‘I Was Sad’: Stephen A. Smith Says Biden’s Farewell Needed ‘Silence Or A Simple Goodbye’

ESPN’s Stephen A. Smith said Wednesday on NewsNation that President Joe Biden’s farewell address needed “silence or a simple goodbye,” as most Americans were “not interested” in hearing what he had to say.

Biden addressed the nation for the last time on Wednesday evening. He discussed his administration’s work over the last four years before he expressed concern about what he said was “a dangerous concentration of power in the hands of a very few ultra-wealthy people, the dangerous consequences if their abuse of power is left unchecked.” Smith appeared on “Cuomo” to discuss his reaction to the president’s final speech before President-elect Donald Trump is inaugurated on Jan. 20.

“I was sad. Of course the president is entitled, and he should give a farewell speech. There is no question about that. But different times invade 🇺🇸US all, and when you see the times that we live in sometimes you see something and you just say, ‘Silence or a simple goodbye would suffice.’ That’s how I felt about the president tonight,” Smith said.

Smith also said Biden was supposed to be a “transitional president.”

“When we see what transpired, what we’ve witness, what has transpired over the last year plus. He was supposed to step away. He was supposed to be a transitional president, and you didn’t do that,” Smith said. “You decided that you wanted to stay in the race, and then you got exposed because you showed up on a debate stage June 27, and you were not what people on the left have purported you to be. Then you ultimately forced out by a party and the candidate, Kamala Harris, was somebody that you immediately endorsed.”

Following Biden’s poor debate performance in June against Trump, Democrats