ESPN host and legendary straight shooter Stephen A. Smith unloaded on New York congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez this week after AOC claimed on social media that Republicans will try to “control media and companies in the United States” after TikTok thanked Donald Trump for its stay of execution.
AOC took issue with the fact that Trump was not yet president when the TikTok ban was postponed but failed to mention that it’s not unusual for incoming presidents to meet with world leaders and heads of major companies.
Stephen A. took umbrage with AOC’s suggestion that “this is what 21st-century fascism looks like” and suggested that Democrats have tried to control thoughts, companies, and language before.
“So the left has not engaged in bullying tactics, so ‘woke’ culture didn’t exist?” Stephen A. said. “Where people had to make sure they echoed the right pronoun in order to keep their job security. Where you had to sit and, God forbid, you literally challenged somebody with regards to transgender issues you were considered to be transphobic.”
“So now it’s the Republicans we need to be worried about? But not y’all? Y’all would never do such a thing. Oh my goodness. It would never be you. That would never happen. Really?” Stephen A. continued. “This is exactly why Trump is in office. Racist, fascist and all these other names. That’s what you do when you’re on the left. Not paying attention to the fact that the vast majority of American people are tired of that.”
“When are you going to tell us a message we want to hear? Trump didn’t win the election. You all lost. You put him there and let me get real raw with this. It got so bad with Biden in office, racism was thrown aside,” Stephen A. continued. “Transgender issues don’t makeup one percent of this population. Black people make up nearly 14% of this population and for the vast majority of the last few years that issue has been more important than issues pertaining to black people, it seemed. That is just the truth.”
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