"We are terrible at retraining," Andrew Yang told CNBC on Tuesday, Aug. 18. "The coal miners did not become coders. The warehouse workers did not become nurses. It's all just ludicrous talking points that politicians say and then walk away while there's a mess left."
It is a line he has been using in one form or another since his 2020 presidential run. But since then, Yang's arguments have gone from far-out theories to everyday concerns for millions of Americans.