 Let me just say that Andrew Yang isn't really on a roll lately So Raft beats out Andrew Yang elegantly let us know that he thinks people with mental illness are not the city Not us and that we the wholesome family's rights are being forgotten While the police who endorsed him murder and kidnapped mentally ill people every day. Let's watch what he says here It's stunning people have right Yes mentally ill people have rights, but you know else have rights We do the people and families of the city We have the right to walk the street and not fear for our safety because a mentally ill person is going to lash out at us Yes, I mean this is Absolutely atrocious first of all the implicit assumption here embedded in that statement is that Mentally ill people have more rights than non mentally ill people like that's that's basically the assumption, right? We have rights to I mean, this is the same logic that Conservatives use to justify discrimination against LGBTQ plus people look I mean, we should have rights to as Christians We should be able to discriminate as Christians like you know, we should have rights to why should gay people get special rights? I mean, this is the same energy right here and this is solutions for the mental health crisis and This is what he brings up. I mean first of all, there's this Generalization here too that like all mentally ill people are inherently violence. It's a gross generalization Not everyone who's mentally ill Is going to be violent? In fact, I would argue that's a very very small percentage of people who suffer from mental illness But like to say this to assume that people who are mentally ill are going around and like harassing people It's just honestly, it's so weird and yeah as mr. Anderson says be afraid of the mentally ill Who who says things like this so? So callous so cold if you're the mayor Andrew Yang You're gonna be representing mentally ill people as well. They're going to be your constituents, too So correct answer is Andrew Yang's biggest donors campaign leaders helped rob this city of healthcare and housing for generations So they can profit off of them in prisons and displace them from luxury development And that the solution to keeping us all safe is to keep us all safe And by them I mean us because mental health is an issue for all New Yorkers We cannot have a mayor who others people in crisis as some sort of animals and That we need to be managed so real New Yorkers cannot be bothered with all New Yorkers. Yeah, and that's basically a Really great point. There's this dehumanization, you know in his comment that it's like oh these mentally ill people Like we've got to control them, you know, we've got to get animal control for these animals Who are going around making everyone feel uncomfortable like as somebody who has suffered from mental health issues? All of my life. This is just it's It's disgusting. I don't know what else to say about this as usual Yang will disparage Frontline community when it counts in front of the most viewers to pander to the most toxic supporters Then go back to Twitter and quietly contextualize what I really meant this con game is getting old and NYC is tired of this clown Absolutely, and look, this is an individual who was friendly with Andrew Yang. I believe right away, right? Or or initially I should say and the same is true for me like I brought Andrew Yang on the program and he he was kind to me. I thought he was a really Nice guy. I didn't agree with all of his policy positions, but I thought that he was like genuine but he uses like his a parents authenticity to like dupe people and When he's he's no different. He's no different than the status quo politicians So I want to go to this article here So it gives us a little bit more context So the candidates have focused on public safety in the final weeks of the campaign and issued that New Yorkers site as their top Concern as the races dynamics continue to shift Miss Wiley has tried to consolidate support among left-leaning voters Catherine Garcia has shown signs of momentum and mr. Adams who leads in the polls has faced questions over his real estate holdings Mr. Yang was trying to highlight voters fears over safety at the debate But he moved quickly to clarify his comments shortly after it included full context here was mental illness is behind half of Anti-Asian hate crimes he said on Twitter. We need to get them compassionate comprehensive care and not let them languish our streets. I Just I don't think like when I when I see this it tells me that he fundamentally misunderstands mental illness and You need to be careful in the way that you speak about this to not demonize and overly general generalized folks with mental illness because to in any way assume that Mentally ill people are just automatically predisposed to be violent. That is such a harmful assertion Agree have been an advocate for mental health and will continue when went to counseling as a young person full context Here was mental illness is behind half of anti-Asian hate crimes We need to get them compassionate comprehensive care and not let them languish our streets. I mean, here's the thing about this I think that as Rafe put it I Think this is a con right where he'll say something where the most people see it and then later on He'll do a little bit of damage control. This is pandering and by now I Don't believe that he hasn't had time to think about what to say in the event this question comes up I don't believe it like politicians spend so much time practicing their talking points what they want to say Try to anticipate what questions might be asked and so for him to say something this tone-deaf at this stage in the race I just don't believe it like by now. He is a seasoned politician. He ran for president So he should know what he wants to say and for him to say this. It's just it's honestly embarrassing I Hope he feels embarrassed and I hope he reflects on this and actually reflects on it Like not just publicly saying what he thinks is going to help him here after he said this terrible thing Like I hope he genuinely is introspective and does soul-searching because this is This is fucked up