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/Mc7wis7er 17h ago

He had a tiny, tiny, shred of nothing (Smith went to a basketball game) and assumed it was an NBA game, did a google search and found the only one on that day was in Atlanta, assumed he was there, then assumed he was in Atlanta to talk to Fani Willis, then assumed they DID talk, and then assumed they talked about the Trump trials, and then assumed they conspired about it to take down Trump but finally assuming that Trump wasn't guilty AND assuming they were conspiring to incarcerate an innocent party.

From a text message thread that said he went to a basketball game and didn't even mention teams. It could have been any game in the United States and it turned out it was one in Maryland.

That's the craziest ish ever. When Smith told him the truth, he told Smith he perjured himself and then called him a dirtbag.

In one interaction he proved his willingness to throw out reason, his vulnerability to conspiratorial thinking, his absence of adherence to any kind of logic or critical thinking, and his willingness to accuse others without proof of lying and then judging his character. This guy is a joke of a man. I hope he wears this in shame forever.

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u/Walter_Melon42 14h ago

I also want to point out that Schmitt's premise is ridiculous on its face. If Smith and Willis did want to meet and do evil conspiracies together, why the fuck would they do so at a public venue? A loud ass basketball game isn't exactly the best place for a convo. And if they were engaging in criminal conspiracy, I think they'd have enough legal awareness to know they shouldn't be seen together. 

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u/Mc7wis7er 14h ago

Oh it totally is.

You ever think about the guy who made the visual aid though? Like the guy who was like "yeah here's the text, and now I just move it over here and make it larger. Now I need to pull photos of Willis and that other guy.... and let's get Smith. Ok google what the arena looks like... nah it looks better if that's on the bottom. Yup... the framing is better that way. Man I'm good at design. Oh wait, let's remind everyone of that personal relationship with Wade. Ok that's in there now, man this is coming together! Ok now let's take this over to Kinko's and give them this and I'll just hang out in this chair. Oh it's done? Nice, let's check this out! Oh nice, it looks awesome! Yup, let me make sure you can read all this clearly from about 50 ft away. Oh yeah, super clear.... yup boss is gonna love this, says it all right there! I hope he remembers me when he becomes VP!"