Colin Kaepernick raised a lot of heads when he revealed that he didn’t vote in the Presidential or local elections. That didn’t sit well with a lot of people, even people who had previously spoken in his favor, regarding his anthem protests.

One of those is ESPN and Sirius-XM’s Stephen A. Smith. He won’t give up on trying to discredit Kaep it seems and his latest appearence was on CNN, talking with Michael Smerconish Saturday.

Stephen said:

“The fact is he had every right to protest and when he was talking about racial injustices and things of that nature, you certainly can understand where he was coming from. It was a quiet protest. He didn’t impede anybody’s ability to watch the games or come to the games or anything like that which is why I went on ‘Good Morning America,’ my show ‘First Take’ and other outlets to support him,”

Regarding Kaep not voting he said:

“I thought it compromised everything that he was standing for,”

“And more importantly I thought it was a disrespect to our ancestors, to people who have bled and fought and died for him to have the right to do that.”

“I’m not saying his arguments have no credence whatsoever”

“I’m saying that he himself compromised his own message and because of that I don’t want to listen to him anymore because the number one tool that we have in America to provoke change is our power to vote. It’s something that we fought for. It’s something that was exacted to us in 1964/1965. How in god’s name can you sit up there and justify not voting?”

“I’m not letting him get a pass on that,” he added. “I’m just not.”

Do you think Stephen has a point, or is he just trying to please his bosses?

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