Stephen A. Smith Defends Trump's 'Bloodbath' Speech That Dem

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

49% : "Cheong's post featured the video of Trump saying the above words during the speech juxtaposed next to a snapshot of headlines quoting the "bloodbath" line.Smith, a career journalist at mainstream media outlets, seemingly agreed with Musk's conclusion.
43% : During a sit down at a Semafor Media Summit last April, Smith said he used to enjoy talking to Trump about sports before he ran for president, but that he doesn't mess with Trump anymore and he certainly wouldn't vote for him.
35% : While talking about the auto industry, Trump threatened Chinese President Xi Jinping -- and seemingly vis a vis American voters -- with ramifications over a car plant owned by China in Mexico.
33% : "Trump also said later: "If this election isn't won, I'm not sure that you'll ever have another election in this country.
33% : "He's not against Black people, he's against all things not named Trump.
29% : you're going to not hire Americans and you're going to sell the cars to us, no," Trump said.
27% : What did Trump say?
27% : "What are Democrats saying?A rep for Biden suggested this was just the latest instance of Trump telling his supporters to resort to "violence" if he loses the election.
26% : "Trump continued: "Now if I don't get elected, it's going to be a bloodbath for the whole -- that's gonna be the least of it.
24% : Sports pundit Stephen A. Smith spoke out on social media and waded into the alleged war of words that Democrats claim was waged by Trump when he warned of a "bloodbath" if he loses the presidential election in November.
21% : "NBC News reported that a spokesperson for Trump later tried to clarify that the former president's words meant to warn that President Joe "Biden's policies will create an economic bloodbath for the auto industry and autoworkers.
20% : "I think he's changed, but I will tell you this: I think when people call him racist and stuff like that, I've never thought of Trump that way," Smith said at the time.
18% : This isn't the first time Smith has lent sympathetic words to Trump.Nearly a year ago, Smith insisted that Trump isn't racist or "against Black people" despite an abundance of evidence to the contrary.
16% : As Republicans blamed mainstream media for taking Trump's words out of context and claiming the former president was seeking political violence, Elon Musk quote-tweeted a post on X, formerly Twitter, from right-wing journalist Ian Miles Cheong that said, "Legacy media lies.
14% : "Trump, of course, is currently under indictment for allegations of election interference with the peaceful transfer of power by urging his supporters to riot at the U.S. Capitol to prevent the certification of Biden's legitimate presidency.
8% : "This is who Donald Trump is: a loser who gets beat by over 7 million votes and then instead of appealing to a wider mainstream audience doubles down on his threats of political violence," James Singer said in a statement.

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