Andrew Yang hits back against Daily News’ defense of ‘racist’ cartoon

Mayoral candidate Andrew Yang on Tuesday hit back at the NY Daily News’ claim that its cartoon depicting him as a tourist visiting Times Square is not about his race — saying it clearly plays on anti-Asian tropes.

“I think anyone objective looking at that cartoon knows that it’s playing on any idea of Asian Americans as permanent tourists and outsiders,” Yang — a top-tier mayoral contender whose parents immigrated from Taiwan — said on CNN’s “New Day.” “The Daily News simply characterizing it as simply a political commentary that does not include race just rings false.”