Sports commentator Stephen A. Smith had some choice words for James Carville on Friday after the Democratic strategist suggested that he should stay out of politics.
Earlier in the week, Carville, a veteran political strategist, lambasted Smith on his Politicon podcast for repeatedly tearing into the Democratic Party over its failures in the run up to President Donald Trump’s sweeping victory in November.
“When it comes to politics, he doesn’t know his a-- from a hole in the ground,” Carville said of Smith’s criticisms, adding, “Are you s--tting me?”
Addressing Smith potentially running for president in 2028, Carville called on Smith to stop “running your f---ing mouth off.”
Smith delivered his riposte on Friday’s episode of The Stephen A. Smith Show podcast, offering a response to the strategist’s comments that was notedly less explicit and all the more blistering.
“Sir, do you have to be so rude, dropping F-bombs and going off like that?” said Smith, adding, “two can do that.” But, “my momma taught me to respect my elders,” he said.
Smith called Carville “one of those old curmudgeons that want things to stay or be the way that they used to be,” adding that he thought the veteran political consultant was “resentful” and “harboring an abundance of animosity because you’re not being heard.”
Smith also heavily implied that if he wasn’t as politically literate as Carville, it was simply because he hadn’t yet fully applied himself.
“I don’t study Capitol Hill like I study sports, do y’all want me to?” said Smith, adding that Carville has no idea “what kind of havoc I’d wreak if I sat down for a few weeks and just buried my brain and my face and my mind into the nuances of politics and what transpires on Capitol Hill.”
Smith added, “Are y’all sure you want that smoke? Are you sure about that? Because it’s like you’re daring me to!”
