Oh dale, O'Dell. I mean, this is what I'm talking about right here, This is what you lift for. Donald Trump is running scared. I never thought I'd be able to say that. I mean, I never thought I'd be able to say that. This man calls out politicians like as easily as he drinks a glass armor juice or something. Running scared from Kamala Harris, and Kamala Harris is coming at him. I'm like, damn, oh my lord, the former president looks scared to debate. Never thought I'd say that. Stephen A. Smith Show in the house. Let's roll. What's up, everybody. Welcome to the latest edition of The Stephen A. Smith Show, Coming at you as I love to do it the very least three days a week over the day digital airways of YouTube, and of course iHeartRadio as always got to show my love and appreciate you to my followers and subscribers. We have now eclipsed over seven hundred and forty five thousand subscribers, closing in on seven point fifty and of course got over one point three million downloads over the last couple of months or so on. iHeartRadio can't thank y'all enough for the love and support, keep it coming, and I'm gonna keep on coming. To continue to like and follow the steven A. Smith Show right here on YouTube, just click the bell and get notified of all of our new content, and you two shall be the latest member of the steven A. Smith Show family. And while you're doing that, please don't forget to pick up a copy of my New York Times best selling book, Straight Shooter, a Memoir of Second Chances and First Takes, now in paperback. Just go to Straight Shooter book dot com to get yourself a copy. Once again, that straight shoot a book dot com to get yourself a copy. Let's get right to it, y'all. I'm gonna get to Team USA basketball. I'm gonna get to some sports, Okay. I'm gonna get to my man, Skip Bayless and some of the things he had to say and something that he said about himself that I need to address. But I got to get to this first. Got to get to the race for the White House. We're support for the presumptive Democratic nominee, Kamala Harris continues to pour in. We'll get to the dollars being raised in a moment, but I want to start with former President Barack Obama and wife Michelle, the greatest first lady in the history of this country, by the way, who called Harris today lending their support to her campaign. Take a listen, Tamalah.

Oh dale, O'Dell. I mean, this is what I'm talking about right here, This is what you lift for. Donald Trump is running scared. I never thought I'd be able to say that. I mean, I never thought I'd be able to say that. This man calls out politicians like as easily as he drinks a glass armor juice or something. Running scared from Kamala Harris, and Kamala Harris is coming at him. I'm like, damn, oh my lord, the former president looks scared to debate. Never thought I'd say that. Stephen A. Smith Show in the house. Let's roll. What's up, everybody. Welcome to the latest edition of The Stephen A. Smith Show, Coming at you as I love to do it the very least three days a week over the day digital airways of YouTube, and of course iHeartRadio as always got to show my love and appreciate you to my followers and subscribers. We have now eclipsed over seven hundred and forty five thousand subscribers, closing in on seven point fifty and of course got over one point three million downloads over the last couple of months or so on. iHeartRadio can't thank y'all enough for the love and support, keep it coming, and I'm gonna keep on coming. To continue to like and follow the steven A. Smith Show right here on YouTube, just click the bell and get notified of all of our new content, and you two shall be the latest member of the steven A. Smith Show family. And while you're doing that, please don't forget to pick up a copy of my New York Times best selling book, Straight Shooter, a Memoir of Second Chances and First Takes, now in paperback. Just go to Straight Shooter book dot com to get yourself a copy. Once again, that straight shoot a book dot com to get yourself a copy. Let's get right to it, y'all. I'm gonna get to Team USA basketball. I'm gonna get to some sports, Okay. I'm gonna get to my man, Skip Bayless and some of the things he had to say and something that he said about himself that I need to address. But I got to get to this first. Got to get to the race for the White House. We're support for the presumptive Democratic nominee, Kamala Harris continues to pour in. We'll get to the dollars being raised in a moment, but I want to start with former President Barack Obama and wife Michelle, the greatest first lady in the history of this country, by the way, who called Harris today lending their support to her campaign. Take a listen, Tamalah.

No, Hi, hey there, Ah, you're both together. Oh it's good to hear you both.

No, Hi, hey there, Ah, you're both together. Oh it's good to hear you both.

I can't have this phone call without saying to my girl, Kamala, I am proud of you.

I can't have this phone call without saying to my girl, Kamala, I am proud of you.

This is going to be historic. We called to say Michelle and I couldn't be prouder to endorse you and to do everything we can to get you through this election and into the Oval office.

This is going to be historic. We called to say Michelle and I couldn't be prouder to endorse you and to do everything we can to get you through this election and into the Oval office.

Oh my goodness, Michelle, Bractice means so much to me. I am looking forward to doing this with the two of you, Doug and I both and getting out there being on the road. But most of all, I just want to tell you the words you have spoken and the friendship that you have given over all these years mean more than I can express. So thank you both. It means so much. And we're gonna have some fun with this too, aren't It's.

Oh my goodness, Michelle, Bractice means so much to me. I am looking forward to doing this with the two of you, Doug and I both and getting out there being on the road. But most of all, I just want to tell you the words you have spoken and the friendship that you have given over all these years mean more than I can express. So thank you both. It means so much. And we're gonna have some fun with this too, aren't It's.

