Some Bernie supporters are spreading the lie that Yang said Biden promised him a cabinet position

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in return for dropping out and later endorsing him, and that Yang supposedly admitted this during an interview on the Breakfast Club a few days ago. (See reply 3 below for a Twitter link for a keyword search that will turn up many of these posts.)

This smear is complete BS.

YouTube link for the interview is below. The exchange being talked about is about 15 minutes in.

There'd been a much longer discussion first of whether Yang might run for mayor of NYC, which starts about 14 minutes in.

After saying that running for mayor is "a good possibility for sure," Yang says there are other possibilities including that he might join the administration "in some form" if the Democrats beat Donald Trump.

Yang is then asked directly if Biden offered him a cabinet position..

He says it's pretty clear he'd "have a place in the administration."

Which probably translates to Biden having told him he'd appreciate his help in the future.

I'm seeing lots of Bernie supporters claiming that Yang "admitted" that Biden "promised" him a cabinet position in return for dropping out and then endorsing Biden. They're calling this an illegal quid pro quo.

But Yang said no such thing.

Yang is obviously stressing that he still has lots of public service possibilities ahead of him, including possibly becoming mayor of NYC. This is exactly what should be expected -- he's putting as positive a spin as he can on his future, even after his presidential run failed. Yang says this sort of thing a lot. He said back in December that he'd consider being VP if the eventual nominee asked him:

https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/474689-yang-says-he-would-consider-offer-to-be-bidens-vp

And I have a very vague recollection of Yang posting a photo of himself and Biden in Iowa last summer, suggesting perhaps jokingly that they could be running mates. This was at one of the campaign events in Iowa that a lot of candidates showed up for.

This is just what Yang does. It's a type of perfectly harmless self-promotion.

But there's nothing in this Breakfast Club interview to suggest he was offered anything by Biden, let alone promised something in return for leaving the race and endorsing Biden.

It's disgusting that Bernie supporters are twisting what he said.

Anyway, if you run across this crap on social media. please shoot it down. This lie viciously smears both Yang and Biden.


That Breakfast Club interview: