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Andrew Yang to suspend bid for Democratic presidential nomination

Updated: 2020-02-12 09:08

Entrepreneur Andrew Yang speaks during the eighth Democratic 2020 presidential debate at Saint Anselm College in Manchester, New Hampshire, US, Feb 7, 2020. [Photo/Agencies]

WASHINGTON - Businessman Andrew Yang will suspend his bid for the Democratic nomination for US president, campaign sources said on Tuesday.

Yang, 45, who ran for president despite having no political background, surprised many observers by qualifying for debates and remaining in the contest longer than some veteran politicians.

Yang was bidding to be the country's first Asian-American president and launched his longshot candidacy in 2017 as a virtual unknown.

Yang's signature proposal, a universal basic income that would pay every American $1,000 a month, was his answer to the "fourth industrial revolution," the rise of automation that he said destroyed millions of manufacturing jobs and, as a consequence, paved the way for Donald Trump's 2016 election.

"Donald Trump is not the cause of all our problems, and we're making a mistake when we act like he is," Yang said at a Democratic debate on Friday.

"He is a symptom of a disease that has been building up in our communities for years and decades."

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