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Yang Explains His Signature Proposal And Why He's Banking On Iowa

John Pemble
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Iowa Public Radio
Democratic Presidential Candidate Andrew Yang speaks with Iowa Public Radio in Des Moines on January 4, 2020.

Entrepreneur and Democratic presidential candidate Andrew Yang is best known for his pitch for universal basic income, or the freedom dividend, where he’d give every American $1,000 a month. Yang talks about his signature policy and reacts to U.S. killing of Iranian military commander Qassem Soleimani. 

Clay Masters is the senior politics reporter for MPR News.