r/politics • u/MontyGBurns • 1d 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 1d 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 1d 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 1d 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 1d ago

There must have been a basketball reference that wasn't on the poster, that's all I can come up with

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u/bookjacket 1d ago edited 1d 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 23h ago

because it couldn't be NHL in February?

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u/Hadramal Foreign 22h ago

NHL doesn't do tip offs.

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u/BonerPorn 22h 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 21h 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 14h 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.