Stephen A. Smith Takes Blowtorch To Joy Behar’s Suggestion That Trump Didn’t Win ‘Mandate’ In 2024
ESPN’s Stephen A. Smith dismantled the idea to “The View” co-host Joy Behar’s suggestion that President Donald Trump did not win any “mandate” in the 2024 election. Behar suggested that Trump did not win any “mandate”…
ESPN’s Stephen A. Smith dismantled the idea to “The View” co-host Joy Behar’s suggestion that President Donald Trump did not win any “mandate” in the 2024 election.
Behar suggested that Trump did not win any “mandate” because he narrowly won the popular vote by about 1% and since the Republican Party holds a slim majority in the House of Representatives and Senate. The co-host pointed out that Trump’s popular vote win is “the smallest ever,” making his victory hardly a landslide.
“What kind of mandate is this really?” Behar asked Smith.
Smith argued there is, in fact, a mandate since Trump won all seven swing states, made major inroads with racial minorities and blue collar workers, and became the first Republican candidate to win the popular vote in 20 years.
“Well it is a mandate and I’m gonna explain why,” Smith said. “And I don’t mind the question but let me be very clear, I’m no supporter of Trump. I’m a supporter of truth and the facts, and here’s the facts. The man won every swing state, he increased voter turnout in his favor from the standpoint of blacks, Latinos, and young voters. He increased his numbers in that regard from 2020. 89% of the counties shifted to the right. That’s a mandate.”
“WE can sit up there and play around all we want to,” Smith continued. “In 2020, Trump didn’t the popular vote, he didn’t win the Electoral College vote. As a matter of fact, the Republicans haven’t won the popular vote if I remember correctly since 2004. But they did this year.”
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Smith said Trump’s victory is a result of Americans voting against the Democrats’ agenda, and argued the party needs to find new messaging if they ever want to defeat the president.
Public polling found Trump had a significant lead over both former President Joe Biden and former Vice President Kamala Harris on the economy and immigration, which were ultimately the two leading issues among voters in the last election.