Stephen A. Smith: Rubio Outpaces Vance as Top 2028 Contender

Sports commentator and political pundit Stephen A. Smith predicted Thursday that Secretary of State Marco Rubio would beat Vice President J.D. Vance in a 2028 Republican primary.

“I got to be honest with you,” Smith said Thursday on his “Straight Shooter” podcast.

“If this Israel-Hamas deal comes out to be more positive than anything else, I don’t think anybody be able to compete with Marco Rubio, who [President Donald] Trump called ‘maybe the greatest secretary of state in American history.

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