Andrew Yang joins CNN as a political commentator

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Washington (CNN) Former Democratic presidential candidate Andrew Yang is joining CNN as a political commentator, the network announced Wednesday.

"I'm excited to join @CNN to help shed light on the election and the candidates' experiences," Yang wrote in a tweet following the announcement. "Learned a lot these past months and am glad to contribute to the public discussion."

He'll appear on the network in his new capacity later Wednesday, he added.

Yang, a businessman who ended his campaign last week, rose from obscurity to become a highly-visible candidate , rallying a coalition of liberal Democrats, libertarians and some disaffected Republicans to form a devoted group of followers known as the Yang Gang.

A prominent platform in his campaign was his so-called Freedom Dividend, a plan to give every American adult $1,000 a month universal basic income that he argued would alleviate a host of social ills and eradicate poverty.

pj4242 on February 19th, 2020 at 15:21 UTC »

Zach Graumann confirmes that this isn't the big announcement.

This is great news. Yang has already shared his message with younger and more lefty people, this announcement allows him to spread his message even farther to older viewers.

GoodJobReddit on February 19th, 2020 at 14:20 UTC »

Huh, I wonder how close he will work with van Jones. Hopefully he gets a ton of freedom and would love to see him push the boundaries like he doesn't give a fuck about staying there. Lol

Scrandy-Randy on February 19th, 2020 at 14:15 UTC »

He can’t be ignored by the mainstream media, if he IS the mainstream media πŸ™ŒπŸ™ŒπŸ™ŒπŸ™Œ