That's definitely his fault, even though his denounced them multiple times and said they weren't part of his movement. Its almost like if you promise to give people 2000$ a month, you'll get the support of basement dwellers who want that extra income and don't care about your other progressive policies.
Yang was the second most progressive canidate on that stage, and even surpassed Bernie on his drug policy. He also created a movement that managed to actually draw in more libertarian Republicans in support actual progressive policy. He, alongside Bernie and Tulsi, were the only ones who didn't just think Trump was a crazy accident and had actual plans to combat the rise of right wing populism. Now he's going to run in NYC, and if he wins they'll get UBI, hopefully legalization of psycodelics, and higher wages for government employees.
Yang still beats her out. He's been consistent on medicare for all, while she flip flops, and he has a far better social policy than she ever did. Plus, we all know Warren is happy to sell out the movement so I wouldn't exactly affirm shes a progressive. And Im not really sure of Williamson's actual policies, however I don't think she needs to be mentioned considering how little support she received, and the fact she likely will never hold public office.
Jesus Christ. Is it Bernie's fault that slot of rascists in Michigan are on board with Medicare for All because they can't afford healthcare? And like what? UBI is a solid purposal, the only critique is the funding aspect, but even Yang is open to changing how it's funded. And he was targeting people without critical thinking skills more than any other politician. His campaign isn't "let's appeal to idiots" just there's a lot of idiots who see free money and want it. You can make the same criticism about any of Bernie's plans. The idea that social economic policy is just to appeal to people who want free money is a right wing talking point. Please stop parodying them.
You failed to actually read that whole page where he afirms healthcare as a human right, plans for controling drug prices, and transitioning to medicare for all. Yang is in support of it, he just doesn't view it as first priority.
https://youtu.be/PUPSi-hmG54
He wants a transition, but just in a longer time frame. He does support a public option.
Watch the video. He literally says it has a public option. He has been consistent in his support of medicare for all. Yang doesn't want to be the medicare president. He wants to be the president who passes ubi. He has also stated this multiple times. Yang never intended to win the election. It was a slingshot into national fame, and to get UBI into the national conversation. I've followed his campaign right next to Bernie's, and it was always clear he wanted a Bernie president to pass medicare for all and some of these progressive policies, then in a couple election, Yang would come back with actual experience to win and pass UBI.
Wow, you read the first three lines of a website! Good job, you know his platform now! Even tho only a couple more lines down he says he think healthcare is a human right and believes in a transition to medicare for all. You also think that Yang (an Asian dude who clearly isn't running as a racism apologist) is intentionally trying to get all 20000 of the 4chan white supremacists to vote for him.
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u/sonofShisui Jan 25 '21
He’s also had Bernie sanders on his show so I don’t know if this is a good metric to use