Stephen A. Smith issues brutal verdict on Democratic presidential hopeful Gavin Newsom

Stephen A. Smith has told California politician Gavin Newsom to springiness up immoderate hopes helium has of becoming president of the United States.

Newsom is presently 3rd favourite to determination into the White House pursuing the 2028 election, according to immoderate bookmakers.

The 57-year-old has been politician of the Golden authorities since 2019 and antecedently served arsenic politician of San Francisco.

Newsom was tipped by immoderate to instrumentality implicit arsenic the Democratic campaigner pursuing Joe Biden's determination to propulsion retired of the 2024 race, lone for Kamala Harris to suffer to Donald Trump.

'I similar Gavin Newsom. He looks the part. He looks statesmanlike successful those damn bluish suits, nary uncertainty astir it. He's crisp arsenic a tack. He's astute arsenic hell,' Smith said connected The Stephen A. Smith Show. 

But Newsom has travel successful for disapproval implicit caller months implicit his handling of the LA wildfires. There person besides been issues with homelessness and transgression successful California.

And the ESPN star, who has teased his ain tally for the White House, told Newsom: 'There is nary doubt, respectfully, Mr. Governor of California, that your grounds won’t clasp the muster.' 

'That’s wherefore you got a podcast. We support inviting you connected this amusement — inactive waiting, inactive waiting.'

Smith continued: 'Here’s the reality, sir: with the homelessness, with the crime, with the cost of living successful California, I can’t ideate Gavin Newsom winning a statesmanlike election with what is going connected successful the authorities of California. Period.'

He added: 'Even though it whitethorn not person been your mistake — due to the fact that earthy disasters hap — the archetypal words retired of your rima can’t be, "It’s a section problem, not a authorities problem",' Smith continued. 

'And past you amusement up connected "Real Time with Bill Maher" months later, and you’re saying, "Hey, we got to ain up to our mistakes". Californians don’t judge you... astatine all!”'

Newsom precocious launched a podcast - 'This is Gavin Newsom' - and has interviewed blimpish figures including Steve Bannon.

Newsom told Maher past period that the Democrat's marque was 'toxic' and that the enactment 'talk down' to voters. 'That's what we were each saying starring up to the election!' Smith told him.