ESPN’s Stephen A. Smith has been viewed as a potential candidate for the Democratic Party for the upcoming 2028 Presidential election. Now, Smith has received an endorsement from one of the most important media figures in politics.
Bill Maher recently made a guest appearance on a podcast with Stephen A. Smith, according to Awful Announcing. Smith asked him, “Who’s the candidate on the left that can somehow derail” President Trump?
“I see somebody right here in my Zoom camera,” Maher replied. “Where’s the Stephen A. Smith presidential bubble?”
“I’d have to give up too much money, Bill,” Smith responded. “I’d have to give up too much money. I’m not giving up my money, man. I’m not giving up my money.”
“You don’t need money when you’re the president,” Maher said. “You think the president carries money?”
Maher then explained his endorsement of Smith.
“The reason why, you know, I’m taking you a little more seriously for this is because the Democrats definitely need an outsider,” Maher said. “I’ll give you a little preview of something that I’m working on that will be on our show one of these weeks at the end, as an editorial.
“To me, the Democratic Party is a ghost brand. You know what a ghost brand is? It’s like Sears or General Electric. It’s still a company, Abercrombie & Fitch, but they’ve really fallen on hard times. But they’ve been around for a long time so there is value in — it’s an asset. Right? Because there are still people who know of the company.”
It’ll be interesting to see where Smith goes from here.
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