Tech entrepreneur Andrew Yang announced he has qualified for the third and fourth Democratic presidential debates in the fall.
“We did it #YangGang! As of today, we are officially the 8th candidate to qualify for the fall debates,” Yang announced Monday. “We are in this for the long haul. Thank you all for your support.”
We did it #YangGang! As of today, we are officially the 8th candidate to qualify for the fall debates. We are in this for the long haul. Thank you all for your support. ? pic.twitter.com/y4s1tdzlQv
— Andrew Yang (@AndrewYang) July 29, 2019
While the 44-year-old presidential hopeful has reached the fundraising mark, his claim to have met the polling mark relies on whether the Democratic National Committee considers the NBC/WSJ poll and the NBC/Survey Monkey poll to be polls done by different organizations.
The DNC requires candidates to have 130,000 unique donors and 2% or higher in four qualifying polls to make the fall debates.
After the first debate, Yang only received less than three minutes of speaking time and claimed his mic was cut off at certain points during the debate.
Yang is currently tied for sixth place with Beto O’Rourke polling at 2.3% in the Democratic primary, according to RealClearPolitics.
The son of Taiwanese immigrants, Yang has made a name for himself with an eclectic set of policy ideas, followers who call themselves the Yang Gang, and a signature campaign promise to pass a universal basic income of $1,000 a month for every American adult.