About damn time. It's about damn time. Better late than never. I personally thought the Obama should have came out immediately endorsing her. But I understand that Obama, being the brilliant statesman that he is, being the face of the party still to this day, being the most popular in the party still to this day, obviously wanted to let things play out before he came out front and center as the former president of the United States. I guess one could surmise it's easier to lean on his judgment and just leave it at that. I guess I'm thinking about the fact this black woman from an AGBCU your the first black president of the United States of America, the first lady, phenomenal as she is. I just it would have been nice to see them earlier, to see them speak up early, to them one of the first people to speaking out, that they didn't get beat to it by Chuck Schumer and Adam Schiff and Nancy Pelosi and everybody else in between. It would have been nice, But nevertheless, it happened, and that's what really really counts. We know that Obama will be speaking at the Democratic National Convention next month in Chicago. The likelihood is they're smart they'll let Michelle Obama do so as well, because she's an exceptional speaker in her own right, and we don't need to hear too much from President Joe Biden. Let him speak for a few minutes out of respect and deference and what have you, and just leave it from there. Here's one of the things that I want to say, and I've said this before and I said it again. I listen, I ain't vote for no damn Donald Trump. It just not. But I want to say this to some of the Democrats, particularly these pundits. Start with the damn emotion. I mean, y'all acting like Biden died. He's still alive, he still has his family, he still has the presidency of the United States for the next five to six months. He's got a fifty year career in politics to lean on. It has gotten to the point where it's pretty damn embarrassing watching some of these folks out there talking about Biden. Like, first of all, nobody believes y'all, because we know he was forced out. Secondly, even though he was forced out, and rightfully so, because he should have been, because he's not what he used to be. Clearly lost as fastball, his cognitive abilities appeared to be slipping. Just to touch and to be the commander in the chief of the United States of America. That's a lot when you're eighty one years old. Not to say that Nancy Pelosi would have any problem with it, because at eighty four the energy of people, damn there half of age. But that wasn't the case with Biden. We saw it during the debate. We saw it when he walked and talked. We knew that it was time. I understand that this is an individual that you respect. That obviously if you are a Liberal, if you are a Democrat, you think he's done a hell of a job. But to be talking about him like he's the second coming of Gandhi, it's gotten a bit ridiculous. I mean it really has. I mean, you got people damn near ready to cry on the air for what Because it's time for him to go home from his job. Been in fifty years, I mean forty eight to be exact. Thirty six years is the senator, eight years as the Vice president, four years as the President of the United States. What's the problem got people on here crying crime? I don't know what the hell's wrong with y'all. You're supposed to be somewhat objective and just giving us facts and not right with emotion, because now we know you're been lying all of this time. You knew stuff was wrong because look at the effort that's taking you to even talk about it. So you certainly wasn't gonna call him out if he had not elected to step away, you were gonna cover. You were gonna do what you could to support him instead of saying self, for the good of the country, you gotta step away. Come on, y'all, get it together. And Barack Obama probably did what needed to be done behind the scenes, and he should be applauded for that. And Michelle Obama, who a lot of people felt should have ran for president because there's no way it hell Trump would beat her in my opinion. But it's Kamala Harris and ladies and gentlemen, it's getting thick up in here. She is the presumptive nominee. There will be all competitors have walked away. Gretchen Whitmurr and Gavin Newsooms of the World and Wes Moore's of the World and others. Everyone has rallied behind her. She is the Democratic nominee for the presidency of the United States of America. And I don't want to hear no nonsense about how she did bad in the primary four years ago. I'm gonna talk to my man Will Cane in a few minutes about that, because I know he's gonna bring that up. I don't want to hear all of that. The bottom line is that's going up against a bunch of other Democrats trying to win the nomination. This is you haveing a nomination and going to get somebody on the opposite side of the fence. And whether you want to call it law fair, whatever it is that you want to call it. I think the one thing that Kamala Harris said that was very powerful in her first speech since body stepped down was when she said, I know Donald Trump's type because she going for on, she going after. She's doing what he usually does to people. And that's what makes this interesting. I'm a sports guy, ladies and gentlemen. I like competition. I like to see people mono and mono or man versus woman and whatever. I love it. Whatever the game calls for, let's get it on. And what I love about what Kamala Harris is doing more than anything is that she's saying, y'all, I think you a criminal I think you this, I think you that don't matter you, this GOP nominee. I'm gonna take you down. Let's go, let's go for let's let's debate. She ain't talking law fair. She's basically saying Trump, I'm gonna bust your ass. That's what she's saying. That's what she's saying. And I gotta admit I love it. It's musty TV when they debate each other, if they debate each other. Let me get to this point because I gotta get to Donald Trump, the GOP nominee I was just talking about, who earlier stated he thought it was important for presidential candidates to debate one another. Remember that Donald Trump, Well, it's Donald Trump. Remember Remember Donald Trump and Joe Biden agreed to a second debate that was scheduled for September tenth, right, Remember that Boden of course, announced on Sunday that he won't be seeking reelection, like I just told y'all, opting the stead to lend his support behind Vice President Kamala Harris. We know all of that now. The Trump campaign said yesterday they won't commit to a debate until Harris is confirmed as the Democratic nominee. Really really, Donald Trump, that's what That's what it is. You scared? What that hell's going on? I mean, I'm looking forward to it. I'm looking forward to Donald Trump. I'm looking forward. I know y'all might not like this because he was just on trial for some manslaughter or whatever, but it got thrown out. But Alec Baldwin imitating Donald Trump, I missed those skits on Saturday Night Live. I want to see him again. I want to see him again. But anyway, I digress. The point is this is Donald Trump. You love going after folks, you love calling folks out right. Well, Kamala Harris calling him out, She calling him out. He goes on TV the other day and talks his talk about Kamala Harris, and she like, let's get it on, let's debate. Ain't nobody running? Nobody scared? All of a sudden, he got nervous. Why could that be? Could it be because of Roe v Wade? Could it be because you're not that sure those women out there gonna come and support you. Could it be because that bipartisan border bill that would have resolved some of these immigrant issues crossing the border got your fingerprints all over it just as much as you want to say her fingerprints were on it, because she was the quote unquote borders are even though people are saying she wasn't the boy the z all, but she was because she was in charge of it. So you don't have to call her dissaw. But she was in charge of that issue. Fair enough. But the bottom line is Donald Trump got in away of that bill, bipartisan being signed in the law. Could it be because of that? Could it be because of the theme the prosecutor versus the criminal is a little bit too much for you to take right now. I'm just asking, see, I want to see the action. I want to see the debate. That's what I want to see. Okay, Remember this is Harris for President. This is the statement she gave on Donald Trump immediately following his Fox News appearance. Lit'ten look at that statement on a seventy eight year old criminals Fox News appearance. This is on a Harris for President state. I mean, this is the statement. Main takeaways Trump gave to the American public. Trump praised his Project twenty twenty five, the one he distanced himself from, but people who used to work for him basically came up with that one. Trump is flustered and lashing out. When Trump wasn't lying, he was making threats. Abortion bands are good mail in voting is bad. Praise dictators because he wants to be one. Trump is clearly worried he made the wrong pick. In jd vance, Trump is old and quite weird. This guy shouldn't be president ever again. If anyone wants an alternative, Kabala Harris's offering one, and damn damn, that's something Trump would do. That is something Trump would do. Ladies, gentlemen, this ain't the primaries where she's got to compete with other Democrats for their affections. She's the nominee. They'll make an official in Chicago. But she's the nominee. She's got all the support, all the donors, all the financials backing her. She's the nominee. Trump don't need to wait to agree that the damn debate. You ain't agreeing to the debates because you're a little bit nervous. This is Trump Vance America, Make America great Again. Twenty twenty four, Trump campaign statement on general election debates. Quote. Given the continued political chaos surrounding Criocket Joe Biden and the Democrat Party general election debate details cannot be finalized until Democrats formally decide on their nominee. There is a strong sense by many in the Democratic Party, namely Barack who's saying Obama that Kamala Harris is a Marxist fraud who cannot beat President Trump, and they are still holding out for someone better. Therefore, it would be inappropriate to schedule things with Harris because Democrats very well could still change their minds. Stephen Chung, Trump campaign communications director. I guess that explains why Barack Whossain Obama came out with his endorsement today with his wife Michelle Obama by his side. He's saying, we put that the rest. You know why he's saying put that to rest, Donald Trump, because he's saying, what you're running for, You're gonna try what an excuse? Now you're gonna come up to hide. I can't believe what I'm saying this because I'm not ridiculing an I'm simply saying, Donald Trump, I didn't expect you to run. You look like you running, You look like you scared. You really really do you really do? I ain't saying y'all because I don't know, but damn it, you told bidden you wanted to debate him five times in the first debate. I don't know what he said. I don't think he knows what he said. And you weren't just calling him crooked Joe Biden. You said his faculties weren't there, he's clearly slipped, and all of this other stuff. So you were mocking him and ridiculing him and talking about how unalert he was, how he was lacking cogency, all of this other stuff you brought up. But low and behold, when you got Kamala, who's nineteen years younger than you, who's lucidity, who's cogency, who's intellect? Ain't really something you can question. Now all of a sudden, you're talking about debate rules. Donald Trump, whinever you cared about the rules. I mean, part of your popularity is your willingness to buck the system. Let's get it on, Let's do what it takes, Donald Trump. That I knew that man could throw a party. He could he could throw a fight. When Tyson was fighting at Trump at Trump Casinos, you understand, had the hotels still got them, got all of this stuff going on, Dad. Donald Trump loves sports, basketball games, football games. Remember you wanted to be an NFL on the owner Buffalo Bills, boxing matches, etc. You understand one that gave put money in Dana White's pocket to get Dana White started with the UFC. Donald Trump loves sports, He loves competition, he loves going at it. And all of a sudden, you don't want a debate. You want to see what the rules are and who abides by them. This is a different day, y'all. Kamala Harris is coming. Her campaign's coming. She ain't playing because that's the only chance she has to win. She has no chance of beating Donald Trump. If she's timid. She has no chance of being beating Donald Trump. If she's shy, if she ain't willing to be aggressive and assertive. Remember some of the things they say about her, Remember that some of the things they say about her is that she don't play. She really really doesn't. Her analytical abilities have been praised, and her toughness. This ain't Joe Biden, the eighty one year old Joe Biden. It's a different animal that's coming Donald Trump's way right now. And he seems to know it, and so does JD Vance's vice presidential Kennedy. Hmm notugh for me. Okay, everybody, you know what Tom? It is right, It's Tom for stephen a Sports Picks. And you know what, I'm about to go crazy right now. I'm about to go crazy right now. Why because today I'll be making picks for some of the biggest names in men's basketball who are playing in this year's Olympic Games. But I can hear y'all asking already. I hear y'all, I hear y'all. How are you going to do that? Steven A? What guess what is easy? I'm gonna do it. What prizepects of course, that's right, you see. Prize Picks is a skill based, real money daily fantasy sports game where you select two or more players and predict if they will have more or less than their stat projections for the game. And it's not just basketball in the Olympics. Oh no, no, no, no, no, no, no no no no. 