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Adam Smith: “You avoided the primaries. You made sure he showed up on a…”

Featuring: Adam Smith, Democratic | U.S. House Washington, 9th Congressional District

Stephen A. Smith Show: In-Depth Discussion with NYC Mayor Eric Adams on Trump Administration and Urban Challenges

Published January 22, 2025 | Video Starts at 47:50

And I look at it in the aftermath of it all, and I'm saying to myself, wait a minute, we saw a president that clearly, I'll say it, there was slippage. You knew that, but you put him. You avoided the primaries. You made sure he showed up on a debate stage on June 27th. He wasn't ready. It was too late for Anybody else? So Kamala Harris gets inserted in there. And on Judgment Day, which was Election Day, the voter said, we didn't fall for it. (47:50–47:56)

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