ESPN host blames Michelle Obama for Kamala Harris ‘annihilation’
The IndependentFor free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy ESPN host Stephen A Smith has named several factors he thinks contributed to Kamala Harris’s devastating loss to President-elect Donald Trump. “In the end, celebrities, who are worth hundreds of millions, if not billions, who most American citizens feel are incredibly detached from their way of life and their quality of life, were not going to get away and guilt them into doing something different than what their experience says is going on and what they should do about it.” Going on to cite the former First Lady’s Kalamazoo rally speech, in which she told the audience that a Black man’s “vote for is a vote against us,” Smith fired back: “If we don’t agree with you, we’re against you? “This is the kind of stuff that alienates an electorate, alienates a voter.” Stephen A Smith called Kamala Harris loss an ‘annihilation’ In a Thursday episode, Smith admitted: “I expected a tough, tight race. “It was that of an annihilation,” he said, labeling Trump’s return to the White House “the greatest comeback probably in American history.” Watch Apple TV+ free for 7 days New subscribers only.