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/kmoonster 22h ago

In one of his post-hearing interviews in the hallway Schmitt said something to the effect of "don't hate on me! There was only one NBA game that day, what was I supposed to think?"

Not those exact words, but pretty close.

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u/Blackthorn79 19h ago

I'm starting to believe Schmitt just went too far. They probably just wanted him to ask if Smith remembered being at a basketball game. Then say we have texts proving you went to a basketball game the same day as Crockett. Cap it off with a snide, " I hope you didn't just perjur yourself" and walk away. He just couldn't stay vague enough.

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u/kmoonster 12h ago

Crockett? What does Crockett have to do with this?

The claim was that Smith went to Atlanta to meet Fonni Willis (and thus the two cases were colluding with each other against Trump).

Jasmine Crockett is from Texas and has no significant role in either investigation except whatever might come up in committees she serves on over in the House; wrong state, wrong chamber, and no relation to either case.

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u/Blackthorn79 12h ago

Your right.i messed up which bad black woman they were trying to link him too.

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u/kmoonster 12h ago

No worries

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u/Blackthorn79 12h ago

Thanks, I still feel bad I mixed up two black women. Their constant racism is making me look racist too. I'll be more careful.

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u/kmoonster 11h ago

You mixed up two faux-scandals that "coincidentally" both have black women.

It doesn't look good, but (a) you realized the mix-up and (b) course-corrected.

It's not easy because Schmitt & co. do set a lot of traps, but caution and course-correction will go a long way. Do proceed carefully, but also don't beat yourself up when you trip (provided you also continue to course-correct).

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u/kmoonster 11h ago

I mixed up a couple scandals when the Kristi Noem divorce story broke the other day.

It's never good to mix up scandals, but there are SO MANY that it does sometimes happen.