Stephen A. Smith is pushing back on former first lady Michelle Obama’s suggestion that Americans are “not ready” to elect a woman to the White House.

On Monday’s episode of “Straight Shooter,” host Smith pointed to newly elected Democratic governor-elects Mikie Sherrill of New Jersey and Abigail Spanberger of Virginia as proof Americans are willing to vote for female leaders, noting that Gov. Kathy Hochul, D-N.Y., won her election and that former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton won the popular vote in the 2016 presidential election.

“Didn’t we just see an election take place last month where a woman won the gubernatorial seat in New Jersey — Mikie Sherrill? Didn’t we just see Abigail Spanberger win in Virginia — the gubernatorial seat? Isn’t Kathy Hochul the governor of New York?

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