Stephen A. Smith tells ‘The View’ he saw Trump’s victory coming ‘a mile away’

ESPN’s Stephen A. Smith told the co-hosts of “The View” that he was not surprised by the outcome of the 2024 election, saying that President-elect Donald Trump’s victory was clear “a mile away.”

“I was surprised by how lopsided it was. I wasn’t surprised by the result. I saw the result coming a mile away. You have to pay attention, listen, we respect our president Joe Biden, but here’s the reality. He He promised to to be a transition president, to be a stopgap, to pave the way for someone else to come on board,” Smith said, noting the Democrats’ success in it. 2022 midway

Smith went on to describe the state of the Democratic Party after the president decided to stay in office, setting off a chain of events that led to Kamala Harris replacing him on the ticket and her defeat at the hands of Trump.

“When he decided to stay, the Democrats were in a dilemma because they expected him to go,” he continued. “They’re around him, they see the fastball is gone to some degree, they see he’s not what he used to be. And what do you do about that? You grease the sleds. There’s nothing primary for him . to experience. You let him go on stage on June 27 and he was clearly exposed… And then Kamala Harris put in phenomenal work.”

ESPN’s Stephen A. Smith told the co-hosts of “The View” that he saw Donald Trump’s victory coming “a mile away.” (Screenshot/ABC)

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Smith argued that Harris did what she could, but argued that independents were not swayed by her because she was the current vice president and did not face a primary contest.

“You have people who are independents — I’m not talking about those on the right or the left, just independents who say, wait a minute, she didn’t experience a primary either. The last time we saw her in a primary was four years ago, and she didn’t even make it to Iowa. They used that as an excuse to point to her level of inexperience. You have the war in Russia, you have the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and all that,” he said. before pointing to Trump’s criticism of Harris.

Smith also recently took aim at Harris’ celebrities.

Vice President Kamala Harris delivers remarks conceding the election to President-elect Trump at Howard University in Washington on November 6, 2024. (Reuters/Kevin Lamarque)

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“At the end of the day, celebrities who are worth hundreds of millions, if not billions, who most American citizens feel are incredibly disconnected from their way of life and their quality of life, wouldn’t get away and blame them for doing anything different than what their experience says , that’s going on and what they’re going to do about it,” Smith said on a recent episode of his show.

He then played a clip of Oprah Winfrey saying that a win for Trump could mean they would never vote again.

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“These are the kinds of things that alienate an electorate, alienate a voter,” Smith said. “Because the freedom you tell them you have, you’re trying to confiscate morally by letting them know you’re not worth a damn unless you vote the way we say you should. Who’s going to go after that at a general election? With an economy riddled with inflation, with over 12 million people crossing the border… the value of their dollars is disappearing before our eyes.”