{"id":2569363,"date":"2026-02-12T13:53:01","date_gmt":"2026-02-12T18:53:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/stephen-a-smith-tells-democrats-stop-wasting-our-time-with-impeaching-trump\/"},"modified":"2026-02-12T13:54:28","modified_gmt":"2026-02-12T18:54:28","slug":"stephen-a-smith-tells-democrats-stop-wasting-our-time-with-impeaching-trump","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/stephen-a-smith-tells-democrats-stop-wasting-our-time-with-impeaching-trump\/","title":{"rendered":"Stephen A. Smith tells Democrats &#8216;stop wasting our time&#8217; with impeaching Trump"},"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\">24<\/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-tells-democrats-stop-wasting-our-time-with-impeaching-trump%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=2569363&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 broadcaster Stephen A. Smith urged Democrats to stop <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-taking-regeneron-drug-remdesivir-therapy-for-coronavirus-diagnosis-ex-wh-doctor-explains\/\" title=\"Trump taking Regeneron drug, Remdesivir therapy for coronavirus diagnosis: ex-WH doctor explains\">state<\/a>-lawmakers-pursuing-impeachment-against-south-dakota-ag-following-fatal-crash-misdemeanor-charges\/&#8221; title=&#8221;&#8230; Lawmakers Pursuing &#8230; Against South Dakota AG Following Fatal Crash, Misdemeanor Charges&#8221;>pursuing impeachment<\/a> of Donald Trump and to focus on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/cornell-students-defend-racially-segregated-rock-climbing-course\/\" title=\"Cornell Students Defend Racially Segregated Rock Climbing Course\">larger issues<\/a>.Speaking on his <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >siriusxm show<\/a> Straight Shooter, he said he was \u201csick of this\u201d and argued that impeachment would not help the country, suggesting they should simply let him go. Smith warned that pursuing impeachment could give Republicans ammunition to claim Democrats are victimizing themselves, and he even floated the possibility of running for president himself. The piece also notes that Democrats are weighing whether to skip Trump\u2019s State of the union address.  <\/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\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Stephen A. Smith tells Democrats &lsquo;stop wasting our time&rsquo; with impeaching Trump<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_2503344\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>Sports broadcaster <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/stephen-a-smith\/\">Stephen A. Smith<\/a> warned <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/democrats\/\">Democrats<\/a> to stop trying to impeach President <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\/\">Donald Trump<\/a> and focus on &ldquo;bigger issues.&rdquo;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I&rsquo;m sick of this,&rdquo; Smith said on his SiriusXM show,<a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/VigilantFox\/status\/2021982305200341405?s=20\"> <em>Straight Shooter<\/em><\/a>, on Thursday. &ldquo;To hell with impeaching Donald Trump. Just let him go away &hellip; what does [impeachment] do for the country.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<div class=\"recommended-stories\">\n<h2>Recommended Stories<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/entertainment\/4456089\/cardi-b-jump-ice-if-come-concert\/\">Cardi B says she&#8217;ll &#8216;jump&#8217; ICE if they come to her concert<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/sports\/4454526\/vance-advises-us-olympians-not-pop-off-political-takes\/\">Vance amplifies US Olympians are not at games to &#8216;pop off&#8217; on political takes<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/entertainment\/4454228\/jill-zarin-fired-reunion-series-anti-bad-bunny-posts\/\">Reality star Jill Zarin fired from reunion series over anti-Bad Bunny posts<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>Smith&rsquo;s comments were prompted when a caller asked whether Democrats should &ldquo;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-to-tell-primetime-audience-he-stepped-aside-to-unite-our-nation-washington-examiner\/\" title=\"Biden to tell primetime audience he stepped aside to &#039;unite our nation&#039; - Washington Examiner\">embrace&#038;rdquo<\/a>; impeaching Trump and Vice President <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/JD-Vance\/\">JD Vance<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Trump has been predicting that Democrats will attempt to impeach Trump if they retake the House in the midterm elections, according to <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/abcnews.com\/Politics\/trump-warns-republicans-win-midterms-hell-impeached\/story?id=128958317\">ABC News<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Smith, who said he has &ldquo;no choice&rdquo; but to <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/3374145\/stephen-a-smith-open-to-presidential-bid\/\">consider running for president<\/a>, said impeaching Trump would give Republicans reason to argue that the party is being &ldquo;victimized&rdquo; by Democrats.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Enough of this,&rdquo; Smith said. &ldquo;You convicted him on 34 felony counts. How many more convictions can they give him? How many more?&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Not only did he not go to jail, he went to the White House,&rdquo; he added.<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/senate\/4455884\/senate-democrats-weigh-skipping-trump-state-of-the-union-speech\/\"><strong>SENATE DEMOCRATS WEIGH SKIPPING TRUMP STATE OF THE UNION ADDRESS<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>During Trump&rsquo;s first administration, House Democrats impeached him twice. However, he was acquitted by the Senate for alleged Russian collusion in the 2016 election and inciting the Jan. 6 Capitol riots.<\/p>\n<p>Smith called on Democrats to &ldquo;stop wasting our time&rdquo; with attempts to impeach Trump.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Smith urges Democrats to drop Trump impeachment<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3984,"featured_media":2569364,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/AP25311307409061.jpg?w=696","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651,538],"tags":[3685,3636,32171,32150,3634],"class_list":["post-2569363","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","category-washington-examiner","tag-democrats","tag-impeachment","tag-political-commentary","tag-stephen-a-smith","tag-trump"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/AP25311307409061.jpg?w=696","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2569363","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3984"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2569363"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2569363\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2569367,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2569363\/revisions\/2569367"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2569364"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2569363"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2569363"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2569363"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}