Stephen A Smith Refuses To Backtrack His Comments On Dem Sen When Pressed By ‘The View’ Co-Host

Sirius XM host Stephen A. Smith refused to apologize on Thursday for criticizing Democratic Arizona Sen. Mark Kelly when “The View” co-host Sunny Hostin tried getting him to backtrack his comments.

Smith bashed Kelly on Nov. 28 for urging service members to ignore so-called illegal orders given by President Donald Trump after he once served as a combat Navy pilot. When Hostin told Smith that she was allowing him an opportunity to change his opinion, the Sirius XM host did not budge and continued to hold the same criticisms of Kelly.

“‘If you’re doing something that is just completely unlawful and ruthless, then there is a consequencefor that.That’s why the military said it won’t follow unlawful orders from their commander in chief.’ Now, given the fact that the secretary himself said that, I’d love to give you the opportunityto perhaps change your position on what you said,” Hostin said. 

“I’m not changing a thing. I didn’t stutter when I said it … As it pertains to Mark Kelly, what I was talking about is military.What I did was get on the phone with family and friends who have served in the military,and I said, we’re not civilians. This is not the court of law,” Smith replied. “You can be implicated for implying something if you are a former military member or youare a present military member.It wasn’t what Mark Kelly said, it’s the fact that he was a combat Navy pilot who servedin the military, who would tell folks, ignore an order, when it could get them in a worldof trouble.” 

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