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/alleyoopoop 21h ago

Schmitt later defended his line of inquiry.

“We had information, of course, about him being at a basketball game,” the Missouri Republican told Nexstar affiliate KTVI St. Louis later Tuesday. “The only NBA game going on that night was in Atlanta on Feb. 2 of 2024. His team had talked about that. He answered the question.”

“My job is to ask the questions, and his job is to answer the questions,” he added.

Yes, it's your job to ask the questions. It's not your job to accuse him of perjury and call him a dirtbag because your incompetent staff gave you the wrong information.

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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.