Stephen A. Smith Rejects Radical Left and Blames Democrats for Trump Victory

ESPN’s Stephen A. Smith never shy about weighing in on politics just dropped a bombshell that’s sending ripples through the Democratic establishment. In a revealing CNN interview, the sports media titan said the Democratic Party must be “purged” of its extreme-left elements before he’d ever consider running under its banner.

Let that sink in. One of the country’s most recognizable media figures, who leans left on social issues, just torched the very party he’s expected to align with.

“The Democratic Party, as presently constructed, it would pretty much need to be purged,” Smith told Jake Tapper on State of the Union. “I would not want to be associated with them… where it leans so extremely left.”

Smith didn’t mince words. He called out the usual suspects open borders, reckless spending, identity politics, woke culture, and cancel culture as deeply harmful to the American psyche and national stability.

And he’s right.

• Under Biden, the national debt has ballooned to over $34.5 trillion, with no accountability in sight.

• Illegal immigration hit record highs, with over 7 million illegal crossings since Biden took office.

• Crime is soaring in Democrat-run cities, while progressive DAs prioritize social justice experiments over justice itself.

Smith didn’t lay the blame for America’s problems on Donald Trump. Instead, he called out Democrats for “absolutely, positively blowing it” a sentiment millions of Americans share. He argued that Trump’s return wasn’t a win for him, but a loss for Democrats who alienated normal people with their radical agenda and condescending messaging.

“Cancel culture… ravaged our nation psychologically,” Smith said. “People literally scared they were going to lose their jobs if they pronounced the wrong pronoun, for crying out loud.”

And what’s the result of this ideological obsession? An elite class more concerned with Twitter activism than working-class Americans just trying to survive. Smith made it clear: ordinary people want safe streets, affordable living, and peace not lectures about pronouns and virtue-signaling.

Despite being socially liberal, Smith sounded more in tune with working-class conservatives than any member of the modern Democratic Party. His critique was surgical and devastating. Even when pressed, he refused to name names, but everyone knows exactly who he meant: the AOC-style radicals, the race-hustling pundits, and the soft-on-crime ideologues who’ve hijacked the party.

Smith’s remarks should serve as a loud wake-up call for Democrats who think they can coast on fearmongering about Trump. The country is suffering under their policies, and voters are done being gaslit. If even a high-profile figure like Smith is this disillusioned, imagine how millions of swing voters feel heading into 2024.

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