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Andrew Yang versus the unrepresentative activists

Even in an NYC primary, nobody really cares what left-wing activists think

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Apr 09, 2021
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New York City Mayoral candidate Andrew Yang speaks at the "Rally Against Hate" in Chinatown on March 21, 2021 in New York City.
(Photo by Alexi Rosenfeld/Getty Images)

There was a funny Intelligencer article earlier this month titled “Andrew Yang’s Plan to Fight Hate Crimes Makes Asian Activists Cringe.”

It detailed negative opinions of Yang from the writer Sarah Jeong, the Asian American Feminist Collective, CAAAV Organizing Asian Communities, and Desis Rising Up and Moving.

The …

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