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Asian Americans Running for President · Asian Adjacent

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  Speaker 1: Today is President's Day, and all our shows are based
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  Speaker 1: on what's going on on President's Day and today on
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  Speaker 1: Asian adjacent we're mentioning some notable Asian Americans who have
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  Speaker 1: gotten because obviously has been an Asian American president, but
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  Speaker 1: Asian Americans who have gone far in the election year
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  Speaker 1: process in the primaries, and we do have one that
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  Speaker 1: did make it to the vice presidency. So here we go.
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  Speaker 1: The one that I like, is was liked, was Andrew Yang.
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  Speaker 1: Andrew Yang wring for Democratic Presidents in twenty twenty. He
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  Speaker 1: got lots of attention. He got, I mean a lot
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  Speaker 1: of folks who are backing him. He got noble fund raising.
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  Speaker 1: He was the first most recognizable Asian American presidents of
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  Speaker 1: Canada and US history. And his big idea that he
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  Speaker 1: really got attention for was university basic universal basic income.
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  Speaker 1: Personally myself, I liked the way he spoke. I liked
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  Speaker 1: his common sense is common sensess, it's like a word.
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  Speaker 1: But he just had a lot of common sense. He
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  Speaker 1: had actually policy plans, so he shared them. He led in,
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  Speaker 1: he leaned into the Asian you know, smartness. He led
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  Speaker 1: into it, but he didn't go super far into it
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  Speaker 1: where it was. It like it was off putting, and
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  Speaker 1: I was like, you know, out of all there was
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  Speaker 1: because at that time there was a bunch of candidates.
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  Speaker 1: I was like, I like what he has to say.
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  Speaker 1: He was very notable for me, and I thought he
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  Speaker 1: could he'd go far. He told he go far. That's
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  Speaker 1: it now. That's in contrast to Hiram Fong, who got
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  Speaker 1: a handful of votes at the nineteen sixty four and
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  Speaker 1: nineteen sixty eight Republican National conventions. He was the first
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  Speaker 1: Asian American to considered at that level. It wasn't a
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  Speaker 1: full nationwide vote, but you know it's my start. You know,
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  Speaker 1: the rule breakers, the ground perk to start somewhere, right,
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  Speaker 1: So I'm gonna say hi to hire and farm especicually
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  Speaker 1: was he was out there a long time ago when
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  Speaker 1: Asians were just ignored. So we get him points now.
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  Speaker 1: In twenty sixteen, Bobby Jendall lost a bid for public
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  Speaker 1: no nomination. He didn't really gain a lot of traction
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  Speaker 1: and he dropped up before the primary voting. I'm not
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  Speaker 1: a fan of his for many reasons, but he has
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  Speaker 1: pet noble. He did try, and yes, South Asian is
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  Speaker 1: Asian so Indian Sri Lankan. You know, anything from that
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  Speaker 1: area of the region is part as part is considered
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  Speaker 1: Indian and stuff, So people are gonna forget about that sometimes.
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  Speaker 1: But Bobby Jendall, he deserves we mentioned, he did try
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  Speaker 1: d as we mentioned. But of course the one who
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  Speaker 1: broke so many barriers was Kamala Harris, whose mother was
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  Speaker 1: Indian American. So she became the first female, the first black,
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  Speaker 1: the first black female, the first Asian American vice president
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  Speaker 1: in twenty twenty. But she was selected as a running mate.
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  Speaker 1: She wasn't a presidential nominee, so it still matters because
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  Speaker 1: she still made it into position. I you know, myself,
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  Speaker 1: I'm not a huge fan of Kamala Harris myself, just
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  Speaker 1: personally professionally, but she does deserve every mention she got.
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  Speaker 1: She got there with Joe Biden, and it was it
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  Speaker 1: was cool to see that history was able to change.
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  Speaker 1: And I had a feeling when it comes to women,
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  Speaker 1: because obviously we saw that women cannot seem to win
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  Speaker 1: the presidential race no matter who they are. The vice
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  Speaker 1: presidency would be the and the entree in right to this.
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  Speaker 1: I had a feeling that would be that a lot
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  Speaker 1: of our people of color could make it through if
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  Speaker 1: they have a strong candidate, that is who is in
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  Speaker 1: the lead position. You know, said we had Obama. Obama
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  Speaker 1: was good, he made it through black, but we haven't
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  Speaker 1: had a Hispanic presidence and they've been so there's been
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  Speaker 1: people who really have moved their self up that chain,
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  Speaker 1: and just they haven't gotten there. And we haven't had
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  Speaker 1: I said, Asian or Native American and a lot of
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  Speaker 1: the types we have not had yet. So there's a
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  Speaker 1: picture they had. It was like all the vice presidents.
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  Speaker 1: There's Kamala Harris and that was kind of cool to see.
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  Speaker 1: That's all these dudes and then I'm girl. So congratulations
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  Speaker 1: to those who try. I'm sure there are others who
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  Speaker 1: maybe have tried who didn't get as big. It was far,
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  Speaker 1: but the American dream is that anyone who is from
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  Speaker 1: America can run for presidents. So I encourage I don't
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  Speaker 1: know there's any out there now, but I encourage people
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  Speaker 1: to check out and your Asian brothers and sisters out
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  Speaker 1: there who are who are running for office and moving
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  Speaker 1: their way up. Just watch them and support them. See
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  Speaker 1: what they're about. I'm James D. Junior, Happy President's day,
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  Speaker 1: a job that I would never want to have myself,
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  Speaker 1: and I think, I think it's a special person that's
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  Speaker 1: being president of a country. And I'm so, I'm in amazement.
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  Speaker 1: Who becomes presidents And we will talk next time.