'Told all u idiots': An unverified independent journo accurately predicted Andrew Yang's dismal showing in the NYC mayoral primary back in January

It’s over.

Failed presidential candidate Andrew Yang added failed mayoral candidate to his resume Tuesday night, conceding the Dem primary for NYC mayor:

Conceding the Democratic primary for mayor, @AndrewYang says the numbers make it clear he won’t win, but he will support the next mayor. #NY1Politics

LIVE RESULTS: https://t.co/HaTYMyliiJ pic.twitter.com/iFHRZOHu3z

— Spectrum News NY1 (@NY1) June 23, 2021

Take a bow, journos. YOU did this:

.@AndrewYang entered the race as a front runner, with toms of media and name recognition. He slipped later in the campaign.

Andrew says this is a “people-powered campaign” and continues to speak about what his campaign worked towards.

— katie honan (@katie_honan) June 23, 2021

Their “all-consuming obsession with Andrew Yang’s celebrity” SHOULD be a “large part of the final story,” but it won’t:

The NY press corps all consuming obsession with Andrew Yang’s celebrity for 8 months of the NYC Mayoral campaign will be a large part of the final story. It created a distorted view of the field and allowed other candidates to be woefully unexamined until close to the end

— Patrick Gaspard (@patrickgaspard) June 23, 2021

However, there was one journo who got it correct:

I can’t remember who tweeted it but when Andrew Yang announced his candidacy for NYC Mayor they said this: “Andrew Yang is going to get 80% of the coverage and 12% of the vote.” pic.twitter.com/JDYmPyjLXf

— Reggie Wade (@ReggieWade) June 23, 2021

That prediction was made by Calder McHugh, an independent Brooklyn-based journalist:

Genius prediction! Tonight’s percentage: 11.8% https://t.co/3t16TZ09Bw

— Sree Sreenivasan (@sree) June 23, 2021

Maybe MSM outlets need to ask themselves why their journos didn’t see what McHugh saw early on:

told all u idiots https://t.co/qoMIUinWAA

— Calder McHugh (@calder_mchugh) June 23, 2021

Remember, kids, Twitter isn’t real life, too:

Eric Adams has less than 2% of Andrew Yang’s Twitter followers and is on track to win more than twice as many votes in NYC. Lol

— Dave Wasserman (@Redistrict) June 23, 2021

He was always an awful candidate but journos never seemed to capture that until the very end:

Uh, so NYC mayoral candidate Andrew Yang is dive-bombing selfies at Essex Market and made the mistake of trying one with my spouse. @nycDSA pic.twitter.com/TAXJKyrmi0

— James Schamus (@JamesSchamus) June 22, 2021

Maybe he can try doing a cooking show next? That seems to be his true passion:

Learning to cut gyro at the Z.P. Greek Festival in the Bronx. Thanks for your support everyone 😀 pic.twitter.com/1oQSHwgvgA

— Andrew Yang🧢🗽🇺🇸 (@AndrewYang) June 21, 2021

And he’s already back on the cable news circuit:

…Andrew Yang, Rep. Josh Gottheimer, Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick, Ed Litton, Cedric Richmond, Eugene Scott, Adrienne Elrod, Rep. Sean Patrick Maloney, Kurt Bardella

— Morning Joe (@Morning_Joe) June 23, 2021

Lather. Rinse. Repeat.

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