Yang holds town hall in Council Bluffs on the heels of the Iowa caucuses

Democratic presidential candidate Andrew Yang rallied at Abraham Lincoln High School Monday night, part of his final push before the Feb. 3 caucus. The candidate spoke with Iowa voters and focused on his main platform of keeping jobs and fighting automation."Here in Iowa you have witnessed these changes front and center," Yang said. "They started on your farms as we mechanized and consolidated away thousands of agriculture jobs. It shifted to your factories wiping out 40,000 agricultural jobs." Yang also discussed his freedom dividend plan, a $1,000 dollar monthly payment to every American 18 or older. Yang says he hopes to pay for the plan by taxing tech companies. "You have to be pretty asleep at the switch or corrupt to think that it's appropriate for a trillion-dollar tech company to pay less than the average American," said Yang. Monday night, many voters told KETV they are in full support of Yang and plan to vote for him during next week's caucuses. "He's a humanist," said Max Burgess. "I really agree with his points, even the ideas I heard from him tonight that I didn't hear before."Yang already qualified for next month's presidential debate. The candidate will face off against six other Democrats on Feb. 7 in New Hampshire.

Democratic presidential candidate Andrew Yang rallied at Abraham Lincoln High School Monday night, part of his final push before the Feb. 3 caucus.

The candidate spoke with Iowa voters and focused on his main platform of keeping jobs and fighting automation.


"Here in Iowa you have witnessed these changes front and center," Yang said. "They started on your farms as we mechanized and consolidated away thousands of agriculture jobs. It shifted to your factories wiping out 40,000 agricultural jobs."

Yang also discussed his freedom dividend plan, a $1,000 dollar monthly payment to every American 18 or older. Yang says he hopes to pay for the plan by taxing tech companies.

"You have to be pretty asleep at the switch or corrupt to think that it's appropriate for a trillion-dollar tech company to pay less than the average American," said Yang.

Monday night, many voters told KETV they are in full support of Yang and plan to vote for him during next week's caucuses.

"He's a humanist," said Max Burgess. "I really agree with his points, even the ideas I heard from him tonight that I didn't hear before."

Yang already qualified for next month's presidential debate. The candidate will face off against six other Democrats on Feb. 7 in New Hampshire.