He speculated in a follow up tweet the political endorsements he made through his non-profit organization, Humanity Forward, may have been the reason why.
Former presidential candidate Andrew Yang voiced his disappointment in not being on the list of speakers at the upcoming Democratic National Convention after the lineup for the event was announced Monday.Yang speculated that the political endorsements he made through his non-profit organization, Humanity Forward, may have been the reason why he wasn't offered a speech slot.
the Washington Post he'll be"involved in the convention video package," but said the lack of his own, separate speech"makes my job harder to appeal to the 42% of my supporters who said they weren’t going to vote for Joe."that"the gross underrepresentation of Asian American speakers in the four days of the DNC Convention is tone deaf and a slap in the face.", and Sen. Tammy Duckworth, D-Ill.
Former White House Communications Director Anthony Scaramucci, condemned the move on Twitter, calling it"DNC malpractice." Several of Yang's former competitors for the Democratic presidential nomination are scheduled to speak at different points throughout the convention: Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., Sen. Cory Booker, D-N.J., and former South Bend, Indiana Mayor Pete Buttigieg.
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