time and I’m getting to like the guy
I would love to hear him in debates
He was in every single debate except the last one.
Moon Child he’s been all apart from the most recent (he was robbed tbh as he reached the threshold a phew hours after the deadline) so check his clips form the last lot
Check out the Matt and Zach YouTube channel for all his past debate performances. They are incredible.
Well it seems that the Dramacrat voters aren’t giving a damn about Yang or he would by higher in the polls. Tough luck. You will have to earn that $1000 a month flipping burgers.
KAG2020!
All you need to do is #YouTubeAndrewYang #YangGang
Yang should definitely be in the next administration. His ideas are valuable ⚡️
No, he should definitely be President of the United of America ✊🏾🧢🇺🇸
@Andre “the book man” Page Right. President of the United States is the only place he should be. Why get the same thing every 4 years when you could finally see a dramatic change in this country? I don’t get some of these people
A Yang presidency would excel this country at a rate that we haven’t seen before! It would basically be a new age for Humanity. A stepping stone, if you will.
Only valuable to money grubbing whores.
“It is not left, not right, but FORWARD!”–Andrew Yang
@Loki Dog nope 😆
@George Man That’s why some people get lost or go off the cliff!
I can’t wait to get your money for free, you bozo. Too bad Yang isn’t getting picked. Dramacrats are fixing it for Biden, if he stays out of jail.
KAG2020!
@Loki Dog He’s a self proclaimed capitalist. The freedom dividend will grow our economy anywhere from 12% to 20%, create millions of jobs, address automation and trillion dollar companies that pay less in taxes than you or I while closing malls, automating our jobs, and selling and reselling our data. Trust me, Trump voters wouldn’t support Yang as they do more than any other candidate if he were a socialist or communist like Bernie.
@Canadian Progressive are you actually Canadian? Cause you’re giving us a bad rap with all of this misrepresentation and misinformation
Yang finally being treated like a serious candidate. Nothing can stop us now! #YangGang #Yang2020 🇺🇸🇺🇸
Like a serious candidate?
Chris played basketball with him and asked stupid questions unrelated to being president.
Yang is everywhere, what is going on here! Did the last debate finally snap people’s minds to realize Yang is the man?
OK, he’s got some game! Now let’s see him sing: https://youtu.be/UW9GfRIuFuE
The last debate was as exciting as eating a bowl of grapenuts.
Yang is the man with his hand in YOUR pocket willie. Once his plan comes up short, you get to cover the shortage. Wake up.
the last debate is so boring
@Stevie They can’t all say yes to open borders and free everything for illegals on EVERY “debate”. Maybe more people on the left should have backed the DIVERSE candidates. I mean, that is the leftie shtick, isn’t it? No old white people?
KAG2020!
His musical taste alone is reason to vote for him.
He seems like a normal guy. That would be a nice change in politics
@Custis Long lol that would make trump majorly unqualified
Tariq Shaw .Talkin bout Yang. Focus
@Custis Long I think that being in touch with normal people is an important quality to have as president, along with the many other qualities of the yang campaign that make it my favorite
Normal except he’s also a genius, visionary, and great humanitarian. Tell me you don’t agree after reading this: https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2020/01/15/opinion/andrew-yang-nytimes-interview.html
@Custis Long Good thing Yang has 150+ policies on his website and the freedom dividend FAQs put to rest all the common concerns most people have: “how do we pay for it”, Inflation, people will spend it on drugs/gambling, VAT tax is regressive, etc.
https://freedom-dividend.com/
https://www.yang2020.com/what-is-freedom-dividend-faq/
https://www.yang2020.com/policies/
Why I’m enjoying this too much? Is just two middle aged men playing boring basketball … This is crazy. #YangGang
Jose Luis Cañas Taborda I think it’s because we forget that it’s ok to do something because you enjoy it, not because you are talented at it.
With all the Yang blackout then to constant coverage even though he wasn’t in the Iowa debate….methinks some fuckery is afoot here.
Not of the sinister kind, mehopes!
LMFAO, this is a CNN punt. The only thing that they can do since the Dramacrat party and fake news is faceplanting.
Yang is all over the media now, interesting.
Warren killed her bid by going after Bernie, Biden is obviously not making it, Bernie’s whole Veritas re-education camp scandal is also having an impact on his popularity, so all of these guys are out so now CNN is reconsidering their options. I’m voting Trump though cause CNN does not control my vote lol.
He’s earned it and it’s about time. He should be everywhere and is wanted by every country to lead them if the US is too corrupt and lazy to recognize his greatness as a real visionary and humanitarian.
They can’t talk about the commie, the “injun” or the hair sniffer any more. But no matter.
KAG2020!
Correct response to first concert Depeche Mode… Cillizza: “yess!”
Correct response to first concert Depeche Mode… Cillizza: “yess!”
When will.thr Democrats realize yang is their best nominee?
When Biden has lost to Trump?
Best maybe, but none of them hold a candle to Donald John Trump. ETERNALLY IMPEACHED OR NOT!
KAG2020!
Suddenly a fan of this Chris guy. He’s a fun interview.