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About damn time. It's about damn time. Better late than never. I personally thought the Obama should have came out immediately endorsing her. But I understand that Obama, being the brilliant statesman that he is, being the face of the party still to this day, being the most popular in the party still to this day, obviously wanted to let things play out before he came out front and center as the former president of the United States. I guess one could surmise it's easier to lean on his judgment and just leave it at that. I guess I'm thinking about the fact this black woman from an AGBCU your the first black president of the United States of America, the first lady, phenomenal as she is. I just it would have been nice to see them earlier, to see them speak up early, to them one of the first people to speaking out, that they didn't get beat to it by Chuck Schumer and Adam Schiff and Nancy Pelosi and everybody else in between. It would have been nice, But nevertheless, it happened, and that's what really really counts. We know that Obama will be speaking at the Democratic National Convention next month in Chicago. The likelihood is they're smart they'll let Michelle Obama do so as well, because she's an exceptional speaker in her own right, and we don't need to hear too much from President Joe Biden. Let him speak for a few minutes out of respect and deference and what have you, and just leave it from there. Here's one of the things that I want to say, and I've said this before and I said it again. I listen, I ain't vote for no damn Donald Trump. It just not. But I want to say this to some of the Democrats, particularly these pundits. Start with the damn emotion. I mean, y'all acting like Biden died. He's still alive, he still has his family, he still has the presidency of the United States for the next five to six months. He's got a fifty year career in politics to lean on. It has gotten to the point where it's pretty damn embarrassing watching some of these folks out there talking about Biden. Like, first of all, nobody believes y'all, because we know he was forced out. Secondly, even though he was forced out, and rightfully so, because he should have been, because he's not what he used to be. Clearly lost as fastball, his cognitive abilities appeared to be slipping. Just to touch and to be the commander in the chief of the United States of America. That's a lot when you're eighty one years old. Not to say that Nancy Pelosi would have any problem with it, because at eighty four the energy of people, damn there half of age. But that wasn't the case with Biden. We saw it during the debate. We saw it when he walked and talked. We knew that it was time. I understand that this is an individual that you respect. That obviously if you are a Liberal, if you are a Democrat, you think he's done a hell of a job. But to be talking about him like he's the second coming of Gandhi, it's gotten a bit ridiculous. I mean it really has. I mean, you got people damn near ready to cry on the air for what Because it's time for him to go home from his job. Been in fifty years, I mean forty eight to be exact. Thirty six years is the senator, eight years as the Vice president, four years as the President of the United States. What's the problem got people on here crying crime? I don't know what the hell's wrong with y'all. You're supposed to be somewhat objective and just giving us facts and not right with emotion, because now we know you're been lying all of this time. You knew stuff was wrong because look at the effort that's taking you to even talk about it. So you certainly wasn't gonna call him out if he had not elected to step away, you were gonna cover. You were gonna do what you could to support him instead of saying self, for the good of the country, you gotta step away. Come on, y'all, get it together. And Barack Obama probably did what needed to be done behind the scenes, and he should be applauded for that. And Michelle Obama, who a lot of people felt should have ran for president because there's no way it hell Trump would beat her in my opinion. But it's Kamala Harris and ladies and gentlemen, it's getting thick up in here. She is the presumptive nominee. There will be all competitors have walked away. Gretchen Whitmurr and Gavin Newsooms of the World and Wes Moore's of the World and others. Everyone has rallied behind her. She is the Democratic nominee for the presidency of the United States of America. And I don't want to hear no nonsense about how she did bad in the primary four years ago. I'm gonna talk to my man Will Cane in a few minutes about that, because I know he's gonna bring that up. I don't want to hear all of that. The bottom line is that's going up against a bunch of other Democrats trying to win the nomination. This is you haveing a nomination and going to get somebody on the opposite side of the fence. And whether you want to call it law fair, whatever it is that you want to call it. I think the one thing that Kamala Harris said that was very powerful in her first speech since body stepped down was when she said, I know Donald Trump's type because she going for on, she going after. She's doing what he usually does to people. And that's what makes this interesting. I'm a sports guy, ladies and gentlemen. I like competition. I like to see people mono and mono or man versus woman and whatever. I love it. Whatever the game calls for, let's get it on. And what I love about what Kamala Harris is doing more than anything is that she's saying, y'all, I think you a criminal I think you this, I think you that don't matter you, this GOP nominee. I'm gonna take you down. Let's go, let's go for let's let's debate. She ain't talking law fair. She's basically saying Trump, I'm gonna bust your ass. That's what she's saying. That's what she's saying. And I gotta admit I love it. It's musty TV when they debate each other, if they debate each other. Let me get to this point because I gotta get to Donald Trump, the GOP nominee I was just talking about, who earlier stated he thought it was important for presidential candidates to debate one another. Remember that Donald Trump, Well, it's Donald Trump. Remember Remember Donald Trump and Joe Biden agreed to a second debate that was scheduled for September tenth, right, Remember that Boden of course, announced on Sunday that he won't be seeking reelection, like I just told y'all, opting the stead to lend his support behind Vice President Kamala Harris. We know all of that now. The Trump campaign said yesterday they won't commit to a debate until Harris is confirmed as the Democratic nominee. Really really, Donald Trump, that's what That's what it is. You scared? What that hell's going on? I mean, I'm looking forward to it. I'm looking forward to Donald Trump. I'm looking forward. I know y'all might not like this because he was just on trial for some manslaughter or whatever, but it got thrown out. But Alec Baldwin imitating Donald Trump, I missed those skits on Saturday Night Live. I want to see him again. I want to see him again. But anyway, I digress. The point is this is Donald Trump. You love going after folks, you love calling folks out right. Well, Kamala Harris calling him out, She calling him out. He goes on TV the other day and talks his talk about Kamala Harris, and she like, let's get it on, let's debate. Ain't nobody running? Nobody scared? All of a sudden, he got nervous. Why could that be? Could it be because of Roe v Wade? Could it be because you're not that sure those women out there gonna come and support you. Could it be because that bipartisan border bill that would have resolved some of these immigrant issues crossing the border got your fingerprints all over it just as much as you want to say her fingerprints were on it, because she was the quote unquote borders are even though people are saying she wasn't the boy the z all, but she was because she was in charge of it. So you don't have to call her dissaw. But she was in charge of that issue. Fair enough. But the bottom line is Donald Trump got in away of that bill, bipartisan being signed in the law. Could it be because of that? Could it be because of the theme the prosecutor versus the criminal is a little bit too much for you to take right now. I'm just asking, see, I want to see the action. I want to see the debate. That's what I want to see. Okay, Remember this is Harris for President. This is the statement she gave on Donald Trump immediately following his Fox News appearance. Lit'ten look at that statement on a seventy eight year old criminals Fox News appearance. This is on a Harris for President state. I mean, this is the statement. Main takeaways Trump gave to the American public. Trump praised his Project twenty twenty five, the one he distanced himself from, but people who used to work for him basically came up with that one. Trump is flustered and lashing out. When Trump wasn't lying, he was making threats. Abortion bands are good mail in voting is bad. Praise dictators because he wants to be one. Trump is clearly worried he made the wrong pick. In jd vance, Trump is old and quite weird. This guy shouldn't be president ever again. If anyone wants an alternative, Kabala Harris's offering one, and damn damn, that's something Trump would do. That is something Trump would do. Ladies, gentlemen, this ain't the primaries where she's got to compete with other Democrats for their affections. She's the nominee. They'll make an official in Chicago. But she's the nominee. She's got all the support, all the donors, all the financials backing her. She's the nominee. Trump don't need to wait to agree that the damn debate. You ain't agreeing to the debates because you're a little bit nervous. This is Trump Vance America, Make America great Again. Twenty twenty four, Trump campaign statement on general election debates. Quote. Given the continued political chaos surrounding Criocket Joe Biden and the Democrat Party general election debate details cannot be finalized until Democrats formally decide on their nominee. There is a strong sense by many in the Democratic Party, namely Barack who's saying Obama that Kamala Harris is a Marxist fraud who cannot beat President Trump, and they are still holding out for someone better. Therefore, it would be inappropriate to schedule things with Harris because Democrats very well could still change their minds. Stephen Chung, Trump campaign communications director. I guess that explains why Barack Whossain Obama came out with his endorsement today with his wife Michelle Obama by his side. He's saying, we put that the rest. You know why he's saying put that to rest, Donald Trump, because he's saying, what you're running for, You're gonna try what an excuse? Now you're gonna come up to hide. I can't believe what I'm saying this because I'm not ridiculing an I'm simply saying, Donald Trump, I didn't expect you to run. You look like you running, You look like you scared. You really really do you really do? I ain't saying y'all because I don't know, but damn it, you told bidden you wanted to debate him five times in the first debate. I don't know what he said. I don't think he knows what he said. And you weren't just calling him crooked Joe Biden. You said his faculties weren't there, he's clearly slipped, and all of this other stuff. So you were mocking him and ridiculing him and talking about how unalert he was, how he was lacking cogency, all of this other stuff you brought up. But low and behold, when you got Kamala, who's nineteen years younger than you, who's lucidity, who's cogency, who's intellect? Ain't really something you can question. Now all of a sudden, you're talking about debate rules. Donald Trump, whinever you cared about the rules. I mean, part of your popularity is your willingness to buck the system. Let's get it on, Let's do what it takes, Donald Trump. That I knew that man could throw a party. He could he could throw a fight. When Tyson was fighting at Trump at Trump Casinos, you understand, had the hotels still got them, got all of this stuff going on, Dad. Donald Trump loves sports, basketball games, football games. Remember you wanted to be an NFL on the owner Buffalo Bills, boxing matches, etc. You understand one that gave put money in Dana White's pocket to get Dana White started with the UFC. Donald Trump loves sports, He loves competition, he loves going at it. And all of a sudden, you don't want a debate. You want to see what the rules are and who abides by them. This is a different day, y'all. Kamala Harris is coming. Her campaign's coming. She ain't playing because that's the only chance she has to win. She has no chance of beating Donald Trump. If she's timid. She has no chance of being beating Donald Trump. If she's shy, if she ain't willing to be aggressive and assertive. Remember some of the things they say about her, Remember that some of the things they say about her is that she don't play. She really really doesn't. Her analytical abilities have been praised, and her toughness. This ain't Joe Biden, the eighty one year old Joe Biden. It's a different animal that's coming Donald Trump's way right now. And he seems to know it, and so does JD Vance's vice presidential Kennedy. Hmm notugh for me. Okay, everybody, you know what Tom? It is right, It's Tom for stephen a Sports Picks. And you know what, I'm about to go crazy right now. I'm about to go crazy right now. Why because today I'll be making picks for some of the biggest names in men's basketball who are playing in this year's Olympic Games. But I can hear y'all asking already. I hear y'all, I hear y'all. How are you going to do that? Steven A? What guess what is easy? I'm gonna do it. What prizepects of course, that's right, you see. Prize Picks is a skill based, real money daily fantasy sports game where you select two or more players and predict if they will have more or less than their stat projections for the game. And it's not just basketball in the Olympics. Oh no, no, no, no, no, no, no no no no. There is the w NBA, there is tennis, Devin is even golf, boxing and of course MMA. And if you go to Prospects dot Com right now and use promo code, says you receive a one hundred percent deposit bonus up to one hundred dollars. You heard me right now, go to Prospects dot com. Type in mind. This is sas for a first time deposit match up to one hundred dollars. Now, let's look at all of my winning picks. The one and only Lebron James longevity, the King that Lebron James more or less than zero point five points? Y'all serious? Really, that's what we're doing Lebron James and you can't even give him a point? Is that even a real number? Really? I mean, the question is utterly ridiculous, but very easy, and if you're trying to win money, easy is what you're looking for. So we're gonna go with more more Lebron James. Okay, that's what we're gonna do. Next up wimby himself, the one and only Victor winm Bianna for the San Antonio Spurs team. Your team France, by the way, more or less nineteen and a half points. They haven't been playing well, at least in the exhibition, but the brother's seven five and he's a primary offensive focal point for the team. I could see him getting nineteen and a half points. Even if they lose, he's still gonna get more than nineteen and a half points. I'm gonna go with more you seven to five. I'm gonna bet on you scoring more than nineteen and a half points. My league MVP in the NBA last year. Even though people picked your kitchen, I picked this man, shake Gil just Alexander for the for Team Canada more or less than twenty one and a half points. The brothers got skills. He knows how to score. He's got a fluid game. He can play, was made for Olympic competence. He's got a mid range game. He's got a long range game. You can get to the free throw line. He can make things happen.

