Democratic Primaries
Related: About this forumAndrew Yang: I'd Beat Trump at Anything Because 'He Is So Fat'
Daily BeastDemocratic presidential candidate Andrew Yang has declared that he could beat President Trump at any challengemental or physicalbecause the president is so fat.
Yang, who had no political experience before running for president, recently beat out a slew of seasoned politicians to qualify for the September Democratic debate in Houston. During a gun-violence panel hosted by Everytown at the Iowa State Fair last week, Yang deviated from script to settle any qualms voters might have with regards to his physical uperiority over President Trump.
The ensuing tirade quickly followed Yang breaking down into tears after hearing a mother describe her children being shot. The emotion of the event seemed to light a fire under Yang, who, only a few minutes later, challenged the president to a string of hypothetical battles. I challenge Donald Trump to any physical or mental feat under the sun, Yang said to the crowd. I mean, gosh, what could that guy beat me at, being a slob? Yang continued: Like, what could Donald Trump possibly be better than me at? An eating contest? Like something that involved trying to keep something on the ground and having really large body mass? Like, if there was a hot-air balloon that was rising and you needed to try and keep it on the ground, he would be better than me at that? Because he is so fat.
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
virgogal
(10,178 posts)primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
Amimnoch
(4,558 posts)As much as that creature attacks the weight, or appearance, or uses overt misogyny and racism to attack people and gets total support from his pissdrip base despite it all.. I'm actually a bit okay with our candidates dishing him some of his own medicine.
If they ever decide that it's NOT okay for their own to use such tactics, I'll reevaluate and change as well.
primary today, I would vote for: Undecided
Control-Z
(15,682 posts)"...his pissdrip base..."
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
SouthernProgressive
(1,810 posts)And still love your post.
Its an understandable position to hold.
primary today, I would vote for: Undecided
Amimnoch
(4,558 posts)Wish I didnt feel that way myself.
primary today, I would vote for: Undecided
riversedge
(70,350 posts)makes me sad to have do it.
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
Doodley
(9,151 posts)primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
brewens
(13,631 posts)recognition. He could have picked anything else though.
primary today, I would vote for: Undecided
riversedge
(70,350 posts)primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
Meadowoak
(5,563 posts)primary today, I would vote for: Undecided
Dennis Donovan
(18,770 posts)"I met him at the Macy's parade, he was wearing ropes. </Rodney Dangerfield>
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
Me.
(35,454 posts)primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
Dennis Donovan
(18,770 posts)primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
Docreed2003
(16,883 posts)primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
underthematrix
(5,811 posts)people based on their looks. I love it.
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
get the red out
(13,468 posts)He dishes it out copiously but can't take it. I feel no need for anyone to be polite to him.
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
Doodley
(9,151 posts)primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
JI7
(89,279 posts)primary today, I would vote for: Undecided
Doodley
(9,151 posts)not to cause offense isn't a great strategy against the most destructive president in history. This isn't a contest to see who is the most timid and polite.
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
Blue_true
(31,261 posts)If he calls our candidate sleepy or crazy, our candidate should offer him a donut and ask how many push-ups he can do, or challenge him to read a tongue-twisting phrase, or pronounce a common long word.
If he attacks our candidate, that candidate must make him look like a fool, using whatever language.
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
IrishEyes
(3,275 posts)He seems to be saying that overweight people are slobs. Also what does a person's weight have to do with their mental ability? He is not just insulting Trump. He is putting down overweight people. Since many voters in this country are overweight, I don't think this was a smart move.
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
Doodley
(9,151 posts)to be ballast on a hot-air balloon or win in an eating contest. Can you think of anything that Donald Trump can do better? If so, I agree it would be fat shaming.
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
IrishEyes
(3,275 posts)Obviously Yang dislikes fat people and thinks it is okay to say these things about them. Many voters are overweight. I don't think that it was a smart move on Yang's part. I don't see it getting him more support. I think he has alienated some overweight voters. He said that he could beat Trump at any mental contest because Trump is fat. That implies that fat people are dumb and not worthy of respect.
I certainly don't think Trump is good at anything. He has absolutely no redeemable qualities.
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
Doodley
(9,151 posts)primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
IrishEyes
(3,275 posts)However, I think some voters would be offended and I don't think he gained any support by what he said. It was childish and not something I would expect from someone who wants to be the president. It shows his lack of experience and decorum. I wasn't planning on voting for Yang in the primaries anyway but I'm more sure now that I made the right decision. I believe that there are better candidates currently running.
