The Democratic debate in South Carolina descended into chaos as the candidates argued over math — and former candidate Andrew Yang wasn’t even on stage.
Sen. Bernie Sanders was asked Tuesday night by a presidential primary debate moderator to do the math on how he would pay for his Medicare for All plan.
“How many hours do you have?” Sanders quipped in response.
“It doesn’t take two hours to do the math,” Pete Buttigieg interjected.
“Let’s talk about math,” Sanders said.
“Let’s talk about math, indeed,” Buttigieg responded.
The two continued arguing about math, leading debate watchers on Twitter to invoke Yang, whose campaign merchandise said “MATH” for “Make America Think Harder.” The candidate, who ended his campaign earlier this month, also called himself “the Asian man who likes math.”
If they say the word MATH one more time, Andrew Yang gets 30 seconds to respond
— Katherine Mangu-Ward (@kmanguward) February 26, 2020
“Let’s talk about math”
“I think we’re talking about math”
Meanwhile, in Andrew Yang’s living room: pic.twitter.com/Bw7nsDDx2I
— Blake Aued (@BlakeAued) February 26, 2020
Every time a moderator or candidate says math during the debate, @AndrewYang burns a tie.
— Brittany L. Shepherd (@blrshepherd) February 26, 2020
Andrew Yang at home listening to white people scream at each other “Let’s talk about math” like… #DemDebate2020 #DemocraticDebate pic.twitter.com/Agn01gxnhu
— Kristina Wong ❄️ (@mskristinawong) February 26, 2020
“The moderators are having trouble controlling this debate,” Yang himself weighed in on Twitter.
