{"id":431732,"date":"2021-04-16T19:50:19","date_gmt":"2021-04-16T23:50:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=431732"},"modified":"2021-04-16T19:50:22","modified_gmt":"2021-04-16T23:50:22","slug":"yang-asked-if-he-chokes-his-sexual-partners-laughs-but-doesnt-answer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/yang-asked-if-he-chokes-his-sexual-partners-laughs-but-doesnt-answer\/","title":{"rendered":"Yang Asked If He Chokes His Sexual Partners, Laughs But Doesn\u2019t Answer"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fyang-asked-if-he-chokes-his-sexual-partners-laughs-but-doesnt-answer%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=431732&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><\/div>\n<aside id=\"right1forarticles\">\n<\/aside>\n<div id=\"ob-read-more-selector\" readability=\"44.477272727273\">\n<p>New York City mayoral candidate Andrew Yang was asked on Wednesday if he chokes his sexual partners but simply laughed and played the question off without responding.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=g1nMxV4GZgM\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">video<\/a> shows a fan asking Yang if a man can keep his \u201cTimbs on,\u201d a reference to Timberland boots, while he\u2019s \u201cf***ing b****es.\u201d An uncomfortable-looking Yang responds, laughing and saying, \u201cI think it\u2019s purely up to your partner.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The same man then asks, \u201cDo you choke bitches, Andrew Yang?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Yang responded by laughing and waving the question off but didn\u2019t answer the question directly.<\/p>\n<p>Yang received backlash on social media and from fellow mayoral candidate Maya Wiley who commented, \u201cevery last one of us has to stand up for women and girls,\u201d according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/states\/new-york\/albany\/story\/2021\/04\/15\/yang-under-fire-after-laughing-at-question-about-choking-women-1375023\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Politico<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The video uploaded by Twitter user @carsoncapp has been removed after the user said Yang\u2019s campaign staff contacted him.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" readability=\"11.461538461538\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">I deleted the tweet as I was contacted by some of Yang\u2019s campaign staff requesting that I take it down. While I still believe the video is harmless, the media clearly spun it in a very different manner, so I figured it would just be best to do what was asked of me.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 carson ???? (@carsoncapp) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/carsoncapp\/status\/1382728279707111439?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 15, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Yang responded on Thursday, saying he didn\u2019t find the video \u201cfunny at all.\u201d <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/01\/13\/andrew-yang-candidacy-new-york-city-mayor\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(RELATED: Andrew Yang Announces Candidacy For New York City Mayor)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think most New Yorkers know that I try and be friendly to people. And in this case, someone wanted a video, and I thought I\u2019d be friendly. But then he said something that was plainly inappropriate that I didn\u2019t find funny at all,\u201d he said, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nydailynews.com\/news\/politics\/nyc-elections-2021\/ny-nyc-mayoral-candidate-andrew-yang-timberlake-video-20210415-7uypnxb2pve43azhlpiwy6fdxa-story.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">New York Daily News<\/a>. \u201cSo I walked away and ended the interaction as quickly as possible. And I obviously don\u2019t think that\u2019s appropriate.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>New York City mayoral candidate Andrew Yang was asked on Wednesday if he chokes his sexual partners but simply laughed and played the question off without responding. 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