I can.

I can.

And he's a focal point that the team trusts. I could see him scoring more than twenty one and a half points. So I'm gonna go with more, more, more on him, and last but not least, the great freak himself, the one and only Yannis and the Gombo more or less twenty five points. See here's the thing. I haven't heard much about what he brings to the table, but I know what Yannis brings to the table. And I know that even though collectively you can beat his team, there's no answer for him, this locomotive coming at you twenty five points Olympic competition. I know it's a tough sell, but it's Yanni's and because it is him, I'm gonna go with more, more, more for Lebron James, Okay, for Shay Gil just Alexander, for Yann Anthem, for Victim Wimmen, Yanna. I'm going more and more and more and more, because that's what we do with prospects. We have to give you more so you can come back for more. Let's talk to somebody who I must admit is more of an expert at this stuff than I am, because it's what he does for a living every single day. He's been on ESPN before doing Rao Ben a frequent contributor on my show, First Take My Day Job. We've been friends for years, even though we almost never agree and we always argue, so it just seemed apropos to have him on Right now. I'm talking about my buddy who works at Fox News, Fox and Friends on the weekends, also got his own podcast, Will Kine Podcast and all of that stuff. The one and only Will Kine right here with you, boy, right now? What's up? Big time? How you doing?

And he's a focal point that the team trusts. I could see him scoring more than twenty one and a half points. So I'm gonna go with more, more, more on him, and last but not least, the great freak himself, the one and only Yannis and the Gombo more or less twenty five points. See here's the thing. I haven't heard much about what he brings to the table, but I know what Yannis brings to the table. And I know that even though collectively you can beat his team, there's no answer for him, this locomotive coming at you twenty five points Olympic competition. I know it's a tough sell, but it's Yanni's and because it is him, I'm gonna go with more, more, more for Lebron James, Okay, for Shay Gil just Alexander, for Yann Anthem, for Victim Wimmen, Yanna. I'm going more and more and more and more, because that's what we do with prospects. We have to give you more so you can come back for more. Let's talk to somebody who I must admit is more of an expert at this stuff than I am, because it's what he does for a living every single day. He's been on ESPN before doing Rao Ben a frequent contributor on my show, First Take My Day Job. We've been friends for years, even though we almost never agree and we always argue, so it just seemed apropos to have him on Right now. I'm talking about my buddy who works at Fox News, Fox and Friends on the weekends, also got his own podcast, Will Kine Podcast and all of that stuff. The one and only Will Kine right here with you, boy, right now? What's up? Big time? How you doing?

