Stephen A. Smith doesn’t know if he’ll run for president, but he’s certainly going to milk this story for everything it’s worth.
Let’s just say for a second, that the same Stephen A. Smith who yells about sports every morning on ESPN does decide to run for president. Now let’s take it a step further and say he wins.
Smith briefly played that game on his latest podcast episode to give us a glimpse on the type of president he would be.
“Who the hell told y’all I’d want to be a Democrat? I have conservative ideas,” Smith said, noting he would be tough on crime and border security. “I’d probably be a Democrat. A moderate. A centrist, leaning left…You really, really think that Stephen A. Smith would tolerate crime in the streets to the point where you got to let three people in the store at a time?
“Do you know anything about me? Do you know what I would do as commander in chief if I saw crime raiding through our streets and it was affecting jobs and safety and ultimately the economy? Do you know who the hell you’re talking to or listening too? Hell, Trump might not have anything on me! With that?! I ain’t having it.”
Smith reiterated he’s not qualified to be president, noting he’s not an expert on policy and doesn’t even know how to pronounce the names of most foreign dignitaries. History, however, has proved those are not prerequisites for becoming POTUS.
“I have no interest in getting involved more so than punditry and commentary. But you better hope I stay feeling that way. Because let me tell you something right now, I said I’d bring the rain. I lied. I’d bring hell. Hell! Cause I ain’t playing. I’m there to win.”
Consider that your warning.
Smith keeps insisting he won’t be a future candidate for president, but he always follows it by teasing that he might run for president.
“I don’t blame millions of Americans if they want me to,” Smith said. “Because what the hell is the alternative?”
Stephen A. Smith, future president of the United States by default?
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Brandon Contes is a staff writer for Awful Announcing and The Comeback. He previously helped carve the sports vertical for Mediaite and spent more than three years with Barrett Sports Media. Send tips/comments/complaints to bcontes@thecomeback.com