With the political stakes reaching a tipping point for the Democratic presidential candidates, for whom success in Iowa would bring an aura of legitimacy and viability in a crowded field, Andrew Yang is 'having a blast.'
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Damian Yang, 4, looks on from his perch on the shoulders of a campaign staffer as his father, 2020 Democratic presidential candidate Andrew Yang, greets voters in Davenport, Iowa. He uses his Asian American identity both as a punchline for his nerd jokes and a way to highlight the diversity of the country he wants to lead.
He describes the loss of mom-and-pop retail by comparing Walmart to a tank that crushed small-town businesses in America’s town squares, and by comparing Amazon to “a spaceship hovering over your communities” from cyberspace, hastening the decline of brick-and-mortar shopping malls.Speaking to an audience of 400 at a hotel ballroom in Davenport, Yang suddenly stops and looks around the room when a child in the audience makes a noise.
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