What's up? Stephen A? Aloha?

What's up? Stephen A? Aloha?

You know. When I launched the Will Kine Show on Foxnews dot Com, I believe my very first guest was Steven A.

You know. When I launched the Will Kine Show on Foxnews dot Com, I believe my very first guest was Steven A.

Smith and I asked you to do me that favor.

Smith and I asked you to do me that favor.

I asked you, hey, man, I would love revisiting some of our old conversations.

I asked you, hey, man, I would love revisiting some of our old conversations.

Would you do this for me? And you said yes.

Would you do this for me? And you said yes.

So when you text me, am I vacation in Hawaii, my answer is yes, absolutely. I can't wait to be on the Steven A.

So when you text me, am I vacation in Hawaii, my answer is yes, absolutely. I can't wait to be on the Steven A.

Smith Show, you know what.

Smith Show, you know what.

And I appreciate it, man, but I had to get the start it will because you know what, I'm looking at former President Donald Trump and the man that called out Joe Biden was saying that they get debate anytime, we could debate five times and all this stuff, and now all of a sudden, he looks like he's running from the Vice president Kamala Harris. Now, you talk politics all the time, you talk about this stuff. Obviously we know where you stand, we know where the news network that you work for stance. I want to know what you think about your man, Donald Trump looking as at least looking like he is running from Kamala Harris. Could you explain that, please?

And I appreciate it, man, but I had to get the start it will because you know what, I'm looking at former President Donald Trump and the man that called out Joe Biden was saying that they get debate anytime, we could debate five times and all this stuff, and now all of a sudden, he looks like he's running from the Vice president Kamala Harris. Now, you talk politics all the time, you talk about this stuff. Obviously we know where you stand, we know where the news network that you work for stance. I want to know what you think about your man, Donald Trump looking as at least looking like he is running from Kamala Harris. Could you explain that, please?

Yeah, I don't even think you believe that. Come on, man, I don't think you believe he will I do. I do, man the same man, And let's be real, and one of the most consequential events in probably at least thirty years, perhaps a half a century, took a bullet to his ear millimeters from death. Stephen A, whose first reaction and I wouldn't judge anyone for the reaction in that moment.

Yeah, I don't even think you believe that. Come on, man, I don't think you believe he will I do. I do, man the same man, And let's be real, and one of the most consequential events in probably at least thirty years, perhaps a half a century, took a bullet to his ear millimeters from death. Stephen A, whose first reaction and I wouldn't judge anyone for the reaction in that moment.

I wouldn't judge you, stephen A.

I wouldn't judge you, stephen A.

I wouldn't judge my my best friend that if they got up and ran, panicked and scared, I wouldn't judge them, because there but for the grace of God go I. I don't know how i'd react to an attempted assassination, but I can look at someone whose first reaction was hold on, hold on, let me get my shoes, and then raise.

I wouldn't judge my my best friend that if they got up and ran, panicked and scared, I wouldn't judge them, because there but for the grace of God go I. I don't know how i'd react to an attempted assassination, but I can look at someone whose first reaction was hold on, hold on, let me get my shoes, and then raise.

His fist in the air and you know, fight, fight, fight with blood.

His fist in the air and you know, fight, fight, fight with blood.

Trickling down his cheek. I don't think that man is afraid of debating tom La Harris.

Trickling down his cheek. I don't think that man is afraid of debating tom La Harris.

I do think this, stephen A.

I do think this, stephen A.

And I don't know if you've ever had the privilege of meeting Donald Trump or being around Donald Trump.

And I don't know if you've ever had the privilege of meeting Donald Trump or being around Donald Trump.

But he has the the.

But he has the the.

He has then you've probably experienced this, You've seen this.

He has then you've probably experienced this, You've seen this.

I think Trump is that little He's that that id.

I think Trump is that little He's that that id.

He's that voice inside your head that tells you the truth, but sometimes says to you, Hey, don't say it that way, say it a different way.

He's that voice inside your head that tells you the truth, but sometimes says to you, Hey, don't say it that way, say it a different way.

You know.

You know.

He he says whatever is on his mind, and there's an element of truth to it. His bluntness.

He he says whatever is on his mind, and there's an element of truth to it. His bluntness.

He doesn't live in a world of should or shouldn't, or idealism or ideology. He lives in the world of IDs. And so when he chose not to participate, for example, the Republican primary, he looked at what is and he said, I don't need to. I'm way ahead of all of these individuals. What does it benefit me to debate Ron DeSantis, to debate Nikki Haley? And I think he's probably making a similar calculation when it comes to Kamala Harris. I'm ahead, I'm winning this election. What does it benefit mean? I don't think he's I think he's just saying what is?

He doesn't live in a world of should or shouldn't, or idealism or ideology. He lives in the world of IDs. And so when he chose not to participate, for example, the Republican primary, he looked at what is and he said, I don't need to. I'm way ahead of all of these individuals. What does it benefit me to debate Ron DeSantis, to debate Nikki Haley? And I think he's probably making a similar calculation when it comes to Kamala Harris. I'm ahead, I'm winning this election. What does it benefit mean? I don't think he's I think he's just saying what is?

I don't know if I can agree with you on that? Will o K no surprise there because I mean, obviously there's been some strong momentum that she's picked up on since President Biden announced that he was stepping the side and paving a way for her to be the presumptive and ultimately the Democratic nominee for the presidency of the United States. And Trump has been on the record stating that he believed the two candidates for president should debate versus one another. And then he's trying to sit up there and then throw out this and dance about how you know what, there's no need to think about that until we're sure she's going to be the nominee. Everybody and their mother has endorsed her. She's going to be the Democratic nominee. It is as obvious as the sky is blue. So there is no excuse. And to me, if he's backtracking right now, because he sounds like he's backtracking, it, I detect a little bit of nervousness on the part. Now, obviously that's not the same as what he went through. I'm not one of these conspiracy theorists and acting like he didn't get shot or you got the FBI talking about we didn't discovered you know, if it was a bullet that damaged his air and all of this other nonsense. There was an attempted assassination on a former president and that's nothing to joke about. That's something to be very serious about it. And thank god he survived and he didn't get killed. Having said that, a different subject matter is that you got a VP who obviously is strong on women's rights to choose. She clearly is in favor of that. He was somebody that bragged about being a proponent of overturning Roe v. Wade, and you got a lot of woman out there that may side with her, and maybe that's what has him nervous. Will K, what do you say to that?

I don't know if I can agree with you on that? Will o K no surprise there because I mean, obviously there's been some strong momentum that she's picked up on since President Biden announced that he was stepping the side and paving a way for her to be the presumptive and ultimately the Democratic nominee for the presidency of the United States. And Trump has been on the record stating that he believed the two candidates for president should debate versus one another. And then he's trying to sit up there and then throw out this and dance about how you know what, there's no need to think about that until we're sure she's going to be the nominee. Everybody and their mother has endorsed her. She's going to be the Democratic nominee. It is as obvious as the sky is blue. So there is no excuse. And to me, if he's backtracking right now, because he sounds like he's backtracking, it, I detect a little bit of nervousness on the part. Now, obviously that's not the same as what he went through. I'm not one of these conspiracy theorists and acting like he didn't get shot or you got the FBI talking about we didn't discovered you know, if it was a bullet that damaged his air and all of this other nonsense. There was an attempted assassination on a former president and that's nothing to joke about. That's something to be very serious about it. And thank god he survived and he didn't get killed. Having said that, a different subject matter is that you got a VP who obviously is strong on women's rights to choose. She clearly is in favor of that. He was somebody that bragged about being a proponent of overturning Roe v. Wade, and you got a lot of woman out there that may side with her, and maybe that's what has him nervous. Will K, what do you say to that?

