Overview
- On Smith’s Straight Shooter podcast, Rep. James Clyburn suggested some voters could not look past Kamala Harris’s gender and accused President Trump of routinely insulting Black women.
- Smith countered that gender was not decisive, citing Hillary Clinton’s 2016 popular-vote margin and Harris receiving nearly 75 million votes.
- He argued that Harris being chosen to lead the ticket with only 107 days to run undermines the notion of broad voter resistance to a woman nominee.
- Smith also disagreed with Michelle Obama’s comment that the United States is not ready for a female president.
- Reports recapped that Harris lost all seven swing states and the national popular vote as mid-campaign polling advantages narrowed late in the race.