Stephen A. Smith Tells Bill Maher Trump Won Because Voters Found Him ‘Closer To Normal Than What We See On the Left’

ESPN host Stephen A. Smith told Bill Maher Friday night that America elected President Donald Trump for a second term because he was “closer to normal” than what many of them saw coming from Democrats.

During a panel discussion on HBO’s Real Time, Smith railed against Democrats for digging in on issues such as gender.

“The man was impeached twice. He was convicted on 34 felony counts,” Smith said. “And the American people still said, ‘He’s closer to normal than what we see on the left.”

Maher replied, “Exactly!” as Smith continued to offer his take on the results of the election.

He said:

He’s closer to normal. Why? Because something that pertains when you talk about the transgender community, for example, when you’re talking about the issues that pertain to less than 1% of the population. The Democratic Party came across as if that was a priority, more so than the other issues. And so he comes into office now you’re talking about, you know, you know, childbirth, citizenship and what have you. He knows that’s not going to pass the mustard. But he knows that he made that promise.

So when he shows up week one on Capitol Hill, he says this is what we’re going to do through an executive order, even though it’s going to be shot down through the courts and what have you. He said, “I kept my promise.” A lot of other things that he’s going to point to that he’s going to try to do. “I kept my promise.” Then you turn around and you look at the left and you say, what promises did you keep? Now, you might know the answer to that. I’m certainly not questioning your knowledge about that at all. What I’m saying is what resonated with the voter? What voter out there can look at the Democratic Party at this moment in time and say, there’s a voice for us, somebody that speaks for us, that goes up on Capitol Hill and fights the fights that we want them fighting on our behalf. They didn’t do that. And that’s why their behinds are home and that man is back in the White House.

Smith then blasted legacy media reporters for expressing shock at actions Trump took during his first week back in office.

“He’s doing what he said he was going to do,” Smith said. “He promised you he was going to do these things. And he walked in the office week one, and that’s exactly what he’s doing.”

Watch above via Real Time with Bill Maher.