Well, I'll say I'm gonna it's not a matter of me giving you a point. You and I've been around each other a lot of times. I think, and you know this, I think you make a lot of great points. So let me acknowledge something that you're saying right now. Even though you and I have disagreement, I think you make a lot of interesting and my favorite thing about you, beyond being my friend, is your unpredictability. So let me return this favor. I think Kamala Okay is a moonshot for democrat. I think she has a higher ceiling and a lower floor than Joe Biden. Joe Biden was a known quantity, and it was a negative quantity. It was increasingly and coalescing into a problem, a negative, a negative element for Democrats.

Well, I'll say I'm gonna it's not a matter of me giving you a point. You and I've been around each other a lot of times. I think, and you know this, I think you make a lot of great points. So let me acknowledge something that you're saying right now. Even though you and I have disagreement, I think you make a lot of interesting and my favorite thing about you, beyond being my friend, is your unpredictability. So let me return this favor. I think Kamala Okay is a moonshot for democrat. I think she has a higher ceiling and a lower floor than Joe Biden. Joe Biden was a known quantity, and it was a negative quantity. It was increasingly and coalescing into a problem, a negative, a negative element for Democrats.

He was going to lose.

He was going to lose.

Kamala could generate, as you point out, more enthusiasm, Steve and I I also think she could create her I don't know what's gonna happen. I think when the spotlight shines on you, you never know who's gonna be exposed or what's going to be how someone will react. I think Ron DeSantis is an example of that. Once the spotlight was on him, it was clear he wasn't going to win a Republican primary and he's not built for the national spotlight. We'll have to see when it comes to Kamala, but I will acknowledge some enthusiasm that her ceiling could be higher than Joe Biden's. I want to ask you this, Steven A, and this is a return to some of the great conversations that we had. So you know, what's interesting to me is the current idea that she being a DEI beneficiary is somehow racist, if I come to you and I say, look, Kamala Harris is a DEI beneficiary politician. I don't know what your response to that is, Stephen A. But I know that many on the left are going, well, that's racist. But here's what I can't reconcile. You know, DEI was supposed to be was described as a good So why now are you assuming that it's a negative. And Joe Biden himself has said that she, by the way, is app she's a great feather in his cap on DEI. That's what Biden has said. So how is it that you can simultaneously say the proverbial you, because I don't know yet what is said by Steven A.

Kamala could generate, as you point out, more enthusiasm, Steve and I I also think she could create her I don't know what's gonna happen. I think when the spotlight shines on you, you never know who's gonna be exposed or what's going to be how someone will react. I think Ron DeSantis is an example of that. Once the spotlight was on him, it was clear he wasn't going to win a Republican primary and he's not built for the national spotlight. We'll have to see when it comes to Kamala, but I will acknowledge some enthusiasm that her ceiling could be higher than Joe Biden's. I want to ask you this, Steven A, and this is a return to some of the great conversations that we had. So you know, what's interesting to me is the current idea that she being a DEI beneficiary is somehow racist, if I come to you and I say, look, Kamala Harris is a DEI beneficiary politician. I don't know what your response to that is, Stephen A. But I know that many on the left are going, well, that's racist. But here's what I can't reconcile. You know, DEI was supposed to be was described as a good So why now are you assuming that it's a negative. And Joe Biden himself has said that she, by the way, is app she's a great feather in his cap on DEI. That's what Biden has said. So how is it that you can simultaneously say the proverbial you, because I don't know yet what is said by Steven A.

Smith.

Smith.

How can you say, oh, she's a great example of the benefits of DEI and say it's racist also for opponents to point out she's a beneficiary of DEI.

How can you say, oh, she's a great example of the benefits of DEI and say it's racist also for opponents to point out she's a beneficiary of DEI.

Well, I don't think you can. I don't have a problem with that question. First of all, because you and I talk all the time, and we go back and forth, and we are friends with former colleagues working in ESPN together. You're my buddy, so you know we talk about this stuff and butt heads and argue back and forth, and then we go out and have a drink of something. That's what we do. So let's make sure we put that out to the audience right there. Having said that, when I'm saying that, I don't have a problem with what you're asking because you bring up the part about those who say she's a product of DEI. So why was it a complimentary thing before, but now it's a racist thing now? That's a legitimate question. Okay. What I would say to you is, most people don't view her as a product of DEI. We talk about DEI talked about diversity, equity, and inclusion. Of course, we talk about equity, we talk about inclusion, we talk about diversity, and some of the things that you're doing. The reason why they're in existence is because of the iniquities of this system and people who run it for decades upon decades upon decades. That's why so many things like affirmative action and other things had to come into existence because of the iniquitous actions of those who played the different game, and they engaged in prejudice, and they engaged in bigotry, and they engaged in marginalization and pigeonholing and denying folks the opportunities even though they deserved it. In the case of A Harris, who came from an HBCU, who was a city, a district attorney in the city of San Francisco, a state attorney general in the state of California, the Vice President of the United States of America, what we're saying is the qualifications on that resume are so expansive at this point in time that DEI shouldn't even be mentioned. And for folks to bring that up, you're doing it because not you will, not you not you will, but folks who are bringing it up now because they're trying to find something to swing at to sort of assist in alienating potential voters that may go in her direction. That would be my answer to your question.

Well, I don't think you can. I don't have a problem with that question. First of all, because you and I talk all the time, and we go back and forth, and we are friends with former colleagues working in ESPN together. You're my buddy, so you know we talk about this stuff and butt heads and argue back and forth, and then we go out and have a drink of something. That's what we do. So let's make sure we put that out to the audience right there. Having said that, when I'm saying that, I don't have a problem with what you're asking because you bring up the part about those who say she's a product of DEI. So why was it a complimentary thing before, but now it's a racist thing now? That's a legitimate question. Okay. What I would say to you is, most people don't view her as a product of DEI. We talk about DEI talked about diversity, equity, and inclusion. Of course, we talk about equity, we talk about inclusion, we talk about diversity, and some of the things that you're doing. The reason why they're in existence is because of the iniquities of this system and people who run it for decades upon decades upon decades. That's why so many things like affirmative action and other things had to come into existence because of the iniquitous actions of those who played the different game, and they engaged in prejudice, and they engaged in bigotry, and they engaged in marginalization and pigeonholing and denying folks the opportunities even though they deserved it. In the case of A Harris, who came from an HBCU, who was a city, a district attorney in the city of San Francisco, a state attorney general in the state of California, the Vice President of the United States of America, what we're saying is the qualifications on that resume are so expansive at this point in time that DEI shouldn't even be mentioned. And for folks to bring that up, you're doing it because not you will, not you not you will, but folks who are bringing it up now because they're trying to find something to swing at to sort of assist in alienating potential voters that may go in her direction. That would be my answer to your question.

And our disagreement will lie in the following a. She has been proclaimed to be a beneficiary of DEI, So they're not creating this out of thin air that people have said, hey, look, this is a great thing. She is a product of DEI, in the same way they've said that about Kontanji Brown Jackson. Joe Biden brags I appointed the first black female to the Supreme Court of the United states in insinuating, not insinuating blatantly saying I prioritize skin color. And when you prioritize something like that, you are saying you've prioritized it over what. And the implication is clearly some merit. Now, that doesn't mean you go absolutely to zero merit. That doesn't mean the person is selected. Well, not a Supreme Court justice or Kamala Harris has zero merits, But you place something else above merit in this case their skin conde. And I think the second place of disagreement, so B is you gave her resume.

