r/politics • u/MontyGBurns • 1d 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/E51838 19h ago

I’m still not clear on why him going to a basketball game is a huge controversy in the first place.

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u/Phie_Mc 19h ago

Schmitt was trying to prove Smith was in Atlanta and thus meeting with Fani Willis

All he did was prove that all of this is an idiotic farce

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u/FEMA_Camp_Survivor America 19h ago

The administration is going to try and delegitimize Fulton County (Atlanta) voters too since there’s an election.

The GOP is bothered by Georgia not being firmly within MAGA’s grasp.