CHICAGO (AP) ā Democrat Andrew Yang, an entrepreneur who created buzz for his presidential campaign by championing a universal basic income that would give every American adult $1,000 per month, suspended his 2020 bid on Tuesday.
The graduate of Brown University and Columbia Law School gave campaign speeches full of statistics and studies that often resembled an economics seminar.
His supporters, known as the Yang Gang, donned blue hats and pins with the word MATH - short for his slogan Make America Think Harder.
Yang promoted his signature issue of universal basic income, which he dubbed the āfreedom dividend,ā by announcing during a debate that he would choose individuals to receive the monthly $1,000 checks.
Yang spent most of January in the leadoff caucus state, including a 17-day bus tour during which he told voters his finish in Iowa would āshock the world.ā