Stephen A. Smith Would Consider Running For President But Under One Condition

ESPN host Stephen A. Smith is stirring speculation about a possible bid for the U.S. presidency in 2028.

via: Vibe

During an interview with Daily Mail, ahead of Super Bowl LIX in New Orleans, La., Smith said that if he were financially set to his liking, he would make the foray into politics at the behest of the voting public.

“I have no desire to do this, but assuming that I’m well off, that I have lots of money, and money is no longer a concern,” the renowned sports pundit said of the stipulations regarding his potential candidacy.

“If the American people came to me and looked at me and said ‘Yo, man, we want you to run for office,’ and I had a legitimate shot to win the presidency of the United States, I’m not gonna lie, I’ll think about that.”

Smith continued, reiterating that his Presidential bid would be contingent on his financial stability. ‘But I gotta have my money. I’m not gonna go to the White House broke,” he added.

“I’m not gonna do that. I gotta have my money. I gotta have my home. I gotta have my financial situation completely taken care of. I have no concerns if that happens for me. If they told me I had a legitimate, bonafide shot to win the presidency of the United States of America, I would entertain it.”

Smith’s comments regarding a run for the White House come after it was revealed in a recent poll that the Queens, N.Y. native beat out Democratic party members with far stronger political resumes. This includes former Presidential candidate Beto O’Rourke—who ran for the nomination in 2020—and Illinois governor JB Pritzker.

The New York Times Bestseller also finished closely behind former Democratic vice president candidate Tim Walz, who ran alongside former vice president Kamala Harris during her own presidential campaign, and Pennsylvania governor Josh Shapiro, in the poll, by one percentage point.

The 57-year-old media personality also expressed his confidence that his presidential campaign would reign victorious over the field, including Harris, who topped the aforementioned poll with 33% over the votes.

“The part that I’m not joking about is I believe I could beat every candidate on that poll. Every candidate that they mentioned, from Kamala Harris right on down to (Pete) Buttigieg and to Tim Walz,” Smith bragged. “I’d beat all of them. I do believe that. I really do.”

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At first when I heard this story, I was like "oh, hell naw!" Then I got to thinking about it, and listening to other progressive poliical pundits on this matter, and it swayed my opinion.

Stephen has made no qualms about how he's fiscally conservative, but identifies with a lot of liberal policies. He is someone who is very outspoken and is unafraid to say whatever people are thinking, even if he comes off sounding misinformed at times.

His ideologies go based off of what people are feeling, which isn't necessarily a bad thing, because unfortunately, we have Democratic officials who are so afraid of saying anything that will get people pissed at them, it comes off as if they are afraid of their own shadow.

It does worry me at times with him being an enlightened centrist that should he win the presidential election he'll fall in line with the status quo, once realizing that politics has a lot of complexities as soon has he gets into the oval office.

I do believe that unlike the current president, he will surround himself with people who understand politics, and will steer the country in the right direction, which is the opposite of what the Cheeto In Chief is currently doing.

All people want is a livable wage, affordable housing, medical insurance for all that should be free in my opinion, and a grocery bill that doesn't break an arm and a leg. What we don't want is a criminal who has allowed a soon-to-be trillionaire robber baron to have the keys to all of our financial information so that he can find ways to move their money around, and provide his fellow rich cronies extensive tax cuts while robbing the American people blind.

So if Stephen presents a valid argument (should he seriously run) , and since Jon Stewart has no intention of running, I just might vote for him. Fingers crossed that we actually get to have a 2028 presidential campaign, since Trump is talking about never leaving the White House.

Since the only people seemingly fighting for the Democrats is Maxwell Frost, Jasmine Crockett and AOC, if Stephen has the cojones to step up to the plate, he just might be what the other side needs to go up against the current Idiot in Chief.