Stephen A. Smith | Sports Television Personality | 02-24-26
Sid & Friends In The Morning
77 WABC
4.2 • 826 Ratings
🗓️ 24 February 2026
⏱️ 32 minutes
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| 0:00.0 | Rural Americans deserve access to the best of what our nation has to offer, especially health care. |
| 0:06.2 | Across every state and every community, America's rural hospitals are the first line of defense, protecting our families, neighbors, and loved ones. |
| 0:15.0 | No matter where you live, hospital care doesn't clock out. |
| 0:18.0 | They're there 24 hours a day, seven days a week, 365 days a year. Each year, |
| 0:24.2 | America's over 5,000 hospitals care for millions of patients, providing 24-7 emergency care, |
| 0:31.0 | delivering babies, cancer treatments, and other life-saving care that patients rely on. Behind every one of |
| 0:37.0 | those patients are doctors, |
| 0:39.1 | nurses, and caregivers working tirelessly to keep people healthy and safe. Hospitals are |
| 0:45.2 | our communities lifelines. They employ our neighbors and keep our families healthy. But now, |
| 0:50.2 | some in Congress are threatening access to care. Tell Congress, protect patient care to keep America strong. |
| 0:57.1 | Don't cut rule health care. |
| 1:00.3 | Well, as Stephen A's spokesperson, I'll take that job, too. |
| 1:04.5 | That's three. |
| 1:05.8 | You wouldn't have to call me. |
| 1:07.8 | I'll be right there. |
| 1:09.2 | And I think he should run. And I'm being serious now. And Trump |
| 1:13.8 | opened the door for you. You should send Trump a big bouquet of flowers. He opened the door for you. |
| 1:20.0 | He'd help you more. He'd get your arrest. He'd help you more if he gets your arrest. |
| 1:23.9 | Trump needs to give me an interview. That's what Trump needs to do. He needs to give me an interview. |
| 1:28.3 | But go ahead. |
| 1:29.3 | Well, as your press secretary, I'll work on that for you. |
| 1:34.3 | But you can run and you, but don't have any expectation of winning. |
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