Stephen A. Smith Slams 'Pathetic' Democrat Party As Strategists Consider Him For 2028 Presidential Bid
Stephen A. Smith attends 2024 PrizePicks World Championship at Pullman Yards on November 17, 2024 in Atlanta, Georgia.
There is increasing support among a faction of Democratic strategists
for Stephen A. Smith to run for president, aiming to shake things up
following a devastating 2024 election cycle.
Smith has been a vocal critic of the Democrat party since former Vice
President Kamala Harris’s crushing Election Day defeat, admitting that
he felt like a “damn fool” after voting for Harris.
“It’s great to have someone from outside of politics making
compelling arguments for the Democratic Party,” stated Democrat
strategist Jared Leopold.
“I think we’ve seen that a lot of people, that the majority of swing
voters treat politics not as the entree but as a side course, and sports
are definitely an entry point,” he continued.
“Democrats are looking for someone who will forcefully argue our
points and not back down,” Leopold added. “And it hasn’t been in
politics, but Stephen A. Smith has made a career of doing just that.”
Democrat strategist Joe Zepecki also weighed in, stating: “Every
person in America with a platform who can communicate the cost that the
Trump administration is making us all pay, come on in, the water is
fine.”
Additionally, Democrat strategist Antjuan Seawright also declined to rule Smith out for a potential future run.
“If there’s one thing that we have learned from the previous
elections is that different people get the information from different
places, whether the information is accurate or not,” Seawright stated.
“And then different people process information different ways, and so I
think it’s certainly not unusual for an outside voice to garner inside
attention.”
“It’s important to note that sports and politics have a lot of
similarities,” he continued. “Contact being one of them, competition
being the other, and the fact that in sports you either win or you
learn, and that same thing about [politics] you don’t always lose either
when they learn.”
Following the election, Smith went on “The View” where he expressed his interest in running for the presidency in 2028.
“If you came to me and you told me I had a legitimate shot to win the
presidency of the United States of America, I would definitely consider
it,” he stated. “I’m half-joking, but I kind of mean it.”
In a more recent Fox News appearance, Smith doubled down on his
criticism of the Democrat party, adding “The fact that I am a candidate
for the presidency of the United States of America, according to the
polling for the Democratic Party, is the most clear-cut evidence of how
pathetic of a state of affairs that exists within the Democratic Party
today.”
“I have no business being on that list whatsoever. I am not
qualified. But it just shows how pathetic things are at this particular
moment in time.”
Smith went on to walk back his prior comments regarding a
presidential run, stating that he does not want to get involved in the
“cesspool” of politics.
Recent polling data shows that 2% 😂 of Democrat voters support Smith’s run for the presidency in 2028.
Whoa.
Stephen A. Smith: "I think the fact that I am a candidate for the
presidency, according to polling for the Democratic Party, is the most
clear-cut evidence of how pathetic of a state of affairs that exists
within the Democratic Party today.”
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