Andrew Yang is The Roosevelts’ Candidate: 5 Roosevelt Quotes That Prove It

In an interview with The Hill in August, Andrew Yang said, “I’m a big fan of Teddy Roosevelt, because he seemed very bipartisan and solutions-oriented.” Andrew Yang also happens to be the godfather of Teddy Roosevelt’s great granddaughter. Furthermore, Andrew Yang has an understanding and command of the current moment in history that seems very similar to the understanding and command of ideas that Franklin Roosevelt had in his time. If you read old quotes from Teddy and Franklin Roosevelt, they sound very similar to what Andrew Yang is communicating today. Consider these Roosevelt quotes and some of Andrew Yang’s policy proposals.

“True individual freedom cannot exist without economic security and independence. People who are hungry and out of a job are the stuff of which dictatorships are made.” — Franklin Roosevelt

This sounds like the argument that Andrew Yang has been making that the current president was elected because we automated away four million manufacturing jobs in Midwestern states. And, the solution he is communicating is economic security and independence. As we lose more jobs to automation, the economic security that Andrew Yang is advocating for in the…