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riversedge

(69,708 posts)
Thu Sep 12, 2019, 08:53 AM Sep 2019

Yang says he'd challenge Trump on basketball court: 'I would school him'

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Source: the Hill





By Aris Folley - 09/11/19 08:30 PM EDT




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In footage tweeted by ABC campaign reporter Zohreen Shah on Wednesday night, a reporter off-camera asked Yang after he shot some hoops which presidential candidate would he challenge to a basketball game if he had to choose.

“Well, he’s not a presidential candidate. It would be Donald Trump,” he said. “Because I would school him."

“Donald Trump, oh my gosh,” Yang went on, pretending how the game between him and the president would go, “He’d just be standing there, like, ‘uh, uh.’”

“And I’d be like, score left, score right, score jump shot,” Yang joked. “And he’d be like, I don’t know what he would do, he’d probably gas out at some point.”

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The moment on Wednesday night comes a day after a poll showed Trump trailing Yang in New Hampshire in a theoretical 2020 matchup.

Read more: https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/461024-yang-says-hed-challenge-trump-on-basketball-court-i-would-school-him




Zohreen Shah @Zohreen

I messaged @AndrewYang

about how he was debate prepping last week:

He said, “Having a mock debate in NY tonight with supporters. Going to play basketball in Houston next week to get loose.”

True to his word, Yang threw down on the court today - @GarciaReports
and I joined!
🏀


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Yang says he'd challenge Trump on basketball court: 'I would school him' (Original Post) riversedge Sep 2019 OP
Nice thought... Newest Reality Sep 2019 #1
Can Democrats really afford this sort of light-hearted crap at this stage? Paladin Sep 2019 #2
he was asked which other democratic candidate he would challenge JI7 Sep 2019 #3
There was a reporter who'd interviewed him who stated Yang was prepping some kind of "stunt" tonight hlthe2b Sep 2019 #4
This is news? we can do it Sep 2019 #5
"... gas out at some point..."? Shiiiiiit, he'd get winded just lacing up his shoes. nt Guy Whitey Corngood Sep 2019 #6
After a review by forum hosts....LOCKING Omaha Steve Sep 2019 #7

Newest Reality

(12,712 posts)
1. Nice thought...
Thu Sep 12, 2019, 08:59 AM
Sep 2019

But in a real game between them:

Yang: 1
Trump: Cardiac arrest.

Paladin

(28,202 posts)
2. Can Democrats really afford this sort of light-hearted crap at this stage?
Thu Sep 12, 2019, 09:03 AM
Sep 2019

I'm disappointed in Yang.

JI7

(89,172 posts)
3. he was asked which other democratic candidate he would challenge
Thu Sep 12, 2019, 09:05 AM
Sep 2019

i thought it was good that he turned it into ridicule of trump .

hlthe2b

(101,705 posts)
4. There was a reporter who'd interviewed him who stated Yang was prepping some kind of "stunt" tonight
Thu Sep 12, 2019, 09:20 AM
Sep 2019

He said that it would be something that would be attention-getting. The reporter stopped just short of using the term stunt (that I did) but his message was pretty clear. This makes me very uneasy.

we can do it

(12,116 posts)
5. This is news?
Thu Sep 12, 2019, 09:20 AM
Sep 2019

Guy Whitey Corngood

(26,481 posts)
6. "... gas out at some point..."? Shiiiiiit, he'd get winded just lacing up his shoes. nt
Thu Sep 12, 2019, 09:25 AM
Sep 2019

Omaha Steve

(99,059 posts)
7. After a review by forum hosts....LOCKING
Thu Sep 12, 2019, 09:35 AM
Sep 2019

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