Of course as with any of the democratic candidates, if he does become the candidate in the general election then I will vote for him.
Have a good evening.
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
Doodley
(9,151 posts)president fat.
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
Blue_true
(31,261 posts)Slobs come in every size.
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
IrishEyes
(3,275 posts)I believe that he implied that overweight people are slobs. He also said that he would beat Trump in a mental competition because Trump was fat. I don't see how he equates mental ability with someone's weight. I believe that what Andrew Yang said was childish and not befitting a future president. I don't see that what he said will help his candidacy. I believe that it will alienate some overweight voters.
Have a good night.
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
Blue_true
(31,261 posts)I agree with you on that point. But I don't think his intent was to bash heavy people.
He could have simply made it an issue of physical and mental fitness. While physical fitness correlates to weight some, it does not in many cases. Mental fitness has no relation to weight at all (as you pointed out well).
I agree that Yang should at least clarify what he was trying to say and apologize to heavy people for his hurtful phrasing. Good Presidents do apologize for verbal missteps, there is historical cases, so Yang making a hurtful statement that he likely didn't intend as it came out does not disqualify him if he makes proper amends.
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
DBoon
(22,403 posts)Never assume someone overweight is also nonathletic. I was in a bicycle riding club and it was amazing how overweight middle aged guys could out-cycle me.
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
PJMcK
(22,056 posts)He cannot walk a few hundred yards without wheezing. That's why he has to take a golf cart when others are walking.
He famously claimed that he doesn't exercise because one has a finite amount of energy and he doesn't want to waste his. As if Trump knows anything about energy!
I know a sumo wrestler. He has incredible strength and stamina. Trump is no sumo wrestler.
Trump is an idiot.
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
question everything
(47,544 posts)Give your place in the debate to someone who is serious about this race.
Please.
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
TexasBushwhacker
(20,222 posts)primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
SouthernProgressive
(1,810 posts)Fat people are stupid. Brilliant.
primary today, I would vote for: Undecided
crazytown
(7,277 posts)and present the evidence
primary today, I would vote for: Undecided
CountAllVotes
(20,878 posts)So much for that #fatdonnie sticker!
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/ECDWGvSWsAIIDzN?format=jpg&name=small
& recommend.
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
Celerity
(43,589 posts)primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
Skya Rhen
(2,701 posts)indicative of one's ability, worth or endurance. I hope that this is a teachable moment.
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
Newest Reality
(12,712 posts)Is the next election going to be a Thunderdome affair? Nobody told me. Two men enter, one man leaves. What relevance does a He Man attitude have here?
Well, he is off the viability list if he thinks that playground-style rhetoric is at all useful at this stage. In fact, it is very counter-productive.
My candidate is going to address the wall of rhetorical slime that the Slug-in-Chief has erected and utilized to manipulate both sides in different ways. I say that from my own perspective, having poured over volumes of video material, including the debates, interviews and Big Brother-style rallies.
I really am not concerned that people dismiss this or lump sum all of Trump's voluminous faults, ignorance and despicable character in together with his main skill. That skill is why he is in office and continues to serve as a very, very useful idiot while more important issues get buried, pushed aside and avoided. Even a poorly educated, somewhat illiterate carnival barker can do a great job with time-tested and practiced means of manipulation. Watch him more closely and you can see the tricks, especially in the debates. His tweets often have a different approach, though his spell is cast there, too.
Hate trump? Does he have you really riled up? Are you content with ridiculing him? Are you aghast, shocked and overwhelmed? Have you have thought of that as being manipulated?
It is going to burnout, but I would like to accelerate that process with full gusto. The more people are aware of his vulnerabilities and catch onto the well-time, often instant tactics, the faster this is over with, and I would hope for a candidate that will not be at all naive about that and bring some well practiced skills to the table and use them almost instinctively without reservation.
