Stephen A. Smith Sounds Off on Colin Kaepernick for Not Voting: 'He Comes Across as a Flaming Hypocrite'

Watch Stephen A. Smith sound off on Colin Kaepernick for admitting that he didn’t vote during the presidential election.

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Stephen A. Smith got really worked up on ESPN First Take on Wednesday morning. And while that in and of itself isn't anything new—when isn't SAS worked up?—he seemed a little more fired up than usual as he talked about Colin Kaepernick's decision to skip out on voting during the presidential election on Tuesday.

Smith was asked to respond to Kaepernick's decision to refrain from voting, and he went off on him. He referred to the 49ers quarterback as "irrelevant" and went as far as to ask ESPN and the rest of the media not to cover anything he does moving forward. "As far as I’m concerned, Colin Kaepernick is absolutely irrelevant," Smith said. "I don’t want to see him again. I don’t want to hear from him again. I don’t want to hear a damn word about anything that he has to say about our nation, the issues we have, racial injustices, needing change."

Later in the segment, Smith continued to blast Kaepernick for not voting. "It is shameful. It is absolutely shameful," he said. "Him of all people, because of the position he took, because of the attention he brought to the issues — the fact that you don’t even have the decency to go to the polls and activate yourself in this election, as our president said, is a damn shame." Smith also ended his rant on Kaepernick by saying that "he comes across as a flaming hypocrite" before adding that he's lucky to still be in the NFL.

"I would personally make a request to the media in this nation, wherever he is, if he ain't on the football field trying to throw another damn incomplete pass, do me a favor and make sure one thing, take the camera away from him!" Smith yelled.

You can watch Smith sound off here:

Is it safe to say that this might be the last time we see Kaepernick's name brought up on First Take?

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