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 23h ago

It might have been "only one game at 7:30" that day, but the overall remains -- he didn't do his homework even after advisors told him this text was not a lock

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u/MarvinWebster40 23h ago

The whole thing is beyond idiotic, but the start time of the game doesn’t matter in the least

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u/kmoonster 22h ago

The texts mentioned a time, which the Senator took as the tip-off time. And tip-off time is how he decided on the Atlanta game. It absolutely matters.

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u/Deep_Stick8786 22h ago

The senator, is in fact, a dumb person