Who is Andrew Yang?

By Grayce McCormick

Published June 28, 2019 12:15am ET

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Who is Andrew Yang? — Andrew Yang, a candidate in the Democratic primaries for president, arrives at a town hall meeting sponsored by the Euclid chapter of the NAACP at Christ Lutheran Church in Cleveland. | (AP Photo/Phil Long)

One 2020 Democratic presidential candidate’s social media following helped him meet the benchmarks to join the first round of primary debates.

The support and internet savvy of Andrew Yang’s “Yang Gang” helped boost the entrepreneur’s profile and garner campaign donations. The millionaire former CEO filed to run for president on Nov. 6, 2017 because he “fears for the future of our country.”

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