Stephen A. Smith Says Trump ‘Pulled The Okey-Doke’ On Democrats During State Of The Union

SiriusXM host Stephen A. Smith said President Donald Trump successfully manipulated Democrats at his State of the Union address during a Wednesday episode of “Straight Shooter with Stephen A.”

During Smith’s show, he played a clip of Democrats remaining seated when Trump asked members of Congress to rise if they agreed that the primary “duty of the American government is to protect American citizens, not illegal aliens” during his Tuesday address. Smith said that the Democrats declining to stand was “a reminder of what lost them the election in 2024.”

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“Trump played the Democrats, pulled the okey-doke on them, played them like a fiddle, and the Democrats fell for it hook, line, and sinker,” Smith said before playing the clip.

“Everybody on the right stood up. None of the Democrats stood up. Zero. Knowing the cameras are rolling, knowing that the optics would be what they are,” he said afterward. “Because again, if you consider the question that he asked about putting America first and American citizens first, he didn’t sit up there and say white Americans or black Americans. He said Americans. Meaning that if you’re an American citizen, no matter what — you could be of African-American descent, you could be of Hispanic descent, you could be of white descent — it doesn’t matter.”