And our disagreement will lie in the following a. She has been proclaimed to be a beneficiary of DEI, So they're not creating this out of thin air that people have said, hey, look, this is a great thing. She is a product of DEI, in the same way they've said that about Kontanji Brown Jackson. Joe Biden brags I appointed the first black female to the Supreme Court of the United states in insinuating, not insinuating blatantly saying I prioritize skin color. And when you prioritize something like that, you are saying you've prioritized it over what. And the implication is clearly some merit. Now, that doesn't mean you go absolutely to zero merit. That doesn't mean the person is selected. Well, not a Supreme Court justice or Kamala Harris has zero merits, But you place something else above merit in this case their skin conde. And I think the second place of disagreement, so B is you gave her resume.

My argument back to you would be, I don't know, disagree on that part, okay. And then but on her resume, I'm.

My argument back to you would be, I don't know, disagree on that part, okay. And then but on her resume, I'm.

Is a resume that everyone in public life and most corporate CEOs can match. Like you pointed out her college degree, her law degree. The truth is, Pamala Harris has not been a very successful politician. She doesn't have a lot on paper to speak for herself. I mean she came from San Francisco, one of the far left districts in the United States. That doesn't make you well suited for a national political office. It just does it because San Francisco is not very representative of the broader United States of America. She doesn't have any policies, she had any policies anybody's super proud of or that she can brag about. So her primary thing, her primary feather in her cap, her primary qualification for Joe Biden was in fact the color of her skin. That she was, in his estimation, a great lead forward NAIs of America in appointing the first black vice president, female black vice president, and therefore it's not an insult to go, oh, you prioritize DEI. Now, don't call me, and I'm not talking about me individually, but don't call someone racist for pointing out she's a beneficiary of DEI.

Is a resume that everyone in public life and most corporate CEOs can match. Like you pointed out her college degree, her law degree. The truth is, Pamala Harris has not been a very successful politician. She doesn't have a lot on paper to speak for herself. I mean she came from San Francisco, one of the far left districts in the United States. That doesn't make you well suited for a national political office. It just does it because San Francisco is not very representative of the broader United States of America. She doesn't have any policies, she had any policies anybody's super proud of or that she can brag about. So her primary thing, her primary feather in her cap, her primary qualification for Joe Biden was in fact the color of her skin. That she was, in his estimation, a great lead forward NAIs of America in appointing the first black vice president, female black vice president, and therefore it's not an insult to go, oh, you prioritize DEI. Now, don't call me, and I'm not talking about me individually, but don't call someone racist for pointing out she's a beneficiary of DEI.

Well, listen, what I would say to you is this, If you want to sit up there and say, don't call somebody racist, that's fine because I'm down for that, because that word is thrown out too loosely at times, and I definitely would side with you on that. But I'm certainly not going to look at her and say, excuse me, what her resume is really not that impressive. At the end of the day, titles do matter, and that comes associated with resumes. Like you're will Kine. Sure, but you were a political analyst, you wore a sports analyst, you wore a sports radio host, et cetera, et cetera. You've done a lot of things to diversify your portfolio. Ultimately, what we read, we're looking at your titles and we're deducing you had to have some level of ability to be in a position to accomplish all of these things. Now you can sit up there as a center of one of one hundred senators, okay. Or you're a district attorney in the city of San Francisco, or you're an attorney general in the state of California, the second largest state in the Union. You're talking those are major accomplishments. Being a vice president of the United States, that's a major accomplishment. And so when you look at it from that standpoint, and there are those who are inclined to lean on race before they're bringing up her qualifications, it ain't just about race. It's also about gender in some people's eyes. There are a lot of women out there that might have an issue with it because of the gender factor just as much as the race factor, which brings me to my next question. You will see in an interview. Former presidential candidate Nikki Hlly condemned the personal attacks on Vice President Kamala Harris's race and gender, calling them quote not helpful. So that's a Republican, a former presidential candidate that is calling out the Republican Party saying it ain't helpful at all. Folks going in that direction, do you agree or disagree with that?

Well, listen, what I would say to you is this, If you want to sit up there and say, don't call somebody racist, that's fine because I'm down for that, because that word is thrown out too loosely at times, and I definitely would side with you on that. But I'm certainly not going to look at her and say, excuse me, what her resume is really not that impressive. At the end of the day, titles do matter, and that comes associated with resumes. Like you're will Kine. Sure, but you were a political analyst, you wore a sports analyst, you wore a sports radio host, et cetera, et cetera. You've done a lot of things to diversify your portfolio. Ultimately, what we read, we're looking at your titles and we're deducing you had to have some level of ability to be in a position to accomplish all of these things. Now you can sit up there as a center of one of one hundred senators, okay. Or you're a district attorney in the city of San Francisco, or you're an attorney general in the state of California, the second largest state in the Union. You're talking those are major accomplishments. Being a vice president of the United States, that's a major accomplishment. And so when you look at it from that standpoint, and there are those who are inclined to lean on race before they're bringing up her qualifications, it ain't just about race. It's also about gender in some people's eyes. There are a lot of women out there that might have an issue with it because of the gender factor just as much as the race factor, which brings me to my next question. You will see in an interview. Former presidential candidate Nikki Hlly condemned the personal attacks on Vice President Kamala Harris's race and gender, calling them quote not helpful. So that's a Republican, a former presidential candidate that is calling out the Republican Party saying it ain't helpful at all. Folks going in that direction, do you agree or disagree with that?

You know, that's a complicated calculation. Like the reason I say it's complicated. Here's what I'm ask anybody watching right now. Do you think the conversation that Steve and A are having, And I'd ask you this, Steveney, do you think the conversation that we are having right now is disrespectful to Kamala Harrison?

You know, that's a complicated calculation. Like the reason I say it's complicated. Here's what I'm ask anybody watching right now. Do you think the conversation that Steve and A are having, And I'd ask you this, Steveney, do you think the conversation that we are having right now is disrespectful to Kamala Harrison?

Because I do not. I think this is a valid and discussion and I are having right now now.

Because I do not. I think this is a valid and discussion and I are having right now now.

That doesn't mean that everyone who brings up race and gender does it in a way that I think is respectful and important. So there are some that will attack and it will seem like cheap shots, But the problem is the subject itself is.

That doesn't mean that everyone who brings up race and gender does it in a way that I think is respectful and important. So there are some that will attack and it will seem like cheap shots, But the problem is the subject itself is.

Not a cheap shot.

Not a cheap shot.

It is an important question about the qualification for someone to be the leader of the free world. You're right that Kamala Harris has accumulated titles throughout her career. The question is how has she accumulated those titles? Was it by selection or by election? You know, she didn't even get one percent in a Democratic primary.

It is an important question about the qualification for someone to be the leader of the free world. You're right that Kamala Harris has accumulated titles throughout her career. The question is how has she accumulated those titles? Was it by selection or by election? You know, she didn't even get one percent in a Democratic primary.

She didn't make it to Iowa.

She didn't make it to Iowa.

She has fewer votes for national public office than Dean Phillips than Robert F.

She has fewer votes for national public office than Dean Phillips than Robert F.

Kennedy Junior.

Kennedy Junior.

The party that tells you they are all about saving democracy just selected again for Kamala Harris selected her to be their representative, interestingly in the most undemocratic fashion. Now, if you and I explore why, gender, race, or just the elites of the Democratic Party, you know, the donors, the media elites, and the political elites like the Clintons and the Obamas selected Kamala Harris. And I think that's a very very not just legitimate, but important discussion to have, especially when her party is the one flying the banner of we're here to save democracy. You surely act like you have no interest in the actualities of democracy while singing the songs of democracy.

