Andrew Yang sang with a black church choir. Not everyone said 'Amen'
Monday, January 27, 2020
Published January 25, 2020 by CNN
As the Rev. Wendy Hamilton was leaving Union Missionary Baptist Church in Waterloo, Iowa, she turned to see some commotion in the choir.
"I looked up and said, 'Is Andrew up there singing with them? I guess we're not leaving yet. Ok, Amen!'"
What happened next went viral, because Andrew is Andrew Yang, the longshot, "I'll try almost anything" Democratic presidential candidate. Nearly 2 million people have viewed a clip of Yang singing and swaying with the choir on Sunday. Nearly as many seemed to have opinions about it.
Some prominent black leaders laughed, rolled their emoji eyes or posted memes of Forrest Gump fumbling through a gospel song. Some accused Yang of pandering. One said it was more "cute than cringe" while joking that an "official ruling" would be issued after next the "black people conference."
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