In the aftermath of the 2024 presidential election, ESPN's Stephen A. Smith talks about whether he regrets supporting the Democratic Party.
”I voted Democrat, and I have to say right now, I don't like the fact that I did it. I don’t like what I’m seeing,” Smith said on “Life, Liberty & Levin” on Saturday.
Since President-elect Donald Trump's historic victory in November, Democrats have been locked in a blame game over who is to blame for Vice President Harris' loss.
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Some point to Harris, while others blame President Biden's failed re-election campaign and low approval ratings.
Criticism of the president continued in the final weeks of his term, particularly over his decision to pardon his son Hunter.
“I don't want to hear, 'Oh, we're talking about the law. No one is above the law. No one is above the law.'” But you go out and I forgive my son and try to blame it on other people,” Smith told host Mark Levin.
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But Smith's concerns for Democrats extend beyond Biden's controversial pardons. The ESPN personality echoed Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders' sentiment when he called for a focus on the party's platform and policies.
“I don't want to hear about defunding the police. I don't want to hear it, you know? Borders should be open. I don't want to hear this. And most people don't think that.”America The public wants to hear that,” Smith said.
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After the election, Sen. Bernie Sanders of Vermont blamed Harris' defeat on Democrats' “abandonment” of the working class, prompting a rebuke from former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi.
“It should come as no great surprise that the Democratic Party, which has abandoned working-class people, now realizes that the working class has abandoned them,” Sanders said. are angry and want change.” X will be accompanied by a press release regarding election results in November. “And they're right.”
“I'm no longer interested in listening to fear-mongering voices telling me who I shouldn't vote for,” Smith told Levin.
“Why don't you come up with a plan to explain why people should vote for you?” he insisted.
“We're not just thinking about America, we're thinking about America and prioritizing what's happening in this country with the devastated and the disenfranchised and everyone else in between. , that's thinking what's best for America…That's not true. It's a crime for American politicians, commanders in chief, senators, and congressmen to have that kind of thinking,” he continued. .
“If Donald Trump, J.D. Vance, Byron Donald, Marco Rubio, or any number of other Republican candidates were to send a message like this, I would be for it. I would do it. That's what I want for the American people, just enough tolerance to allow them to enjoy it from a policy standpoint. ”
Smith acknowledged that he would “very likely” vote for Trump if the president-elect were able to run again, but said Trump still had “a lot to prove.”
“What I was concerned about about Donald Trump, and the reason I voted against him and voted for Kamala Harris, was because I felt he was going to be divisive. “I felt it would cause chaos because it would require such a level of loyalty and loyalty. That would take precedence over the governance of our country, and that was my concern,” he explained. did.
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“It can't just be loyalty or allegiance to him. It has to be about doing the job in the best interest of the American people, not yourself, and engaging in juvenile-like behavior.” You tweet all the time, you tend to go after people who have nothing to do with the grand scheme of things, you do something like that and it shows you're the adult in the room, nobody Donald I don't think you can fire someone. Trump at this particular moment. ”
FOX News' Emma Colton contributed to this report.
