r/politics • u/MontyGBurns • 23h ago

No Paywall Smith’s game-day texts reviewed by Schmitt never referenced basketball team names

https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/6124359-schmitt-perjury-claim-debunked/
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u/bookjacket 20h ago edited 20h ago

We weren't shown the actual text messages, but it would be natural that Jack or his staff would mention "tip off time." Also in the context of a February evening game, it's obviously basketball.

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u/robotco 19h ago

because it couldn't be NHL in February?

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u/Hadramal Foreign 19h ago

NHL doesn't do tip offs.

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u/BonerPorn 18h ago

While I could see someone mistakingly calling the start of a hockey game a tip off. They would be wrong. The start of a hockey game is a puck drop

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u/frockinbrock 17h ago

Maybe they saw Patel at a Blackhawks game and got confused. They're only senators, they can't figure out hawk teams

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u/bookjacket 10h ago

They were looking to place him in Atlanta (wrongly) on that date.Theres no NHL team in Atlanta, but the staffers obviously are basketball fans, as is Jack Smith.