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The View: Behind the Table

Stephen A. Smith Doesn't Care If You Disagree With Him

The View: Behind the Table

ABC News

Tv & Film

4.72.6K Ratings

🗓️ 4 December 2025

⏱️ 29 minutes

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Summary

Smith discusses what got him interested in politics, how he would describe his political identity and his deal breakers in having conversations with people who disagree with him. Then, he shares why he disagrees with Michelle Obama's recent statement that a woman can't win the presidency in the U.S., the best strategy for the Democratic Party and what he sees as the highs and the lows of the second Trump presidency. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

All right, this is very exciting because not only do we have the return of Alyssa Farad Griffin from a bad stomach bug.

0:06.5

We are joined by the godfather of podcasting, the man, Stephen A. Smith is here.

0:10.8

Hello, Stephen.

0:11.3

Hey, hi.

0:11.8

Crowd goes wild.

0:13.0

We just had a great show.

0:14.4

Thank you for being here for us.

0:15.3

You know, we work on a show that dips into politics a lot, as you know, and we often

0:25.6

have guests to come on.

0:26.6

We kind of switch.

0:27.3

We'll do a political segment, then we'll have a celebrity on, and so many of them want to talk

0:31.6

about politics, and so many of them will do anything possible to avoid talking about it.

0:35.8

You have made a decision to dive into this in a way that you didn't have to do.

0:40.2

I mean, you were, if you just stayed to sports, you were doing quite well.

0:44.4

What made you decide this is something I need to talk about?

0:47.6

I'm a voter.

0:48.7

I'm an American citizen.

0:50.1

I'm a conscientious observer.

0:51.5

And I don't like a lot of the things that I was seeing.

0:54.8

But more importantly than anything else, you see so much fervor, so much passion when it comes to the world of sports.

1:01.1

Well, just imagine how that's going to be when it comes to people's livelihoods, the economy, immigration, the borders, obviously, safety in the streets, education, et cetera. and so when you look at it from that standpoint

1:12.8

and you see the kind of pertinent issues that are going on and affect the lives of the average

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