Yang shouts 'I'm over here' as moderator mistakenly refers to Steyer by his name

The Hill ^ | December 19, 2019 | Marina Pitofsky

[yesthatjallen]

PBS NewsHour’s Judy Woodruff mistakenly referred to Andrew Yang at the beginning of Thursday night's Democratic debate when she was seeking to ask a question to rival candidate Tom Steyer.

The confusing moment came as Woodruff was asking the candidates how they'd convince more people to back the impeachment of President Trump.

“Mr. Yang, what more,” Woodruff began her question about President Trump’s impeachment while looking at Steyer.

“I’m over here,” Yang responded.

He then began clapping and appeared to ask “Judy?” before Woodruff corrected herself and directed the question to Steyer.

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[yesthatjallen]

They may not look alike but they're interchangeable.

The Wednesday debate was hosted by PBS NewsHour and Politico.

This is why President Trump is considering skipping debates.

[House Atreides]

All the deranged DemocRATS are beginning to look the same.

[CondoleezzaProtege]

Yang isn’t even the worst of the bunch. But all of em put together explain why Nancy threw all her cards in the basket with the impeachment farce.

[Eddie01]

Funny. I forgot they were on.

Watching forged in fire.

[TexasGator]

“This is why President Trump is considering skipping debates. “

NO WAY!

[dblshot]

I suppose discovering actual evidence didn't cross Judy's mind

[ncalburt]

that old commie with a rats nest on her head is still alive .

[olesigh]

what happened to cory booker

[yesthatjallen]

Businessman Andrew Yang addressed the diversity of the 2020 Democratic primary field, saying he was disappointed that he was the only candidate of color at Thursday’s debate.

“It's both an honor and disappointment to be the lone candidate on this stage tonight. I miss Kamala. I miss Cory, though I think Cory will be back,” he said, referring to Sen. Kamala Harris (D-Calif.), who dropped out of the White House race, and Sen. Cory Booker (D-N.J.), who failed to qualify for Thursday’s event.

[Carriage Hill]

Judy Driftwood is getting senile.

[olesigh]

so cory is still in. Thanx

‘By the way Yang said he was the lone person of COLOR.

[timestax]

bttt

[Zhang Fei]

I’m surprised Yang is still in the running. I thought he’d be gone by now. This season’s roster of remaining Democratic candidates includes a remarkably large number of private sector people/non-politicians. Bloomberg is technically an ex-mayor, but he received no salary during his NYC tenure, and is better known for his vast personal fortune. Steyer bought his way in.

Yang, on the other hand, has no money to speak of, yet got enough donations and garnered enough support in the polling to stay in, despite zero political connections. Whatever you might say about him, he’s well-organized and nimble. A respectable showing by a nobody in political terms, who doesn’t have the personal funds to push himself to the front of the line. There’s probably a future for him somewhere in Democratic politics.

[timestax]

[timestax]

[Psalm 73]

Judy Woodruff - dumb as a bag of hammers.

[Zhang Fei]

[so cory is still in. Thanx

‘By the way Yang said he was the lone person of COLOR.]

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On the stage. And Yang’s not really a person of color in the sense the media means, i.e. black. It’s pretty pathetic that a political insider like Cory Booker (ex-Newark mayor and sitting senator from NJ), and a big built-in voting block (blacks are ~25% of the Democratic primary vote) can’t get the poll numbers to qualify for the debates, but a rank novice with no money and no built-in political organization like Yang can.

[DUMBGRUNT]

‘what happened to cory booker”

He scheduled a series of meetings with his mentor, Mr T-Bone.

Working to resurrect his campaign for a strong finish in Iowa.

[Songcraft]

Whipped Creamy Yang has a can ready for just about all of his fellow Damnedoldcrotchrot Party "contenders".

       

[olesigh]

I’m sure Iowans are waiting to put him over the top.