But Stephen A. Smith goes off and talks about sh*t that he has no idea about. Lemon said Smith routinely comments on events and people he has no facts about. He just gets on these like White boy, right-wing podcasts or his own show and just goes off about Black people and things that for which he has no clue, Lemon continued.
Well, let me say this, because I'm not going to say this behind your back and not say it to your face, Smith shot back. I'm sitting right here in front of you. I emphatically disagree with what you just alluded to in terms of it might be gender-driven. Smith noted that Hillary Clinton won the popular vote in the 2016 presidential election and that Harris received around 75 million votes, a number that is actually higher than votes Trump received in 2016 and 2020.
Trump has been fighting a battle over affordability since the Election Day bloodbath, insisting concerns over prices are a con job, and repeatedly claiming he's already solved the issue. A raft of new new polls show Trump getting clobbered on the economy but Trump continues to call the issue a hoax or a con job.
I negotiated coming off of it. Now I love doing 'NBA Countdown,' but once the countdown show is over, I got other things to do than to be in studio, watching the doubleheader and coming on at halftimes. I got other stuff that I want to do, to prepare for 'First Take' the next day, the next morning, and to do an abundance of other things that I aspire to do.
Ladies and gentlemen, keep in mind that the Epstein files were in existence and free to have been open during the Biden administration! You were there for four years. How come you didn't open it as a Democratic Party then? What am I missing? I'm not saying I know. It's a legitimate question. Maybe I don't remember the answer. Maybe my extraordinary producers should be able to help me during the commercial break.
My question is, under the current political climate, do you think this shutdown could actually be longer than the previous shutdown? ... I am actually driving DoorDash when I got off from work just to make sure I can pay for my daughter's tuition,
BILL MAHER: I see somebody right here in my Zoom camera. And by the way, only for you Zoom. I hate Zoom. But for you where's the Stephen A. Smith presidential bubble. SMITH: No, no. I'd have to give up too much money, Bill. MAHER: No? SMITH: I'd have to give up too much money. I'm not giving up my money, man. I'm not giving up my money.
We hit some new lows over the weekend with the MAGA gang desperately trying to characterize this kid who murdered Charlie Kirk as anything other than one of them and doing everything they can to score political points from it. In between the finger-pointing, there was, uh, grieving on Friday the White House flew the flags at half-staff, which got some criticism, but on a human level, you can see how hard the president is taking this.
"This is it for this edition of 'The Stephen A. Smith Show' with Samantha A. Smith and Stephen A. Smith. Thank you guys so much for tuning in. Yes, his forehead still has space left, you guys. There will always be space. No, he cannot afford a hair transplant. Keep watching so he can afford it. I'll be back next week, probably. Don't miss me too much."
Abrams responded, 'He's saying he has no choice, no choice because elected officials are coming up to him...but there is something so pompous and self-important, arrogant about saying, Well you know, I may not have a choice.'
