Democratic presidential hopeful Andrew Yang took to the stage at Tuesday nights debate with an unusual lapel pin.
It said simply, MATH.
Yang has worn the pin for various media appearances before, and even sells it on his website to raise campaign funds.
We need to do the opposite of much of what were doing right now, and the opposite of Donald Trump is an Asian man who likes math , Yang cracked at the debate in July.
But while he does love math and is fond of breaking out numbers at his events, the pin also stands for something else: Make America Think Harder .
On Twitter, the MATH pin got more attention than some of the comments by the candidates:
Say what you want about @AndrewYang not wearing a tie, I LOVE how he's wearing a MATH pin on his lapel instead of the typical American flag. That has always annoyed me how candidates feel they have to advertise the stars and stripes to get elected. #DemDebate #DemocraticDebate
— Scott Santens (@scottsantens) October 16, 2019
Does @AndrewYang s lapel pin say math?! Lol #DemDebate
— Charles M. Blow (@CharlesMBlow) October 16, 2019
Does Andrew Yang's lapel pin really say math? #DemocraticDebate
— Jo Kaur (@SikhFeminist) October 16, 2019
#yang gets it. he knows when he hits a solid line and ends his time without going over. also, he doesnt risk losing his closer being drowned out by speaking over the moderator.
— Nic Nemeth (@HEELZiggler) October 16, 2019
plus that math pin #YangGang #DemDebates
Andrew Yang is wearing a pin that just says Math and honestly that gives me extreme amounts of anxiety
— Ashley Green (@agreenphotog) October 16, 2019
Andrew Yang "MATH" pin deserves more attention
— Chris Cillizza (@CillizzaCNN) October 16, 2019
Andrew Yang is wearing a "Math" pin as he courts the hard to reach "Math nerd" voting bloc #DemocraticDebate
— (((DeanObeidallah))) (@DeanObeidallah) October 16, 2019
Yang: "Math"
— Noah Smith (@Noahpinion) October 16, 2019
Warren: "Data"
Now we just need a candidate whose slogan is "Econometrics" and we'll have a first year grad school curriculum
Andrew Yang is wearing a "math" pin. I assume he's trolling Donald Trump, who can't do math. The difficulty: Donald Trump can't read the pin, because he also can't read.
— Palmer Report (@PalmerReport) October 16, 2019
I like Andrew Yangs math pin. I feel all the candidates should have a pin with their favorite word on it. Mine would be either LIGHTSABER or MARTINI. #DemDebate pic.twitter.com/6LyDknth8k
— Joseph Scrimshaw (@JosephScrimshaw) October 16, 2019
the highlight of the debate so far has obviously been Andrew Yangs math lapel pin
— Alexandra DeSanctis (@xan_desanctis) October 16, 2019
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