Stephen A. Smith on political future: I only want ‘the big job’

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Sports commentator Stephen A. Smith laid out his political ambitions in a Sunday interview, saying he would only seek the presidency if he were to ever run for public office.

“I’m not interested in being no vice president. I’m not interested in being number two,” he said when asked by CNN’s Kasie Hunt on “State of the Union” if he’d consider joining a presidential ticket as a running mate.

Smith later added that he is “not interested in being the head of the Senate just to break a tie or to give speeches.”

“If I were to do something like that, it would be for the big — for the big job. It would be for the presidency of the United States of America or nothing,” he said about a run for office. “I’m not trying to be number two at anything I do.”

Smith has teased his political ambitions on multiple occasions, but poured cold water on the prospect of a presidential bid in a March interview with Fox News’s Sean Hannity.

“I think it’s all bulls‑‑‑,” Hannity told Smith. “I don’t think you’re running. Am I right?”

“I don’t think I’m running either, because I got to give up my money,” Smith responded. “Yeah, I ain’t giving up my money, Sean.”

Smith on Sunday indicated that he would run as a Democrat.

“I would be running as a Democrat, because I think the Democratic Party is in shambles right now, because I think it’s leaned too far left,” he said. “And I think that it needs to come a bit closer to the center, so we can come across as a bit more sensible.”

Smith’s entrance into the 2028 presidential field would mark another example of celebrities’ foray into the political arena in Trump’s wake.

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