{"id":2498931,"date":"2025-10-14T19:06:02","date_gmt":"2025-10-14T23:06:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/watch-espns-stephen-a-smith-goes-off-on-jasmine-crockett-for-her-street-persona\/"},"modified":"2025-10-14T19:07:18","modified_gmt":"2025-10-14T23:07:18","slug":"watch-espns-stephen-a-smith-goes-off-on-jasmine-crockett-for-her-street-persona","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/watch-espns-stephen-a-smith-goes-off-on-jasmine-crockett-for-her-street-persona\/","title":{"rendered":"Watch: ESPN&#8217;s Stephen A. Smith Goes Off on Jasmine Crockett for Her &#8216;Street&#8217; Persona"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">28<\/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%2Fwatch-espns-stephen-a-smith-goes-off-on-jasmine-crockett-for-her-street-persona%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=2498931&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>The article criticizes Texas Democratic Representative Jasmine Crockett, portraying her as unpleasant and controversial for mocking paraplegics and targeting the presidential administration with loose insults. It highlights a rare moment of praise from ESPN personality Stephen A. Smith, who, despite his usual style, gave Crockett some tough but arguably accurate advice. Smith described her as an educated and brilliant woman who uses &#8220;street&#8221; language inappropriate for Capitol Hill negotiations. He noted that some Republican figures ironically want her prominently featured in media because her style benefits them politically. The piece suggests Crockett&#8217;s approach may hinder her effectiveness in government and speculates that Smith&#8217;s critique might be influenced by his potential political ambitions as well.  <\/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<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<section> \t\t\t\t<script>console.log(\"ad slot (AC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC3)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC4)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>Most people reading this are already painfully aware of how vile and sinister Democratic Texas Rep. Jasmine Crockett is.<\/p>\n<p>When she&rsquo;s not making fun of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/gov-abbott-responds-crocketts-hot-wheels-mockery-left-dust\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">paraplegics<\/a>, she&rsquo;s usually spotted lobbing some inane and factually loose insults at the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/lt-cols-resignation-letter-goes-viral-bashes-bidens-unethical-immoral-and-tyrannical-vaccine-mandate\/\" title=\"Lt. Col\u2019s Resignation Letter Goes Viral: Bashes Biden\u2019s \u2018Unethical, Immoral And Tyrannical\u2019 Vaccine Man...\">current presidential administration<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>But apparently, Crockett is so deplorable and so unlikable that she has made notorious ESPN loudmouth Stephen A. Smith &mdash; a man who somehow speaks in all caps &mdash; proffer up one of his more accurate takes ever. And that&rsquo;s saying something, for anyone who&rsquo;s followed the hot-take artist for more than a few years.<\/p>\n<p>Smith, who operates a radio show outside of the work he does for ESPN, has been inching more and more into politics of late.<\/p>\n<p>Given that, it should come as little surprise that Crockett was a topic of conversation on his show.<\/p>\n<p>  <script> console.log(\"A\/B Test Video Player\"); \/\/ Helper function to set a cookie function setVideoCookie(name, value, days) {     var expires=\"\";     if (days) {         var date=new Date();         date.setTime(date.getTime() + (days*24*60*60*1000));         expires=\"; expires=\" + date.toUTCString();     }     document.cookie=name + \"=\" + (value || \"\")  + expires + \"; path=\/\"; }  \/\/ Helper function to get a cookie function getVideoCookie(name) {     var nameEQ=name + \"=\";     var ca=document.cookie.split(';');     for(var i=0; i <ca.length; i++) {         var c=ca[i];         while (c.charAt(0)==' ') c=c.substring(1,c.length); 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Smith on Jasmine Crockett:<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;This educated, <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >brilliant black woman<\/a> representing over 750,000 people is engaging in verbiage and rhetoric for the streets! And that&rsquo;s fine when you in the streets!&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;How many of you are able to think that for a second that you able&hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/oJeMO0vyee\">pic.twitter.com\/oJeMO0vyee<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Jason Cohen &#127482;&#127480; (@JasonJournoDC) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JasonJournoDC\/status\/1977901286638125257?\">October 14, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;This educated, brilliant black woman, representing over 750,000 people, is engaging in verbiage and rhetoric for the streets,&rdquo; Smith said. &ldquo;And that&rsquo;s fine when you on the streets. How many of y&rsquo;all bring the streets to the table when you at the negotiating table trying to get a deal done?<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;How many of you are able to think that, for a second, that you&rsquo;re able to bring street verbiage to Capitol Hill and that&rsquo;s gon&rsquo; work for you?<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;You literally have senators and Congressional figures on Capitol Hill, on the side of the Republicans, telling the networks, whether it&rsquo;s Fox News, News Nation, or anybody else, &lsquo;Please, please, please, put her front and center on camera!&rsquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Why would they do that? Because they know it wins for them.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Ouch &hellip; and probably more than a little true.<\/p>\n<p>(And, yes, to address <em>that<\/em> point, it&rsquo;s more than fair to wonder just how &ldquo;educated&rdquo; and &ldquo;brilliant&rdquo; Crockett is.)<\/p>\n<p>While Crockett would be wise to heed Smith&rsquo;s words &mdash; her off-putting attitude absolutely makes it harder to accomplish anything of note in government &mdash; it&rsquo;s also fair to wonder if Smith&rsquo;s advice comes from a place of self-preservation.<\/p>\n<p>It&rsquo;s no secret in 2025 that Smith has been approached by Democrats about a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/counting-down-the-worst-moments-of-the-medias-love-affair-with-michael-avenatti\/\" title=\"Counting Down The Worst Moments Of The Media\u2019s Love Affair With Michael Avenatti\">potential presidential run<\/a>. While Smith has played coy with that, the absolute dearth of top presidential candidates among the blue donkeys makes it a very real possibility. Is any true-blue Democrat excited about voting for Kamala Harris or Pete Buttigieg these days?<\/p>\n<p>If all those rumors are true, it adds an interesting twist to the above clip. Yes, it&rsquo;s evergreen advice for Ms. Crockett, but it&rsquo;s also what a president would do when one of their members is damaging the brand more than helping it.<\/p>\n<p>Makes you wonder, doesn&rsquo;t it?<\/p>\n<div style=\"position: relative;\">\n<div class=\"ff-fancy-header-container\"> \t\t\t \t<\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-submit-correction inner-content\">\n<div class=\"correction-form\">\n<form style=\"display: none;\">\n<div class=\"sc-name-field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* Name<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"name\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"sc--field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* <\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<label>* Message<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t<textarea name=\"message\" required><\/textarea> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"required-message\" style=\"display: none; padding-bottom: 15px;\">* All fields are required.<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"submit\" value=\"Submit\" onclick=\"event.preventDefault(); firefly_sc();\"> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"firefly-sc-confirm\" style=\"display: none;\">Success!<\/div>\n<\/p><\/form>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p> \t\t<script> \t\t\tfunction firefly_sc() { \t\t\t\tif( typeof window.captchaPublicKey==typeof undefined ){ \t\t\t\t\tconsole.error('window.captchaPublicKey is not defined'); \t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\tgrecaptcha.execute( window.captchaPublicKey, { action: 'submit_correction' } ).then( function( token ) { \t\t\t\t\tvar opts={ \t\t\t\t\t\taction:    'firefly_sc_submit', \t\t\t\t\t\tname:      document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"name\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\t:     document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tmessage:   document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"message\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tpost_id:   firefly_post_id, \t\t\t\t\t\tcap_token: token \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\tvar inputs=[ 'name', '', 'message' ];  \t\t\t\t\tfor( var i=0; i <inputs.length; i++ ) if( ! 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