DES MOINES, Iowa — Presidential hopeful Andrew Yang took a jab at Hillary Clinton for failing to adequately counter President Trump’s famous 2016 campaign slogan.
“Donald Trump won in 2016 by pointing out the problems. What did Hillary Clinton say in response?” Yang asked the crowd in his speech at the Polk County Steak Fry on Saturday. “He said, ‘Make America great again.’ What did Hillary say? ‘America’s already great.’ And we lost. We need a new message.”
A political outsider, Yang centers his campaign on a plan to give a “freedom dividend” of $1,000 per month to every American in order to combat economic displacement caused by automation.
Yang said that Trump “defined the problems, but his solutions were the opposite of what we need.”
“We have to turn the clock forward,” Yang said. “We have to accelerate our economy and society as quickly as possible. We have to evolve in the way we think about work and value.”
The tech businessman pitched himself as the candidate most likely to beat the president due to his appeal to Trump voters.
“I am one of only two candidates in the field that 10% or more of Trump voters say they will support,” he said. “So if I am your nominee, we will win.”
In a Des Moines Register/CNN/Mediacom poll released Saturday, Yang received 2% support among likely Democratic caucus-goers.
