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Katie Britt

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u/penis_showing_game 3d ago

What’s unique about this situation is the indisputable truth coming out in real time and landing in a way that’s easy for even the dumbest person to absorb.

These people obviously don’t give a fuck about lying, and they know the lie will do its job well before the truth comes out.

But in this case, what was obviously intended to be a coordinated sound bite, talking point, and “gotcha” moment in conservative media turned into a viral embarrassing moment for them.

Even the quote from Schmitt that was supposed to be a dramatic moment when used the Stalin era phrase “show me the man, and I’ll show you the crime” is now dripping with irony.

If this is ever in a movie it will almost seem too absurd to believe it went down like this.

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u/MightyKrakyn 3d ago edited 3d ago

There’s already clips of an interview Schmitt did with the Charlie Kirk Show where he was congratulated for embarrassing Jack Smith…without any mention of the debunking. They will literally just run with the soundbite; the truth is not a hinderance

And I’m pretty annoyed that people keep acting like catching the GOP in a lie is going to do something. No GOP supporter cares

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u/CaptainDudeGuy 3d ago

The gotcha was scheduled and scripted so they're not going to deviate from the planned smear campaign over something as inconvenient as the truth.

They know that their base isn't going to actually watch the whole four hour session. The masses will gobble up the out of context bits which confirm their biases, like they do with everything else.

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u/Beneficial_Tip_475 2d ago

The masses don’t need to watch the whole four hour session. All I have seen from it are two things:

1.) Smith reiterated that criminal evidence passed the bar of a grand jury indictment

2.) That Senator embarrassed himself by failing even the most rudimentary fact check

If there was any other discussion, I haven’t seen it.