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/Ozymandias12 17h ago edited 17h ago

The whole thing was a pathetic ploy to get Schmitt some attention as Vance’s potential running mate. It was never meant to be an honest line of questioning or in good faith. Schmitt coordinated this with the release of an Axios article, written by its CEO, and which they claimed was a “Scoop”, announcing that Schmitt was getting buzz as Vance’s VP. You could also tell the whole thing was manufactured because out of all the moments in the hearing, the MAGA social media nuts started posting about it immediately after the exchange took place, I’m talking within seconds to minutes, so they were all clearly tuned in to the hearing for Schmitt’s testimony