In an old brick gym in Concord, N.H., Luke Bonner is bodying up against Andrew Yang and, truth be told, Yang doesn’t have much of a chance. Bonner is a 7-footer who played professionally in Europe. Yang is a lawyer with a background in tech entrepreneurship who happens to be running for president.
who happens to be running for president. He counts himself as a basketball fan, but watching him dribble, it’s clear Yang has no left hand. Asked to size up Yang’s game, Bonner paused a few beats.“Shooting the Sh*t,”
The result, in the Yang episode, is an engaging look at a candidate who is still little-known in mainstream politics but has maintained enough support in Democratic primary polls to get himself on Tuesday night’s debate stage. There will be more candidates to come, an impressive feat for an idea that came together quickly for Bonner, with the help of Concord’s“We didn’t have much time,” Bonner said.
Yang also discussed two of his prominent campaign issues. He has been strong in his support, from the beginning, of college athletes being allowed to make money off autographs and uses of their likenesses, and he is the only candidate running on a platform featuring Universal Basic Income, which he isThat would pay every adult citizen $1,000 per month, a position Yang explained as approaching the American economy as one of abundance rather than one of scarcity.
“It’s a small state, we know everyone,” Bonner said. “Over the past year, frequently, I am getting contacted for a meet-and-greet or a house party or something or other with a different candidate. Or I’ll just be going about my daily life, in a coffee shop, and there’s a presidential candidate. You just run into them everywhere.”
Yang mused that he would be hanging out with some NBA players soon for some tips. “That’s probably a good idea,” Bonner said as Yang laughed. “No offense.”Bonner has been working with other campaigns for more episodes of “Shooting the Sh*t.” He is scheduled to film this week with former Pennsylvania Rep. and Senate candidate Joe Sestak, who has pressed on with his quixotic presidential campaign even as he has failed to register in the polls.
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