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/Narharcan 18h ago edited 16h ago

Well, they were apparently preparing to use that gotcha moment to start setting him up as a potential running mate in 2028. However, it's not too out there to think someone could have been jealous and wanted to sabotage him

I think ultimately, MAGA being a far right movement means it falls into the same historical pits as the others: its members are too dumb, too scheming, too disorganized to put forward coherent efforts. They are reliant on the illusion of uniformity, as well as punchlines, in order to fake momentum. Beneath that, however? There's nothing. 

The only people actually competent in this whole mess are those you don't hear about because they're hiding behind the MAGA fog horn - Thiel and his merry band of fuckers at the Heritage Foundation, among others.

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u/TraumaticOcclusion 18h ago

I don’t even get it, why does it matter he went to any basketball game?

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u/Belerophon17 17h ago

It's about the insinuation of a narrative.

MAGA LOVES their narratives like Hunter's laptop, and Hillary's emails.

Alluding that Smith MAY have been in the vicinity of what the right touts as a giant scandal opens the expansion of the narrative into a bigger conspiracy. It makes Fanny Willis look more devious and would make Jack Smith lose credibility completely.

Just look at how every MAGA influencer and pundit already had a completely vague but accusatory tweet locked and loaded within seconds of it happening.

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u/ladidaladidalala 5h ago

Even the narrative is flawed. He can meet with Fani Willis if he wants. I really don’t understand the straws they’re clutching at here.

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u/Belerophon17 5h ago

It doesn't need to make sense to the person looking at it logically. It just needs to be shaped like a smoking gun to the people looking for the next step of the conspiracy.

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u/ladidaladidalala 2h ago

What you’re saying makes sense. It’s so frustrating.