Andrew Yang’s NYC campaign event shut down by protesters

Andrew Yang’s attempt at trolling Bill de Blasio backfired Thursday when the City Hall contender was chased away from the mayor’s gym in Park Slope by left-wing protesters before he could even speak.

The progressive demonstrators — including activists affiliated with left-wing groups Our City PAC New York Communities for Change and Alliance for Quality Education — shouted, "Don’t rank Yang!," "Hedge fund mayor!" and "No more cops!" at the centrist mayoral hopeful, who made a failed attempt at engaging with them. "I just wanted to acknowledge them and say hello, really," the composed Yang said when asked why he bothered attempting to speak to the agitators. But his friendly approach to the protestors in Park Slope did not work, and the candidate fled the aborted press conference via the 9th Street subway station, where protestors continued chanting at Yang for a few minutes from the above ground.