Stephen A. Smith Rips Into Lawmaker On Real Time for ‘Fearmongering’ Dems: ‘The Republicans Didn’t Create That!’
Stephen A. Smith ripped into Rep. Ro Khanna (D-CA) and Democrats for “fearmongering” their own party over social issues like pronoun usage.
At the tail end of Friday’s Real Time, Smith, Khanna, and host Bill Maher discussed the state of the Democratic Party as three voters who supported former Vice President Kamala Harris in the election, and Smith informed Khanna that he’s in the “minority” like other Democrats and the election proved that.
Khanna argued that Democrats need better communication as a party, but said they should not abandon their “principles.”
Smith argued:
I think it’s important that you understand. See, you’re a likable individual because you’re sensible. I know Wes Moore, the governor of Maryland, likable man, I think he has incredible potential, resonates with people because he sends a message to them not just that he cares about them, but that he’s listening to them as opposed to trying to guilt them with fearmongering and everything else to get them to do what you as a politician want them to do. You have to understand, respectfully, in my opinion, that you are in the minority within the Democratic Party based on what we’ve seen over the last, you know, four to six years. It’s entirely different now because, like Bill said, it’s not enough for you to vote for them. You got to side with them, the same people that you voted for. They made you feel. They got to a point where if you uttered the wrong pronoun, it was ready to cost you your career. I’m working in television and I’m having people who are hyperventilating, scared to death, take a deep breath, making sure that when they go on a diatribe or a rant or whatever, they’re uttering every syllable correctly. This is the kind of world that — the Republicans didn’t create that. They’re guilty of a whole lot of stuff, but they didn’t create that. And when you create that, when somebody is scared to utter the wrong word out of their mouth and we all know what some words are taboo, but damn, it got to a point where he or she was taboo among some Democrats. Now, how the hell that happen?
“Well, I have to say two words: show’s over!” Maher said after Smith’s rant, jumping into his final segment.
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