Andrew Yang defends random money donations

The Democratic presidential candidate, Andrew Yang, defended his proto-universal basic income plan on Sunday, rejecting any suggestion that a campaign giving thousands of dollars to random families would be illegal.

On Thursday, during the third debate on democracy, Yang announced that he would donate $ 120,000 to 10 randomly selected families as a pilot project for his key proposal on universal basic income. The Yang campaign said the money would come from campaign funds, a remark that raised eyebrows about its legality.

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"A lottery to give money to potential fans can break the law and is a slippery slope, but I guess it could argue that it's all about it." 39, an innovative way to increase its fundraising.This does not seem as stimulating as a pilot program for its "dividend of freedom." But that's what it looks like, "tweeted l Advocate General of the Federal Election Commission, Larry Noble.

On CNN's "State of the Union", Yang assured animator Jake Tapper that his "army of lawyers" had approved the plan and declared that he did not would not benefit from the same control if it gave money to a media company or consultants.

"No one blinks," Yang said. "But if we give money directly to the American people, that poses a problem, so it shows how much our system is upset.It is there that giving money directly to Americans makes stride. "

Yang has also doubled his calls to forgive the new actor of "Saturday Night Live" Shane Gillis, who is under fire from critics for a record resurfaced making racist comments about Asians. In a video recorded in 2018, Gillis used insults against Asians and made fun of Chinese culture a bit later. rejected as a comedy that "pushes the limits." He also made ridiculous remarks against LGBT people and women.

Mr Yang said on Sunday that he had been described as racist insults, but added that Gillis' remarks should be interpreted differently, as they were presented as a comedy.

"I really think that anti-Asian racial epithets are not taken seriously as insults against other groups," Yang said. "But, at the same time, I think our country has become excessively punitive and vindictive about what people find offensive or racist and that we must try to go beyond that if we can."

Yang repeatedly used stereotypical tropes of Asians in the campaign, saying in Thursday's debate: "Now I am Asian, so I know a lot of doctors." He defended his rhetoric Sunday saying that "Americans are very intelligent" and can go beyond stereotypes and get his message across.

"On the contrary, by making fun of that, I'm going to get the Americans to think a bit more about them," said Yang.