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After the anchor dropped the news on C-SPAN, one of her guests compared the move to a popular meme from “The Simpsons.”
Independent journalism is facing unprecedented pressure. As newsrooms shrink, accountability disappears with them. Your membership keeps fearless, reader-funded reporting alive. Thursday: “Now, we should mention that Senator Schmitt was supposed to appear on this program with Senator Coons, but he pulled out a day after that hearing,” Burns said in a “Ceasefire” clipon Sen. Schmitt:"It's not clear that he's going to have a good answer on this... I've never seen such a proactive mistake in a hearing before.
"Tuesday Senate Judiciary Committee hearing, in which Schmitt completely fumbled what he thought was perjury evidence against former special counselSmith, a GOP target because of his probe into allegations of President Donald Trump’s interference in the 2020 election, appeared before the committee on Tuesday to defend himself. During the hearing, Schmitt tried to catch Smith in potential perjury by arguing he was in Georgia on Feb. 3, 2024, to watch an Atlanta Hawks game. Sen. Eric Schmitt presenting a poster that he thought presented proof of perjury against special counsel Jack Smith at the Senate Judiciary Committee Tuesday. After much confusion in the hearing and a lot of back-and-forth, it was revealed that Smith did go to a “Hawks” game that day, but it wasn’t in Atlanta.
Instead, he attended a University of IowaAfter announcing Schmitt would be MIA in the clip shared on X Thursday, Burns asked her guests if they think it’s a good idea for the Missouri Republican to be “laying low in the wake of this? ”“If you don’t have a good answer, you’re better off not giving any answer at this point,” Republican strategist Doug Heye said.
“It’s not clear that he’s going to have a good answer on this... I’ve never seen such a proactive mistake in a hearing before. ” Burns’ other guest, Democratic strategist Joel Payne, compared Schmitt’s reluctance in speaking to the media to a very popular Homer Simpson GIF.
“I think laying low does nothing — particularly if Senator Schmitt has big ambitions beyond this moment,” Payne said, referring to buzz before his basketball blunder thatPayne went on to explain that he believes we’re in a current news media environment in which the public tends to give “more grace to people who have these missteps in public. ” “This was a pretty significant one,” Payne admitted.
“But I think if you believe you can go away, shirk into the shrubbery like ‘The Simpsons’ meme, I don’t think that’s an effective strategy. ”Payne also saw no point in Smith’s hearing and felt it signaled the GOP’s current agenda was falling apart. To hear more, check out the clip above.
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