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Andrew Yang Blames Donald Trump Tariffs For Q1 GDP Contraction
Andrew Yang was a Democratic presidential candidate who has been mired in controversy since a tweet in which he proclaimed that the...
Andrew Yang was a Democratic presidential candidate who has been mired in controversy since a tweet in which he proclaimed that the contraction of the U.S. economy in the first quarter of 2025 was due to Trump’s tariffs. For instance, Randy, another user, noted the wrong timing: “Let’s be real Tarriffs weren’t implemented until April which doesn’t affect Q1…” This factual counter-argument draws on a more widely observed phenomenon in political debates: timelines, however, are usually out of sync with each other. Summing it all, such Twitter warfare looks like a microcosm of contemporary political discourse: A lopsided mixture of voices interspersed with a few legitimate critiques, a lot of scurrilous charges against one another, and memes that pass for arguments.
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