Sports commentator and radio host Stephen A. Smith unloaded on Democrats planning to boycott or protest at President Donald Trump’s State of the Union address Tuesday, stating that “neither should be acceptable.”“At some point in time, ladies and gentlemen, there’s got to be an adult in the room,” Smith said on his “Straight Shooter” show on Thursday. “If you’re going to act as juvenile, as petulant, as petty as you accuse the president of the United States to be, how are you ever going to hold a high moral ground, at least high enough to judge him accordingly?” Several outlets report that multiple Democrats in Congress are planning to skip Trump’s State of the Union address and instead have their own counterprogram at the National Mall called the “People’s State of the Union.” Reps. Yassamin Ansari (D-Ariz.) told Politico, “Americans deserve an honest account of the state of our union.”Smith, on the other hand, compared the Democrats’ counterprogram to Turning Point USA’s attempt to counter Bad Bunny’s performance in Spanish at the Super Bowl with a halftime show of its own.He told listeners, “If people on the right can turn and look at you and say, ‘You’re no better, you act no better,’ where’s it going to get you?”The popular sports voice has become more involved in political commentary, following speculation that he would run for president in 2028. He dismissed the idea Thursday, saying he has “no desire to be an elected official.” “You see, when you go to the American people and you ask the American people, ‘Yo, stand up, step up and hand them your business, stop bitching and screaming all the time when you’ve got problems at the job, when you’ve got bills to pay, when you’ve got a family to take care of, find a way to work around it, adhere to your business,’ how come that can’t apply to elected officials?,” Smith said.“Why do they get to get away with that? Why do they get to circumvent those rules and regulations? Why do they get to circumvent the need and the insistence of mere decorum?” he continued. “This is the kind of stuff that ticks me off.”Close