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I do not have any personal experience, but sadly it does not sound too surprising from what's been out publicly. The moment he dropped out and immediately got t

by geeB 5y ago

I do not have any personal experience, but sadly it does not sound too surprising from what's been out publicly. The moment he dropped out and immediately got the CNN job really changed my perception of him. Then after some events from his mayoral campaign, such as his Israel comments or the Staten Island ferry cowboy incident, it's pretty clear he is a politician like many others.

qPM9l3XJrF 5y ago
"When I Ran for President, It Messed With My Head" https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2021/10/03/andrew-yang-book-excerpt-campaigning-514967 https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2021/10/03/andrew-yan...
qzx_pierri 5y ago
I donated to his campaign after seeing him on JRE, and I’ve been getting spam emails from political candidates ever since. I’ve blocked at least 7-8 different “PLEASE DONATE” mailers, but they keep coming. I think Yang sold my info.
- dfxm12 5y ago
  He did. I mean, maybe not him personally, but unfortunately, that is the punishment for your generosity when you choose to donate to most causes.
- RankingMember 5y ago
  This happens when I donate to any candidate. Not saying it's right, but it does seem to be the norm.
- rib3ye 5y ago
  He is quoted as saying he did not, but when you donate directly to a campaign is get put into a public FEC db, which obviously gets scraped. https://www.fec.gov/data/candidate/P00006486/ https://www.fec.gov/data/candidate/P00006486/
- erentz 5y ago
  I donated to a few candidates and the same thing happened. Not sure if it’s from the campaigns individually, or via the Act Blue platform that they all used.
- TimJRobinson 5y ago
  I think it's ActBlue that does that, after interacting with them in any way it's a constant deluge of spam from Democratic Candidates.
_hilro 5y ago
> the Staten Island ferry cowboy incident What's suspect about that? He stopped a guy assaulting a photojournalist and you have issues with it??
- geeB 5y ago
  My issue was not with stopping the assault, but more with the fact that the story as told seemed quite embellished, ran on a number of outlets, and it seemed specifically tailored to garner votes. To be specific, on one side the "bad guy" was a staten island guy wearing a cowboy hat in the midst of a hate crime epidemic soon after the capitol riots. On the other side, with pictures, a mentally ill person of color. The assaulted photographer was there shooting Yang, with many other campaign people and other photographers. All the accounts and pictures were released by the campaign, nobody pressed charges, and as far as I know nobody helped the guy get some help. I hope that's a bit clearer. I wasn't there and don't really know what happened for a fact, but after looking at multiple sources my best guess was between cheesy embellishment and distasteful stunt. Now I don't know what to think anymore... I thought it was widely discussed at the time, but I'm having a hard time finding the original coverage of the event on youtube, and the written articles I find seem more balanced than what I remember hearing. So maybe fake news got me on this one. That said, the Israel comments and the CNN job had a lot more weight in changing my opinion (which to reiterate, is not "Yang is the worst", just "Yang is like his peers").
  - _hilro 5y ago
    > just "Yang is like his peers" Given the assailant was black, I doubt most politicians would get involved or publicise it.
Mizza 5y ago
The Israel comments were the most severe political footgunning I've ever seen. I'd love to know what on behind the scenes to cause that to happen.

by geeB 5y ago

qPM9l3XJrF 5y ago

"When I Ran for President, It Messed With My Head" https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2021/10/03/andrew-yang-book-excerpt-campaigning-514967 https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2021/10/03/andrew-yan...

qzx_pierri 5y ago

I donated to his campaign after seeing him on JRE, and I’ve been getting spam emails from political candidates ever since. I’ve blocked at least 7-8 different “PLEASE DONATE” mailers, but they keep coming. I think Yang sold my info.

dfxm12 5y ago
He did. I mean, maybe not him personally, but unfortunately, that is the punishment for your generosity when you choose to donate to most causes.
RankingMember 5y ago
This happens when I donate to any candidate. Not saying it's right, but it does seem to be the norm.
rib3ye 5y ago
He is quoted as saying he did not, but when you donate directly to a campaign is get put into a public FEC db, which obviously gets scraped. https://www.fec.gov/data/candidate/P00006486/ https://www.fec.gov/data/candidate/P00006486/
erentz 5y ago
I donated to a few candidates and the same thing happened. Not sure if it’s from the campaigns individually, or via the Act Blue platform that they all used.
TimJRobinson 5y ago
I think it's ActBlue that does that, after interacting with them in any way it's a constant deluge of spam from Democratic Candidates.

_hilro 5y ago

> the Staten Island ferry cowboy incident What's suspect about that? He stopped a guy assaulting a photojournalist and you have issues with it??

geeB 5y ago
My issue was not with stopping the assault, but more with the fact that the story as told seemed quite embellished, ran on a number of outlets, and it seemed specifically tailored to garner votes. To be specific, on one side the "bad guy" was a staten island guy wearing a cowboy hat in the midst of a hate crime epidemic soon after the capitol riots. On the other side, with pictures, a mentally ill person of color. The assaulted photographer was there shooting Yang, with many other campaign people and other photographers. All the accounts and pictures were released by the campaign, nobody pressed charges, and as far as I know nobody helped the guy get some help. I hope that's a bit clearer. I wasn't there and don't really know what happened for a fact, but after looking at multiple sources my best guess was between cheesy embellishment and distasteful stunt. Now I don't know what to think anymore... I thought it was widely discussed at the time, but I'm having a hard time finding the original coverage of the event on youtube, and the written articles I find seem more balanced than what I remember hearing. So maybe fake news got me on this one. That said, the Israel comments and the CNN job had a lot more weight in changing my opinion (which to reiterate, is not "Yang is the worst", just "Yang is like his peers").
- _hilro 5y ago
  > just "Yang is like his peers" Given the assailant was black, I doubt most politicians would get involved or publicise it.

Mizza 5y ago

The Israel comments were the most severe political footgunning I've ever seen. I'd love to know what on behind the scenes to cause that to happen.