Stephen A. Smith Praises Trump’s Pardon Of Democrat As ‘Absolutely Positively Brilliant’ Move

SiriusXM host Stephen A. Smith said on “Straight Shooter with Stephen A.” on Wednesday that President Donald Trump’s pardon of Democratic Texas Rep. Henry Cuellar was an ingenious political move.

Trump announced the pardon in a Wednesday Truth Social post, which granted clemency to Cuellar and his wife, who were indicted by former President Joe Biden’s administration’s Department of Justice (DOJ) in May 2024 on charges pertaining to allegedly accepting more than half a million dollars in bribes. Smith said on his show that the pardon made it so Democrats could no longer accuse Trump of being partisan.

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“ow do the Democrats look when they now try to attack Trump because they say he pays no attention to the facts? How do they look now when they say he doesn’t provide leadership? How do they sound now when they accuse him of lawlessness? I mean, at some point in time, we just have to give the man credit,” Smith said. “He’s shrewd as hell. He really is. I mean, he is giving the Democratic Party lessons! Lessons! I mean, school is in session on how to manipulate minds and coax folks into thinking along the lines of his way of thinking.”