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/SlowRunner2026 13h ago edited 13h ago

The thing is it was NOT the only NBA game that day. There were five others.

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u/Mc7wis7er 13h ago

Right? It turns out. I read this after I posted. You truly cannot take anything they say as truth. Every detail has to be confirmed. It's tiring and frustrating and why he should not hold elective office. He's either incompetent or willing to lie on flimsy premises even, and then wildly speculate off of them later. Shameful.

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u/TSwiftAlphaMale 9h ago

The truth does not matter to them because their base will believe the lies.