ESPN’s Stephen A. Smith Reveals Why He Regrets Voting For Kamala Harris

He might be best known for his sports commentary, but ESPN personality Stephen A. Smith has frequently dipped his toe into the political realm throughout his career.

Ahead of last month’s presidential election, he occasionally weighed in on relevant issues and ultimately cast a vote for Kamala Harris. In a recent interview with Fox News Channel’s Mark Levin, however, Smith acknowledged that he shouldn’t have blindly supported the Democratic nominee.

According to Fox News:

Smith told Levin he is “no longer interested in… listening to a bunch of fearmongering to tell us who we shouldn’t vote for.”

“Why don’t you come up with a plan that tells us why we should vote for you?” he posited.

“We’re not about America only, but being about America and prioritizing what’s going on in this nation with the desolate and the disenfranchized and everybody else in between, and looking out for the best interests of what it is for America… that is not a crime for an American politician or commander in chief or senator or congressional figure to have that mentality,” he continued.

“If Donald Trump, JD Vance, Byron Donalds, Marco Rubio, or a host of other Republican candidates coming down the pike, that’s the kind of message that they’re going to put forth, I’m down for it. I’m open-minded enough to make sure that they entertain that from a policy perspective. That’s what I want for the American people. That’s what I want for this nation.”

Smith conceded he could “quite possibly” see himself voting for Trump if the president-elect could run again, but he said Trump would still have to “prove a lot.”

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Of course, he’s not the only one who has lost faith in the Democratic Party as a result of the latest election cycle:

Another Democrat leaves the Democratic Party and endorses Trump. pic.twitter.com/g3JYdP7fUg

— Insurrection Barbie (@DefiyantlyFree) September 22, 2024

One former Democrat fundraiser says she is walking away from the party.@evanwch says after attending the DNC she had enough.

Listen to her story: pic.twitter.com/rFcjyx8oa5

— The Breanna Morello Show (@BreannaMShow) October 23, 2024

THIS WOMAN HAS OFFICIALLY LEFT THE DEMOCRAT PARTY!!!!

“There’s two things I am not gonna be and that’s broke and dumb.”

Don’t believe the polls!!! 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥 pic.twitter.com/i2h148ocBl

— TONY™ (@TONYxTWO) August 18, 2024

The Daily Mail provided additional coverage of Smith’s recent remarks:

Smith is open-minded about his political future, now condemning the Democrats for their post-election actions, most notably Biden’s pardon of his son, Hunter Biden.

‘I don’t want to hear about, “Oh we’re about the law. Nobody’s above the law. Nobody’s above the law.” But then you go out, and you pardon your son, and you try to blame everybody else for it,’ Smith said.

Smith’s rebuke sounded like that of Bernie Sanders in the days following the election, which was seen as a shift away from the policies led by former Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi.

‘I don’t want to hear about defund the police. I don’t want to hear about, you know what? There should be open borders. I don’t want to hear this stuff. And I don’t think most of the American people want to hear that,’ Smith added.

Here’s a clip of the interview: