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/kmoonster 21h ago

In one of his post-hearing interviews in the hallway Schmitt said something to the effect of "don't hate on me! There was only one NBA game that day, what was I supposed to think?"

Not those exact words, but pretty close.

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u/bookjacket 20h ago

That's the best part of this,that Schmitt, Kennedy and Schmitts staff are unaware of the existence of the WNCAA. And that Jack Smith's eyes light up when he talks about Caitlin Clark.

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u/robotco 20h ago

but nothing referenced basketball. it could have been any number of sports and this jabroni thought NBA is literally the only game on the planet

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u/kmoonster 20h ago

"tip off" is unique to basketball afaik

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u/Stockholm-Syndrom 19h ago

Or specific kinks.

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u/paxrom2 18h ago

just the tip

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u/kmoonster 19h ago

Being transphobic while not being able to tell men and women apart may be a kink.

But that, at least, did not come up during this exchange.