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A former tech company executive who's a political newcomer.
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"I am not a career politician, as most of you know. I'm an entrepreneur."
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With a devoted internet following.
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"Hello, I'm Andrew Yang.”
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And an army of memes.
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Andrew Yang is running for president.
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So, who is he?
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Yang is the son of Taiwanese immigrants and a lawyer by training.
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But he made his mark as an entrepreneur.
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He helped build a college test preparation business that was bought by a big company.
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And it made him a modest fortune.
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"Are you ready to build something?”
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After that, he started an organization that connects college graduates with startups.
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That job took him across the Midwest and eventually led him to politics.
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"We automated away four million manufacturing jobs in Michigan, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Wisconsin, and so I was like, why are we not talking about that? So, that's where this all started.”
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So, what are his priorities?
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Well, he's got a long list.
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But the one policy that's turning heads:
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"Universal basic income”
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"Universal basic income”
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"He calls it the Freedom Dividend.”
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"Now if you've heard anything about me, you've heard that there's an Asian man running for president who wants to give everyone $1,000 a month. And all of those things are true.”
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Yang says this will ease the pain caused by the robot apocalypse, as more jobs become automated.
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His internet army, known as the Yang Gang, "Where's the money? Where's the money? We have the money." helped sell the policy with the #SecureTheBag hashtag.
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But opponents of the plan say its price tag makes it unrealistic.
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It could cost approximately $2 trillion, roughly half the current federal budget.
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Some of his other policy proposals?
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Medicare for all, gun safety and even free marriage counseling for all.
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The dilemma to Yang as an internet darling?
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Some of that support is coming from the internet's far right, in places like 4chan, Gab and 8chan.
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Yang has spoken out against it.
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But there's no doubt it's helped him go viral.
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"You know, it's been a point of confusion because I don't look much like a white nationalist. So, I've completely disavowed any of that support.”
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What's his relationship with President Trump?
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Well, Yang has positioned himself like this: "The opposite of Donald Trump is an Asian guy who likes math.
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And then there's even an acronym we're working with, which is Make America Think.”
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And he hasn't held back.
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"As an entrepreneur, most entrepreneurs feel like Donald Trump gives us all a bad name and he's more of a marketing charlatan than he is a real builder.”
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Yang doesn't seem to be on Trump's radar just yet.
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Yang says he's the candidate to beat Trump because he's focused on the economic anxiety that got Trump into the White House.
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"We need to evolve to the next form of our economy in order for Americans to have a path forward.”
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So, what are his chances?
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Yang is still a fringe candidate by conventional standards and polling behind the leading Democratic contenders.
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“Yang Gang 2020. Yang Gang 2020.”
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But in an era where a so-called meme army helped President Trump win, being an online megastar could still count for something.