ESPN analyst Stephen A. Smith, who has been flirting with a presidential run, said Wednesday that he hopes “somebody from the Democratic Party steps up.”
Smith suggested that he could inspire some Democratic candidate to lead the party in 2028.
“I hope somebody from the Democratic Party steps up. I hope I light a fire under them and get a more qualified individual in this mix, so people can stop asking me this stuff and I can enjoy my life,” Smith told Fox News’s Sean Hannity.
“But if it continues to get worse, all hands on deck, all of us should consider running, for crying out loud, rather than dealing with this nonsense” he added.
Smith, who has historically expressed interest in politics, has been particularly critical of the Democratic Party in the wake of last November’s election.
His involvement in politics has resulted in him being talked about as a candidate for the next presidential election, and he said earlier this month he was “leaving all doors open” when it comes to a presidential bid.
“Time to stop messing around. Life is great. Especially at ESPN/Disney. Hate the thought of being a politician. But sick of this mess. So I’m officially leaving all doors open,” Smith said in a post on X in early April.
In early March, Smith gave his seal of approval to talk that he could move from sports to politics during an appearance on NBC’s “The Tonight Show.”
“Folks are nuts, number one,” Smith told host Jimmy Fallon at the time when asked what he thought about recent headlines calling him a possible future presidential candidate.
“Number two, the Democrat Party, they lost. They had a bad few months. We all know this. And even though there’s a lot of qualified Democrats all over the country from a local perspective — governors, mayors, stuff like that — there’s no real national voice.”
“Enter moi,” Smith said. “They’ve come to me.”
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