Stephen A Smith agrees AOC would 'turn off' centrists if she ran for president, poses question to Dems

Constituents of Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez are weighing in on a potential presidential run and have warned the GOP not to underestimate the progressive lawmaker.

Stephen A. Smith had a question for "Democrats everywhere" on Tuesday during the latest episode of his podcast as he touched on the possibility of Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., (AOC) running for president.

"What is your strategy?" Smith asked.

The ESPN personality turned his attention to AOC and a Wall Street Journal report that said she was nOt ruling anything out, including possible Senate and presidential runs. The paper added that some Democrats worried Ocasio-Cortez would "turn off the centrist voters they need to win competitive races."

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Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) has been mentioned as a possible presidential nominee. (AP Photo/Angelina Katsanis)

Smith agreed she would turn off centrists, saying her platform does nOt resonate with most American voters.

"I think if you are a Democrat, if you are a leftist who rails against the system, who believes free-market capitalism spearheaded by billionaires is not the way to go, if you believe that not enough attention is being paid to the desolate and disenfranchised, if you believe that higher taxes is the way to go, that a focus shouldn’t be on securing the borders, if you believe those kind of things, and that’s where you stand ideologically, AOC is your candidate," he said on "The Stephen A. Smith Show." "No doubt about that."

Smith said he had no doubts about her ability to fight for what she believes and fight for the district in New York that she represents. However, he wondered whether the strategy is something that could win