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The hashtag #OprahMeetYang trended on Twitter as supporters of Andrew Yang called for a meeting between the Democratic primary candidate and talk show host Oprah Winfrey.
At the time of writing, the #OprahMeetYang hashtag is third in the U.S. trending charts on Twitter, with 46,000 tweets using the phrase.
Winfrey and Yang have not yet publicly responded to calls for the pair to meet, despite a flood of posts by Yang's backers—who refer to themselves as the "Yang Gang."
Newsweek has contacted the Oprah Winfrey Network for comment on the calls for a meeting between the talk show titan and Yang.
The Yang 2020 primary campaign has also been contacted for comment. This article will be updated with any response.
Posting with the #OprahMeetYang hashtag, Australian politician Stella Yee tweeted: "Hello @Oprah, greetings from Australia. Even though it's ages ago I remember you used to say on your show, 'when you know better, you do better.'
"We know America could be better and @AndrewYang can help make that happen. It would be wonderful if #OprahMeetYang. Thanks heaps."
"I feel like @Oprah is just as Humanity First as @AndrewYang," Congressional candidate James Ellars said. "The world needs these two to meet!"
Universal basic income (UBI) advocate Scott Santens tweeted: "I give a lecture about UBI, go out for Chinese food with some #YangGang, check my phone, and suddenly there's a wild #OprahMeetYang trending at #3.
"Let's do this, @Oprah. Please meet up with @AndrewYang and have a conversation about eradicating poverty with a foundational floor."
Yang has appeared on a few major talk shows since the 2020 primary campaign began, including the Joe Rogan Experience, which has more than seven million subscribers on YouTube and regularly appears at the top of the podcast charts.
The entrepreneur also received a high-profile endorsement from comedian Dave Chappelle earlier this month, and will appear alongside the star in South Carolina ahead of the state's primary at the end of February.
As national primary polling stands, the Real Clear Politics average puts Yang in sixth place with 4.8 percent support among party voters.
The website's average of Iowa polling ahead of the state's Democratic caucus on Monday puts the entrepreneur in the same position, but with just 3.3. percent of support.
After national data released by Emerson Polling last week showed Yang had leaped to fourth place in the primary rankings, the #YangSurge hashtag began trending on Twitter.
