When the former special counsel insisted he had not gone to see the Atlanta **Hawks **play in that time period, Mr. Schmitt declared, “I think you’ve already perjured yourself,” and called Mr. Smith a “dirtbag.”
The accusation appeared to unravel almost immediately.
Invited to respond by Senator Amy Klobuchar, a Minnesota Democrat, Mr. Smith said he had, in fact, attended a basketball game on that day, but it was to see the Iowa **Hawkeyes **at the University of Maryland. That night, Caitlin Clark, the star point guard who now plays in the W.N.B.A., scored 38 points and had 12 assists.
The guys sitting behind Senator Schmitt are two lawyers who work for him. He also likely had his staff vet the claims. Senator Schmitt was really mad at being called out on his lies.
Archived copy of the article — archive.is isn’t exactly a good actor, but they don’t require registration.
What a fucking jackass Schmitt is. He embarrassed himself so completely, and he didn’t know how to wriggle out of that corner of humiliation. After he chided Klobuchar for talking during his time, he had no qualms in shouting over her repeatedly during her time. Why? Because a) his jimmies were thoroughly rustled; and b) he is a selfish hypocritical hack.
Smith handled it very well.
Also, I love Klobuchar’s clarification about the mascot of the University of Minnesota at the end “to avoid further confusion”.
I hope that every future witness who faces him starts off by clarifying they didn’t attend that Hawks game. That misstep should be a perpetual point of ridicule for him. Not because he made a mistake, but because of how fucking horribly he handled the aftermath.
Was it a mistake? He didn’t keep it up because he didn’t want Smith to be able to rebuttal.
I hope for his sake it was a mistake. Because if he did that on purpose - showing a bullshit claim on a giant poster board for about 5 seconds in the hope that someone like Smith would fall for it - then that’s even more embarrassing for him.
Edit: typos.
Schmitt got egg on his face, but there is a very small discrepancy in your statement. In the video, Klobuchar hadn’t started her time. In the 7 minute video, she did some clarifying, Schmitt whined like a baby, and THEN her time started. At least in the video posted in the thread, her time wasn’t interrupted as it hadn’t officially started yet. Small nitpick, but I felt the need to correct it for accuracy.
There’s a very good chance that she’ll be Governor Amy Klobuchar by this time next year.