Eric Schmitt’s Hawks-Hawkeyes blunder and the politician he’s become
Schmitt’s inaccurate accusation at a Senate hearing is set against his earlier bipartisan record and evolving political rhetoric.
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TAP FOR WHYMissouri Sen. Eric Schmitt helped negotiate a bipartisan college sports bill, then faced criticism after accusing former special counsel Jack Smith of perjury based on mistaken information. The article contrasts those episodes with Schmitt’s earlier collaborative politics and his more combative national profile.
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4 OUTLETSAt a Senate hearing, Eric Schmitt questioned Jack Smith about whether Smith attended an Atlanta Hawks game, in an exchange involving confusion with the Hawkeyes. Center outlets focus on Schmitt’s mistaken accusation and the Hawks-Hawkeyes mix-up; one article also sets the episode against his earlier bipartisan record and more combative political profile.
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