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Sen. Eric Schmitt (R-Mo.) is facing accusations he tried to launch a conspiracy tying former special counsel Jack Smith to others who prosecuted President Trump — a line of questioning that unwound when the senator apparently confused two basketball teams.

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“Somebody didn’t do their homework,” Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) told The Hill.

“I’m a trial lawyer by profession. You get it right, or don’t do it.”

  • NatakuNox@lemmy.world
    1·
    3 hours ago

    They saw Hawks and stopped paying attention. Didn’t matter if it was in a different state, played by a different gender, and totally different level. But close enough.

  • grue@lemmy.world
    11·
    6 hours ago

    He. Does. Not. Care.

    The sound bite is out there and the MAGATs will eat it up, regardless of how blatant and slanderous a lie it was.

    • Nastybutler@lemmy.world
      3·
      4 hours ago

      I don’t think this went the way he thought it was going to go. He’s gone viral, but not the way he wanted. He looks like a complete and utter imbecile

      • NekoKoneko@lemmy.world
        1·
        18 minutes ago

        Honestly, I’m not sure.

        I don’t have the intestinal fortitude to brave Elon’s safe space to see, but we know Benny Johnson and other astroturf MAGA repeaters tweeted preemptive false signal boosts about perjury before the confrontation was even over, and bias-reinforcing readers will never watch a 5-minute clip and understand it, or see the same factual reporting we saw. And even with some taking down their “gotcha” posts, they wouldn’t in a million years issue a correction or apology. Newsmax and Fox just will quietly not report on it.

        I’m guessing it was enough to become more permanent evidence of the deep state for a lot of MAGA people.