A fiery new clip of ESPN’s Stephen A. Smith is making the rounds on X, and this time, he isn’t weighing in on sports, but he’s dropping a bombshell prediction about Kamala Harris’ political future. The outspoken commentator unloaded on the former Vice President and 2024 Democratic presidential nominee during a CNN appearance, declaring flat-out, “I believe Kamala Harris’s political career is over.”
Smith didn’t hold back as he tore into Harris’ newly released tell-all book, calling it the final blow to her credibility in Washington. “I think you’ve seen the last of her with this book, politically,” Smith said. “This was the last straw.” While acknowledging Harris’ long list of accomplishments, state attorney general, U.S. senator, Vice President, and Democratic presidential nominee, Smith argued that her decisions during the 2024 campaign left lasting damage that no memoir could repair.
Smith accused Harris of failing to seize control of her own campaign when she had the chance, pointing specifically to her reluctance to distance herself from Joe Biden. “You know what 107 days gave you? It gave you the opportunity to take over the campaign and do it your way,” he said. “Instead of capitulating to what his people wanted you to do… there are things she could have done that were more effective.”
Stephen A. Smith Slams Kamala Harris’ ‘Tone-Deaf’ Answer on The View
He also blasted her appearance on The View, recalling when she was asked if there was anything she would have done differently than Biden. Her answer, “I can’t think of anything,” struck Smith as tone-deaf. “Nobody wants to hear that,” Smith said. “When the country was in the state that it was in, and we knew that change was the order of the day… nobody’s trying to hear that now.”
The sports personality zeroed in on Harris’ decision to air frustrations with fellow Democrats in her new book, including mentions of Pete Buttigieg, Josh Shapiro, Gavin Newsom, and Tim Walz, arguing that it came far too late to matter. “When I look at the excerpts from this book, it’s too little, too late,” he said. “That is a candidate that’s on her way out the door… Are you in it to win it or not? She wasn’t, and that is that.”
Despite his harsh critique, Smith added that he respected Harris as an accomplished figure and even called her “a very nice person” based on their past interactions. But in his view, the book’s timing and tone sealed her fate: “Her political career is over.”
