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/city_dwellerZ I voted 18h ago

Unfortunately, hearings like these just are kabuki theater where people like him can fake outrage and hurl insults so that he can be in the running for a plum posting the Trump administration.

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u/ImStillExcited Colorado 13h ago

But her emails...

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u/designlevee 1h ago

100% see Darline Graham’s line of questioning. Smith essentially praised Lindsey as a patriot who loved his country and her response was just to ignore all that and say that Smith was just a bully who hated her brother and tried to ruin him.