![]() He tweeted his love of New York “bodegas” with a video of what looked like a capacious supermarket. The Ziwe interview may not have even been the most mortifying Yang clip of the week, which also saw a video of him tossing brick after brick on a city basketball court. This has been the pattern of the Yang campaign in the media, an endless cycle of gaffes and self-owns that have left him at or near the top of the polls despite a paucity of government experience and electoral wins. You could watch the interview and see a naïve glad-hander in over his head or a gutsy good sport. Yang had embarrassed himself and for supporters to think he had helped himself. Yang offered up “Numb/Encore” (with the rock band Linkin Park), as well as the Kanye West “Watch the Throne” collaboration that he referred to as “ Word in Paris.”Īnd yet! There was reason for critics to think Mr. ![]() Yang said he was a fan of hip-hop, Ziwe asked his favorite Jay-Z song, a loaded question about a New York rapper for a candidate whose local cred has repeatedly been challenged. Yang said, one of the “MATH” caps made famous in his presidential campaign visible behind him. “What are your favorite racial stereotypes?” elicited a nervous laugh. (His answer included Michael Bloomberg, whom the Democratic base considers less than iconic Oprah Michael Jordan and a tie for fourth between the possible/potential billionaires LeBron James and the Rock.) His favorite subway stop? The punitive Times Square station. Yang was, of course, an “icon” - Ziwe asked the candidate to name his four favorite billionaires. After a cheerful introduction by teleconference - Mr. She asked the author and celebrated New York grouch Fran Lebowitz, “What bothers you more: slow walkers or racism?” Her signature is to take a softball-question template (“Your favorite _”), soak it in acid and surround it with mousetraps. ![]() In her interviews, Ziwe uses the persona of an extremely online interviewer fond of influencer-speak (everything, and everyone, is “iconic”) to set up productively uncomfortable questions about politics and culture.
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