2020 Democratic candidate Andrew Yang takes a stand against ... circumcision
A few months ago, Andrew Yang was the longest of long shots to land the Democratic nomination. Now, he’s polling as a fringe contender, thanks in part to some outside-the-box policy proposals that have gained traction in certain corners of the Internet. In a recent interview with the Daily Beast, Yang became the first, and likely only, 2020 candidate to take a stand against circumcision. “I’m highly aligned with the intactivists,” he said. “History will prove them even more correct.
Circumcision has been found to reduce the risk of urinary tract infections in infants and sexually transmitted diseases in men. The practice has been endorsed by the American Academy of Pediatrics and recommended by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. But UTIs in infants are rare and treatable, and intactivists believe there are better ways to reduce the risk of STDs than performing surgery on an infant’s genitals.
Yang’s unexpected rise was nurtured in corners of the Internet like Reddit and 4chan, and often with the help of the #MAGA sect, which took to Yang’s proposal to give every American adult $1,000 per month, no strings attached. Memes abounded. The #YangGang was born.
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