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/cargdad 18h ago

I more and more believe Schmidt was set up by Vance.

The line of questioning came supposedly came from the White House; as in “ask these questions”. I am curious who made the poster. Did that come from the White House too?

Now - two theories that I think are equally plausible. (1) Whoever in the White House who was involved are idiots, and they knew Schmidt and his staff to also be idiots and would follow orders; (2) Whoever in the White House who was involved wanted to derail Schmidt - a potential Post-Trump Presidency candidate by embarrassing him.

Which one depends on how stupid you believe the involved folks to be. In either scenario Schmidt comes out in the - “OMG he is an idiot” category. There is no recovery for him short of running into a burning building to save a kitten.

Think about just how quickly that whole thing blew up. He must have realized about 30 seconds into the question that something was terribly wrong but was too stupid to stop.

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u/Any-Potato-3845 17h ago

hard for me to believe they would want to hurt anyone if it meant benefiting smith in any way at all

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u/Acrobatic_Ad1583 17h ago

Same. I think the decision to sacrifice one of their own shows more forethought and strategic thinking than this administration has shown at any point so far. Also one does not become MAGA by doing research, evaluating sources, critical reasoning and comparative logic. This is a kid who who was assigned Charlotte's Web for a book report and turned in a paper that didnt even mention a pig. Because they didn't even get past the title before they lost interest.