If you go up to face the Mister Excrement, Jr., and you think that just being reasonable, stating facts and appealing to the people is your only task, you don't get it. You are going to have to deal with his alpha moves, double-binds, and a host of other aggressive and psychological ploys at the same time.
primary today, I would vote for: Undecided
Doodley
(9,151 posts)primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
JI7
(89,279 posts)primary today, I would vote for: Undecided
Doodley
(9,151 posts)primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
JI7
(89,279 posts)primary today, I would vote for: Undecided
Meadowoak
(5,563 posts)Hit him back with his own insults.
primary today, I would vote for: Undecided
TheRealNorth
(9,500 posts)He should brag about being better at golf.
primary today, I would vote for: Undecided
Sugarcoated
(7,734 posts)then it's smart. The way you deal with bullies is find their buttons and push. This will get under Trumbo's delicate yet leathery looking thin skin.
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
JI7
(89,279 posts)primary today, I would vote for: Undecided
Doodley
(9,151 posts)primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
tblue37
(65,502 posts)primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
nini
(16,672 posts)I don't get the interest in this guy one bit.
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
caraher
(6,279 posts)Trump fat shamed a protester recently so...
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
at140
(6,110 posts)Chess
Bridge
Tennis
Badminton
Ping Pong
Field hockey
Cricket
Soccer
Target practice with pistol at 30 feet
Algebra
Trigonometry
Calculus
Physics (Newtonian)
Organic chemistry
Thermodynamics
Heat transfer
Stress analysis
Heavy machinery design
Fortran programming
dBase programming
Cobol programming
Numerical Control programming
Only sport he will probably beat me in is golf...He plays too damn much
And he knows more about building skyscrapers and dealing with unions.
primary today, I would vote for: Undecided
Princetonian
(1,501 posts)Chess
Bridge
Tennis
Badminton
Ping Pong
Field hockey
Cricket
Soccer
Target practice with pistol at 30 feet
Algebra
Trigonometry
Calculus
Physics (Newtonian)
Organic chemistry
Thermodynamics
Heat transfer
Stress analysis
Heavy machinery design
Fortran programming
dBase programming
Cobol programming
Numerical Control programming
Only sport he will probably beat me in is golf...He plays too damn much
And he knows more about building skyscrapers and dealing with unions.
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
at140
(6,110 posts)Graduated with engineering degree 2nd rank in class of 400.
primary today, I would vote for: Undecided
JI7
(89,279 posts)cheated playing against a kid . usually people would let the kid win but he cheated in order to beat him.
primary today, I would vote for: Undecided
at140
(6,110 posts)but I have played a lot of golf with cheaters and know how to handle them.
I have a good memory for shots taken, and I confront them every time they cheat the score or move the ball which is not allowed unless the pick and clean rule is in effect after heavy rain and muddy conditions.
I have watched him play on TV, and he seems to be a good player. So I am not 100% sure I can beat him now because I am 7 years older than him as well and have lost distance.
primary today, I would vote for: Undecided
Rollo
(2,559 posts)primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
at140
(6,110 posts)Was intramural badminton champ at Univ of Iowa, have played 5000+ rounds of golf and my handicap was at one time in single digits.
primary today, I would vote for: Undecided
nolabear
(41,999 posts)Babe Ruth. Teddy Roosevelt. Alfred Hitchcock. Queen Victoria. Minnesota Fats. Al Hirt. Pavarotti.
I could go on, Mr. Yang.
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
greatauntoftriplets
(175,755 posts)primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
Princetonian
(1,501 posts)I hesitate to condemn Yang unless I see more of what happened than just take the alleged word of this one Daily Beast reporter.
Is there corroborating evidence or other people who can vouch for what was said exactly? Video would be best.
Or is this a stupid satire?
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
Midnight Writer
(21,819 posts)Honestly, if we aren't going to be better than they are, what's the point?
primary today, I would vote for: Undecided
Doodley
(9,151 posts)primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
tirebiter
(2,539 posts)But then the truth is not what some people are after.
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
OnDoutside
(19,982 posts)primary today, I would vote for: Undecided
Doodley
(9,151 posts)Called taking a butter knife to a gunfight. It is time to stop apologizing whenever a Democrat takes the gloves off.
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
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cwydro
(51,308 posts)Jeez, its like middle school crap.
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
rusty fender
(3,428 posts)His words dont go very far any way; his fat shaming lead balloon is going nowhere
primary today, I would vote for: Undecided
Music Man
(1,184 posts)"Fight fire with fire."
"These are strange times."
Nonsense. You're principled or you're just a partisan. It makes the party look bad.
Let Trump be Trump. Be better than that. Let's fight fire with water.
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden