Stephen A. Smith: Black Americans Should Stop Viewing GOP as ‘The Enemy’

Mediaite.com:

ESPN’s Stephen A. Smith got a lot of attention this week for saying that black Americans should vote Republican at least once to show that both parties have to work for the black vote, instead of Republicans dismissing it and Democrats taking it for granted.

He further elaborated on CNN earlier today, telling Michael Smerconish how Democrats have successfully convinced black people the GOP is completely against their interests, and as a result, “A vast majority of black Americans look at the Republican Party as the enemy.” This means, to Smith, Democrats “have a liense to take us for granted.”

Smith pointed out that both parties work like hell on fixing immigration because whichever party can do that gets more Hispanic support, but no one’s fighting like that for the black vote.

Smerconish challenged him a bit on the idea of voting in the best interests of the black community, asking if it would be okay for him to vote based on “what’s in the best interests of the white community.”

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