ESPN's Stephen A.Smith was repeatedly confronted over why he said he regretted voting for former Vice President Kamala Harris during a podcast released Wednesday, as hosts Cari Champion and Jemele Hill suggested he was targeting Black women."Flagrant and Funny" hosts Cari Champion and Jemele Hill questioned Smith about his comments that he regretted supporting Harris in 2024, after he said it was the Democrats' plan all along to install her as the replacement for former President Joe Biden in the presidential race.Smith referenced the widely criticized moment from ABC’s ‘The View’ on Oct.
8, 2024, when Harris appeared and said she couldn’t think of anything she’d do differently than Joe Biden. "Because when she went on 'The View' and she sat up there and said she couldn't think of anything that she would do differently, something that Sunny Hostin threw up intentionally as a softball for her to knock out the park.
I'm like, when she passed up on that opportunity, this is not a dumb woman.This is a former state attorney general.
This is a former senator.This is a former vice president of the United States.
She is not dumb.There's only one reason she said that, because her loyalty to Joe Biden usurped everything else," Smith said.HUNTER BIDEN SAYS KAMALA HARRIS IS GETTING 'BAD POLITICAL ADVICE,' REFUSES TO EXPLAIN LOYALTY CRITICISMStephen A.
Smith speaks on stage as he and Christopher Russo host SiriusXM shows live from Fanatics Fest at Javits Center on July 17, 2026, in New York City.(Getty Images for SiriusXM)He added, "And I'm like, 'You trying to win a damn presidency? This is embarrassing.
Do you want the presidency or don't you?'"Hill suggested Harris was trying to lean into Biden's accomplishments, and said, "He accomplished a lot.""But I understand when Sunny gave her that easy layup," Champion pressed."But still, why was it necessary to say that you regretted voting for Kamala Harris when you knew that would take all of the hard work in whic...