Democratic presidential contender Andrew Yang ripped into MSNBC for the amount of speaking time he got during the fifth Democratic primary debate.
“It felt great,” Yang said about the Wednesday night debate before taking aim at the network. “But then it felt like when the hell are they going to f—ing call on me? The hypocrisy of MSNBC in a way just makes us stronger.”
Yang, stopping by watch party: “it felt great … but then it felt like when the hell are they going to fucking call on me? The hypocrisy of MSNBC in a way just makes us stronger. I’m almost — almost grateful.” pic.twitter.com/GakQHtICxv
— Edward-Isaac Dovere (@IsaacDovere) November 21, 2019
Yang‘s campaign has accused MSNBC of being biased against his campaign as the network regularly will leave him off graphics showing 2020 candidates, despite being a top-six candidate in polling, according to RealClearPolitics.
The tech entrepreneur came in last place in speaking time during the 10-person debate with less than seven minutes of speaking time. Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren got the most speaking time with 13.5 minutes. Yang did not get a question in the debate until 30 minutes into the two-hour event.
Fellow 2020 contender Tulsi Gabbard took aim at MSNBC on Twitter for not giving Yang more time. “So much for the promise of equal time for all candidates, @AndrewYang got half the time as the usual media favorites. Typical,” the Hawaii representative said.
So much for the promise of equal time for all candidates, @AndrewYang got half the time as the usual media favorites. Typical. -V #LetYangSpeak #LetTulsiSpeak pic.twitter.com/gxemIlfdQG
— Tulsi Gabbard (@TulsiGabbard) November 21, 2019
