{"id":2222746,"date":"2024-04-16T19:32:02","date_gmt":"2024-04-16T23:32:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/stephen-a-smith-blasts-democrats-over-trump-trials-scared-you-cant-beat-him\/"},"modified":"2024-04-16T19:33:44","modified_gmt":"2024-04-16T23:33:44","slug":"stephen-a-smith-blasts-democrats-over-trump-trials-scared-you-cant-beat-him","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/stephen-a-smith-blasts-democrats-over-trump-trials-scared-you-cant-beat-him\/","title":{"rendered":"Stephen A. Smith criticizes Democrats for Trump trials: &#8216;Afraid they can&#8217;t defeat him."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fstephen-a-smith-blasts-democrats-over-trump-trials-scared-you-cant-beat-him%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2222746&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Sports media personality \u200dStephen A. Smith criticized Democrats \u2064for \u2063their efforts to prosecute Donald Trump, suggesting that they are playing into Trump&#8217;s narrative \u200dthat the trials \u200bare <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/breaking-kyle-rittenhouse-finally-released-on-2-million-cash-bond\/\" title=\"BREAKING: Kyle Rittenhouse FINALLY Released on  Million Cash Bond\">politically motivated<\/a>. Smith&#8217;s \u2063<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ron-perlman-deletes-video-threatening-to-destroy-studio-execs-home\/\" title=\"Ron Perlman removes video threatening studio exec's home destruction.\">comments coincided<\/a> with Trump&#8217;s ongoing hush money trial jury selection amid his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/georgia-prosecutor-wrong-to-try-trump-and-co-defendants-together-former-russia-collusion-prosecutor\/\" title=\"Former Russia-Collusion Prosecutor: Georgia Prosecutor Errs in Trying Trump and Co-defendants Together\">2024 \u200bpresidential campaign<\/a>, where he faces 88\u2063 felony charges. Smith emphasized that Democrats should focus on defeating Trump politically rather than through legal\u200d proceedings.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<div data-td-block-uid=\"tdi_78\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/sports\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Sports<\/a> media personality Stephen A. Smith criticized Democrats for their push to prosecute <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Donald Trump<\/a>, saying they are reiterating the former president\u2019s claim that the trials are a political stunt.<\/p>\n<p>Smith\u2019s comment comes as Trump\u2019s hush money trial <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/2968381\/trump-on-trial-first-six-jurors-hush-money-case\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>began jury selection this week<\/a> amid his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/2024-elections\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>2024<\/a> presidential campaign. Trump is facing 88 felony charges across four indictments. Smith argued that Democrats ought to focus on beating him on the campaign trail instead of in the courtroom.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTo my liberal friends out there, all you\u2019re doing is showing that you\u2019re scared you can\u2019t beat him on the issues and the merits,\u201d Smith said. \u201cThat\u2019s why he keeps saying it\u2019s a political campaign against me. That\u2019s why he keeps saying they can\u2019t beat me at the election, at the polls \u2014 this is the only way they can do it.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure><\/figure>\n<p>Smith added that many voters see the extent to which \u201cthe other side\u201d is willing to go to keep Trump out of the White House, and that \u201cwe\u2019ll never have peace in this country\u201d because of it.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd they\u2019re going to say, \u2018Hey, you trumped us up against him again,\u2019 and we\u2019ll have no peace when all you gotta do is figure out a way to beat him on the issues,\u201d Smith said. \u201cBut you haven\u2019t been able to do it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Last year, Smith said <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/2434382\/we-need-a-new-president-stephen-a-smith-suggests-newsom-take-bidens-place-as-nominee\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>the United States needs \u201ca new president\u201d<\/a> instead of reelecting <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/joe-biden\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Joe Biden<\/a>, citing the president\u2019s age. He also indicated that Gov. Gavin Newsom (D-CA) could step in for Biden as the Democratic presidential nominee, stressing that while he was not supporting such a move, swapping Biden for Newsom \u201cmakes sense if you are a flaming liberal.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Newsom has insisted that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/2578049\/newsom-2024-despite-denials-could-california-governor-run-at-the-last-moment\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>he has no plans to run for president in the 2024 election<\/a>. Trump, meanwhile, has stated that a hypothetical matchup between him and Newsom <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/2836092\/trump-claims-facing-newsom-2024-election-easy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>would be \u201ceasy\u201d for the former president to win<\/a>, as \u201cCalifornia is a disaster.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sports commentator Stephen A. Smith slammed Democrats for pursuing Donald Trump, echoing Trump&#8217;s view that the trials are political theater. 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