Stephen A. Smith Storms Off Town Hall After Getting Heated With Members of Congress

Charlie Nash Oct 15th, 2025, 10:01 pm

Stephen A. Smith stormed out of a NewsNation town hall on Wednesday after getting heated at three members of congress over the ongoing government shutdown .

“I’m trying to be very respectful to everybody because they deserve it,” said Smith during the town hall with Rep. Jim Jordan (R-OH), Rep. Ro Khanna (D-CA), and Rep. Madeleine Dean (D-PA). “But let me say this, I don’t think Washington understands how ticked off we truly are.”

He protested:

Think about the conversation that we’re having right now. You brought up the single-payer system, emulating Canada. You know, we’re looking at a president that just gave $20 billion to Argentina. We’re hearing

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