ESPN host Stephen A. Smith admitted that he and others who voted for Kamala Harris in the November election feel like “D—dumb,” during a real-time appearance with Bill Maher on Friday.
Smith made this statement while discussing comparisons between Harris’ campaign and Barack Obama’s campaign in 2008. The sports expert argued that the fact that Harris was not nominated through a legitimate primary, and the fact that he She performed so poorly during her short term in the 2020 Democratic primary, it made her undesirable to voters.
Harris dropped out of the 2020 primary in 2019, before reaching the Iowa Caucus. She never received a single primary vote before being anointed the nominee in 2024.
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October 23, 2024; Inglewood, California: Stephen A. Smith on the set of ESPN’s NBA Countdown at the Intuit Dome. (Kirby Lee-Imagn Images)
“Kamala Harris, who didn’t make a splash during the primaries in 2020, couldn’t even make it to Iowa, suddenly she’s the Democratic nominee, then she walks up to the convention in Chicago and everyone’s like ‘She’s a rock star!’ So it’s like ‘How did that happen?’” Smith said.
“Yes, I voted for her, a lot of people voted for her, but in the end, we ended up feeling like fools, because we supported him, we fell in love with Okiedke as they say. If you had a primary, the chance is that she wouldn’t have been the Democratic nominee.”
Smith has been a harsh internal critic of the Democratic Party during and after the 2020 election.
During Friday’s appearance on Maher’s show, he scolded liberals for choosing not to campaign on issues the American people were most concerned about, while admitting that Trump did, and was the candidate closest to the center of the political spectrum.
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Stephen A. Smith slammed Vice President Harris for avoiding serious media interviews since the beginning of his campaign. (Jim Cowsert / NBA | Andrew Harnik / Staff)
“Here’s the deal: The man was charged twice, he was convicted of 34 felonies, and the American people still said, ‘It’s closer to normal than what we see on the left,'” Smith said.
During an interview With Pak Gazette Channel’s Sean Hannity days after Election Day, Smith insisted that the results were a Democratic Party referendum.
“I think in light of those results we have to view this election as a referendum for the Democratic Party. And America says we’re not feeling where you are, we’re not feeling where you tried to go, we don’t want to part of this, we’re not.” having, and they made their choice and we all have to accept it,” he said.
During an interview about “The Will Cain Show“On Thursday after the election, Smith delivered a scathing critique of the Democratic National Committee and its message ahead of Election Day and singled out transgender issues as one of its weak points.
Smith looks on before the game between the Boston Celtics and the Dallas Mavericks during Game 3 of the 2024 NBA Finals on June 12, 2024 at the American Airlines Center in Dallas, Texas. (Garrett Ellwood/Nbae via Getty Images)
“It’s such a heavy progressive left lean where we’re talking about transgender issues and culture wars and identity politics and all this. We’re sick of all that. That makes complete and utter sense to me, and I’m good with that, though I didn’t vote for [Trump]. “It doesn’t surprise me and I feel like nothing but sadness and doom, and the world is coming to an end because the person I voted for didn’t win,” Smith said.
Smith has said several times that he would consider running for public office. Following the election results, he has been one of the few figures in the liberal media to embrace the outcome of Trump’s victory and has largely been Critic of the left Figures such as Michelle Obama, Oprah Winfrey and Jimmy Kimmel in their representation of Trump.
Smith also didn’t rule out a possible presidential run for himself during an interview on “The View” the week after the election.
“I have no desire to be a congressional figure or a senator. But if you came to me and told me I had a legitimate shot at winning the presidency of the United States of America, I would definitely consider it,” he said.
