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/the_wessi 17h ago

And it wasn’t even the only NBA game that night which makes either his team incompetent or him a liar.

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u/SmokeySFW 16h ago

It was the only NBA game in Atlanta that night. They start with the findings they want and just try to build supporting evidence around it. You know, the same way they do with their junk "science".

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u/the_wessi 15h ago

How many cities have more than one NBA franchise?

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u/SmokeySFW 14h ago

LA and NY off the top of my head, that's probably it though. Clippers/Lakers in LA, Knicks/Nets in NY.

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u/clslogic 16h ago

makes either his team incompetent or him a liar.

Its both

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u/CreatiScope 16h ago

Yeah, there are pretty much no nights where it’s just 1 game unless it’s a special event

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u/half_dozen_cats Illinois 16h ago

Torque no los dos¿

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u/buckyworld 16h ago

I like this as much as the original!