Are Asian Americans taken back by Yang telling jokes?

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I did not realize he was doing this, but he was on Meet the Press with Chuck Todd:

CHUCK TODD:

Let me ask you one question that has to do with your own identity in this country. And this was a criticism written about you having to do with something you said during the last debate. Frank Shyong writes the following in The L.A. Times. "Seeing Yang up on the Democratic primary debate stage should've been a thrilling milestone for me as a fellow Taiwanese-American. But when I heard him use model minority stereotypes to describe himself, it was hard to feel proud. He still felt that the most practical use of his identity on a national stage was as a joke." You've had quite a few Asian American columnists write critiques of this, bothered by this a bit. What do you say to that criticism?

ANDREW YANG:

I am very proud of my heritage and I'm very proud of being the first Asian American man to run for president as a Democrat. And I think Americans around smart enough and savvy enough to know a joke when they hear it. I think that dragging some of these myths into the light actually makes them less powerful and helps dispel them.

CHUCK TODD:

Has it bothered you, that it has attracted -- I noticed earlier this week you've had to push back on this idea, I guess some white supremacists started saying nice things about your candidacy due to the political incorrectness, I guess you want to call it that, you push back hard on that. Does it bother you that that group of voters seems attracted to your candidacy?

ANDREW YANG:

Well, I've completely disavowed any sort of --

CHUCK TODD:

I know you have.

More about this interview

https://www.nbcnews.com/meet-the-press/meet-press-november-3-2019-n1075816

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1. If Yang can deliver PA, WI, MI and possibly OH

then he is the man regardless of his standing in the primary.

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2. Video:

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3. Thanks for the video!

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4. Chuck's framing was really annoying - "giving up on creating jobs"?

One of the main benefits of the UBI is that it will stimulate the economy to create MORE jobs.

He's so annoying.