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.”

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[–] 35 points 1 month ago (3 children)

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.

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  • [–] 13 points 1 month ago (2 children)

    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

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  • [–] 6 points 1 month 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.

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  • [–] [S] 20 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (5 children)

    I will say that Sen. Eric Schmitt (R-Mo.) does accurately represent my old stomping grounds.

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  • [–] 11 points 1 month ago (4 children)

    Hey now, I feel like the good senator, E. Schmitt should be given a chance to explain himself. {what's that, you say he was given the chance, but declined to explain?} Right, ok, well, he's a little putz who can't even explain when he makes a mistake, nor can he apologize instead falling back on name calling. truly ROTFLOL. What a self own!

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  • [–] 12 points 1 month ago

    he's a little putz who can't even explain when he makes a mistake, nor can he apologize instead falling back on name calling.

    This is typical behavior for a malignant narcissist. They're always right, you're always wrong, and if you point out they're wrong somehow they'll turn it around and blame you.

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  • [–] [S] 12 points 1 month ago (2 children)

    His lackluster, average American reading level response:

    “We had information, of course, about him being at a basketball game,” the Missouri Republican told Nexstar affiliate KTVI St. Louis later Tuesday. “The only NBA game going on that night was in Atlanta on Feb. 2 of 2024. His team had talked about that. He answered the question.”

    “My job is to ask the questions, and his job is to answer the questions,” he added.

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  • [–] 15 points 1 month ago (1 child)

    It turns out that the community long found on Reddit and also in the Fediverse is totally wrong.

    There ARE some stupid questions.

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  • [–] 5 points 1 month ago

    I know it's not just me? I mean if it was my job to ask questions of possibly The Top Prosecutor in the country, I sure would want to make sure to ask the right questions. Schmitt made himself a laughing stock. smh

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  • [–] 8 points 1 month ago

    Men's pro ball. Women's college ball. Surely anyone could make that mistake.

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  • [–] 3 points 1 month ago

    When will the American public reckon with how colossally unintelligent the Republicans are?

    It's literally their platform: that "elites" (which by their definition is anyone with any kind of education or expertise in an area) are evil. Meanwhile, rich people are to be worshipped.

    This is exactly what Republican government looks and acts like.

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  • [–] 1 point 1 month ago (1 child)

    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.

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  • [–] 1 point 1 month ago (3 children)

    Oh gosh. He faces fallout? Scary...

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  • [–] 3 points 1 month ago (2 children)

    Hopefully a deathclaw, or at least radscorpions and ghouls.

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  • [–] 2 points 1 month ago (1 child)

    Oh...he faces Fallout? I misread that.

    Yeah, nuclear armageddon tracks.

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  • [–] 1 point 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

    No worries, it's an easy mistake to make. Youtubers have been swearing up and down he'd see consequences for a decade now. No no, not political consequences. He's clearly turning into a bloated glowing ghoul. But I suspect before he goes feral, he'll be ripped to pieces by mirelurks.

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    [–] [S] 25 points 1 month ago (4 children)

    Had to clip this. Someone with better gif-fu might be able to do better, but...

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  • [–] 17 points 1 month ago (1 child)

    Where's that manic trad wife smile Katie? 🤣 this is an all-timer for sure.

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  • [–] [S] 16 points 1 month ago

    Did anyone clip Schmitt's staffer?

    This whole thing was hilarious and very stupid at the same time. Foghorn Leghorn being there to hold up the visual aid was just...chef's kiss.

    I wonder how much they gamed this out ahead of time. It makes it even funnier if they did: "I'm going to really get him, you guys. It's gonna be an epic take-down of this guy and I'm gonna prove my conspiracy theory!"

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  • [–] [S] 20 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

    OMFG, the zoom on Katie Britt. That's going to be a meme, if not already. 🤣 🤣

    The only way it'd be funnier is if she clutched that cross, too.

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  • [–] 14 points 1 month ago (3 children)

    Fallout my ass, he'll get re elected because truth is whatever they feel like. Fallout would be getting censured, pressured until they resign, then investigating their activity in office for criminal activity until they run out of money for good lawyers.

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  • [–] 3 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 child)

    Yeah they got the soundbite they wanted. Their followers will never see the evidence he was wrong.

    The thing that gets me is they haven't followed through on jailing these people they have made their followers believe are criminals. When are the followers gonna wake tf up?

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  • [–] 7 points 1 month ago (2 children)

    Safari with ublockorigin lite and unable to see a video. There is a black box at the top I am guessing is the video frame.

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  • [–] [S] 3 points 1 month ago (1 child)

    I had to turn off duckduckgo's thing on FF as well. Not sure what else you might have on Safari. I made a gif out of it and put it here. That site is riddled with ads that play interspersed, every second or two. It's absurdly bad. Any ad popping up in situations like that makes me hate the company almost immediately.

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  • [–] 7 points 1 month ago

    Funniest thing I've read all day. Well, except for every random Far Side cartoon. Way to make yourself irrelevant, Mr. not a senator for much longer Schmitt. lol

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  • [–] 3 points 1 month ago

    No... He doesn't.

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