The party that tells you they are all about saving democracy just selected again for Kamala Harris selected her to be their representative, interestingly in the most undemocratic fashion. Now, if you and I explore why, gender, race, or just the elites of the Democratic Party, you know, the donors, the media elites, and the political elites like the Clintons and the Obamas selected Kamala Harris. And I think that's a very very not just legitimate, but important discussion to have, especially when her party is the one flying the banner of we're here to save democracy. You surely act like you have no interest in the actualities of democracy while singing the songs of democracy.

That's I get where you're coming from. But first of all, we live in a binary system. A binary system. You got to two party system, and like I've said on many many occasions, if you're a liberal, if you're a progressive, all right, If you're a leftist, if you're a Democrat, you believe that the Biden presidency has been phenomenal. If you are conservative, if you are a Republican, you think it's been a disaster and you're wondering what the hell is wrong with people. That's the kind of system that we live in, where people want what they want and their definition of success may be different than the other. But what we can agree on, Will, is that when you look at somebody like a Kamala Harris, based on her resume, based on her titles, right, knowing that she you know, as a district attorney or as an attorney general or as a senator, right, you got to take into consideration who you have to work with and how you can't do things alone. Then we look at a president. You look at a president here that had never been an elected office. When he ran in twenty sixteen, he was beating people with one liners. Jared Bush, low energy, little Marco, you know, lord knows what he was saying about Chris Christie and Othersultimately wins the electoral College vote, even though he lost the popular vote. Right because Hillary and James Comy at the last minute a couple of weeks before the election, all of this stuff comes out. Right now, we sit here and you're talking about can you understand how a public can look at you, or a public can look at anybody that thinks And I'm not talking about Will. I'm not comparing you to pundit who go out there and are throwing out snide remarks and insults and stuff that ain't your bag. I know you, that's not your bag. I'm not accusing you of that, but those who do that, can you understand how folks on the left would find that utterly appalling when the person you're speaking up for in the process has been impeached twice, had thirty four felony counts labeled against the found guilty of it, lost the civil suit for about four hundred and fifty four million dollars. I mean, the list goes on. It's hard for people on the left to sit up there and listen to some folks on the right talking what they're talking in an effort to big up an individual like that, while pointing out whatever you can about the vice president. What do you say to that.

That's I get where you're coming from. But first of all, we live in a binary system. A binary system. You got to two party system, and like I've said on many many occasions, if you're a liberal, if you're a progressive, all right, If you're a leftist, if you're a Democrat, you believe that the Biden presidency has been phenomenal. If you are conservative, if you are a Republican, you think it's been a disaster and you're wondering what the hell is wrong with people. That's the kind of system that we live in, where people want what they want and their definition of success may be different than the other. But what we can agree on, Will, is that when you look at somebody like a Kamala Harris, based on her resume, based on her titles, right, knowing that she you know, as a district attorney or as an attorney general or as a senator, right, you got to take into consideration who you have to work with and how you can't do things alone. Then we look at a president. You look at a president here that had never been an elected office. When he ran in twenty sixteen, he was beating people with one liners. Jared Bush, low energy, little Marco, you know, lord knows what he was saying about Chris Christie and Othersultimately wins the electoral College vote, even though he lost the popular vote. Right because Hillary and James Comy at the last minute a couple of weeks before the election, all of this stuff comes out. Right now, we sit here and you're talking about can you understand how a public can look at you, or a public can look at anybody that thinks And I'm not talking about Will. I'm not comparing you to pundit who go out there and are throwing out snide remarks and insults and stuff that ain't your bag. I know you, that's not your bag. I'm not accusing you of that, but those who do that, can you understand how folks on the left would find that utterly appalling when the person you're speaking up for in the process has been impeached twice, had thirty four felony counts labeled against the found guilty of it, lost the civil suit for about four hundred and fifty four million dollars. I mean, the list goes on. It's hard for people on the left to sit up there and listen to some folks on the right talking what they're talking in an effort to big up an individual like that, while pointing out whatever you can about the vice president. What do you say to that.

So it's interesting and listening to you talk like, I don't know that you were being dismissive, because I think I know you. And what I mean is when you talk about Trump, you say he came from the outside, he mastered the one liner.

So it's interesting and listening to you talk like, I don't know that you were being dismissive, because I think I know you. And what I mean is when you talk about Trump, you say he came from the outside, he mastered the one liner.

You know as much as well as I know you.

You know as much as well as I know you.

Despite all of the success that you've achieved, and you've climbed to the top of the mountain obviously steven A when it comes to sports, and now you're in the process of climbing other mountains. We'll just wait and see when you get that late night television show on ABC. But as you climb these mountains, there's something I know about you. You do feel like an outsider. You do have a chip on your shoulder of not being selected, of not being someone that the machine has taken and wrapped their arm around. And you've had to earn that from the outside. And so when you see something like Donald Trump coming from the outside, I would think, and I'm just guessing here, and you don't even have to respond.

Despite all of the success that you've achieved, and you've climbed to the top of the mountain obviously steven A when it comes to sports, and now you're in the process of climbing other mountains. We'll just wait and see when you get that late night television show on ABC. But as you climb these mountains, there's something I know about you. You do feel like an outsider. You do have a chip on your shoulder of not being selected, of not being someone that the machine has taken and wrapped their arm around. And you've had to earn that from the outside. And so when you see something like Donald Trump coming from the outside, I would think, and I'm just guessing here, and you don't even have to respond.

Part of that has to appeal now our response.

Part of that has to appeal now our response.

It has to appeal to you as someone who came in from the outside and forced themselves to the top of the mountain in politics.

It has to appeal to you as someone who came in from the outside and forced themselves to the top of the mountain in politics.

Oh no, no, I'm not denying that, and I'm not denying that there's validity to what you're saying, particularly when you describe me. I've never thought about it, but I can't summarily dismiss that will You might be right. I gotta think about that a little. But what I'm saying is, I'm not saying it. I'm not saying it in a negative kind of way about the former president. I'm simply juxtaposing it to the questions that that side would have about the vice president that's now going to be the Democratic nominee. That's all I'm doing. I'm not sitting there looking at anything else. I'm saying compared the two right now, this is the fight that we have to anticipate. And I just think that you got to come up with a better argument for to write than that base well candidate is to.

Oh no, no, I'm not denying that, and I'm not denying that there's validity to what you're saying, particularly when you describe me. I've never thought about it, but I can't summarily dismiss that will You might be right. I gotta think about that a little. But what I'm saying is, I'm not saying it. I'm not saying it in a negative kind of way about the former president. I'm simply juxtaposing it to the questions that that side would have about the vice president that's now going to be the Democratic nominee. That's all I'm doing. I'm not sitting there looking at anything else. I'm saying compared the two right now, this is the fight that we have to anticipate. And I just think that you got to come up with a better argument for to write than that base well candidate is to.

Tie this together, I guess.

Tie this together, I guess.

I just so, on one hand, you've got a candidate that literally forced their way into the national conversation, not just despite the Democratic Party's opposition, not just despite his own parties opposition and publican party did not want Donald Trump in twenty sixteen, probably didn't want him in twenty twenty and might have looked to replace him in twenty twenty four, But he also forced himself despite the deep entrenched administrative state, that is, every arm of the American government that has come against him, versus a candidate who, as we just put out, was literally selected outside the democratic process by the elites and media and billionaires and politics that is Kamala Harris's rise. She was not voted in by the Democratic voter, and I don't think Democratic voters care for some reason that much. They're not upset about this. But she did not win a single Democratic primary, not a single vote, and she was selected.