PBS NewsHour’s Judy Woodruff mistakenly referred to Andrew YangAndrew YangGeorge Floyd protests show corporations must support racial and economic equality Andrew Yang discusses his universal basic income pilot program Andrew Yang on the George Floyd protests in Minneapolis MORE at the beginning of Thursday night’s Democratic debate when she was seeking to ask a question to rival candidate Tom SteyerTom SteyerBloomberg wages war on COVID-19, but will he abandon his war on coal? Overnight Energy: 600K clean energy jobs lost during pandemic, report finds | Democrats target diseases spread by wildlife | Energy Dept. to buy 1M barrels of oil Ocasio-Cortez, Schiff team up to boost youth voter turnout MORE.
The confusing moment came as Woodruff was asking the candidates how they’d convince more people to back the impeachment of President TrumpDonald John TrumpSenate advances public lands bill in late-night vote Warren, Democrats urge Trump to back down from veto threat over changing Confederate-named bases Esper orders ‘After Action Review’ of National Guard’s role in protests MORE.
“Mr. Yang, what more,” Woodruff began her question about President Trump’s impeachment while looking at Steyer.
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“I’m over here,” Yang responded.
He then began clapping and appeared to ask “Judy?” before Woodruff corrected herself and directed the question to Steyer.
Here we have a Democratic debate moderator confusing Tom Steyer with…Andrew Yang: pic.twitter.com/oda3puozU8
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Judy Woodruff just confused Tom Steyer with Andrew Yang….
— Saagar Enjeti (@esaagar) December 20, 2019
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That little mistake by the moderator calling Steyer Yang just showed me that Yang is about to go aggressive Yang tonight. I’m hyped! #DemDebate
— Jonathan Munitz (@MyLifeIsMunitz) December 20, 2019
Oof!
Judy Woodruff addresses Tom Steyer as “Mr. Yang”
Andrew Yang [clapping on the other side of the stage]: “I’m over here!”
Woodruff: “I’m sorry, Mr. Steyer. I’m sorry.” pic.twitter.com/iE5UOb3fJs
— Justin Baragona (@justinbaragona) December 20, 2019
The Wednesday debate was hosted by PBS NewsHour and Politico.