UPDATE
Andrew Yang has deleted his tweets defending Joe Rogan. What a coward:
Well, there you have it … pic.twitter.com/WG0ofrxVbA
— Ron Filipkowski (@RonFilipkowski) February 7, 2022
ORIGINAL POST
Former Dem presidential candidate and math advocate Andrew Yang came to the defense of Joe Rogan on Sunday, tweeting “I don’t think Joe Rogan is a racist – the man interacts with and works with black people literally all of the time”:
https://twitter.com/AndrewYang/status/1490495632481599490
He added that he knows “black friends of Joe’s who would swear by him”:
https://twitter.com/AndrewYang/status/1490497666333253633
And let’s just say libs aren’t happy with his tweets. This is the DNC chairman calling him out:
Dude… seriously?! You joking right Andrew? Is that now the new defining line… working with folks?! pic.twitter.com/PgBddFmK3f
— Jaime Harrison, DNC Chair (@harrisonjaime) February 7, 2022
More hate from lib blue-checks:
This is a joke, right? Like a play on the “I have black friends” racist excuse for not being racist, right?
— Will Hoge (@WillHoge) February 7, 2022
is this a joke tweet
— Milo (@MrRoflWaffles) February 7, 2022
us watching you dig this hole pic.twitter.com/juzFfMscIi
— Bobby Lewis (@revrrlewis) February 7, 2022
impossible to tell what's parody anymore https://t.co/2ykGoKIyu7
— Marlow Stern (@MarlowNYC) February 7, 2022
https://twitter.com/smotus/status/1490497078291668993
Lots of people, though well-intentioned, think of racism this way: as a binary in which people either are racist (bad people!) or aren't (good people!).
There's a lot more nuance. A perfectly good person may not be "a racist" (whatever that is), but can easily do racist things. https://t.co/RAG9J1WOfv
— Elliot Williams (@elliotcwilliams) February 7, 2022
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i am reminded of the time i went to a VC party thing on sand hill road and told some investor that i had an idea that was "uber for bounty hunters" and "you can place bounties on people or open the app and see bounties near you" and he kept asking questions like he was interested https://t.co/ddaPLaL5Aj
— saw neighbors rottweiler eat pack of cigarettes (@fart) February 7, 2022
— Mr. Newberger (@jeremynewberger) February 7, 2022
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— Yolanda Machado (@SassyMamainLA) February 7, 2022
so did slave owners. not a great argument. https://t.co/sY3EEin161
— Brandon Friedman (@BFriedmanDC) February 7, 2022
Yeah, it’s a little late for this one:
We should have a statute of limitations on statements.
— Andrew Yang🧢⬆️🇺🇸 (@AndrewYang) February 6, 2022
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