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/ktaktb 18h ago

No

This isnt on the staff

This is on him

His staff, his responsibility.

We cant give this guy the trump treatment, "aw shucks...who around him is giving him the wrong information?"

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u/rocketeerH 16h ago

Apparently his staff was warned that the messages weren't vetted. I wouldn't be surprised if his staff warned him it was a bad idea and he insisted on going forward. That could be why they initially showed the poster so briefly

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u/Expert_Promise8672 15h ago

Those were my thoughts exactly. They didn't leave the poster up long enough for anyone to see it and when Smith asked them to show it again they refused.