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GOP Senator's Befuddled Reaction To Eric Schmitt Gaffe Goes Viral On Social Media
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Sen. Katie Britt (R-Ala.) was caught in a viral moment on Tuesday when cameras captured her unfiltered reaction to Sen. Eric Schmitt’s (R-Mo.) embarrassing mistake during former special counsel Jack Smith’s testimony.
Par for the course for Republicans trying to disparage Smith, Schmitt asked the former special counsel, “Did you go to an NBA game between the Golden State Warriors and the Atlanta Hawks on Feb. 3, 2024?”
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A confused Smith said he was not there before Schmitt explained his reasoning, saying the game occurred in Atlanta a day after former Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis admitted an affair with Nathan Wade, another prosecutor.
Willis, like Smith, was then in the middle of prosecution efforts against President Donald Trump for interference in the 2020 presidential election.
After some back-and-forth, it was revealed that Schmitt apparently mixed up the NBA’s Atlanta Hawks with the Iowa Hawkeyes’ women’s basketball team.
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Smith said he was, in fact, at a women’s NCAA basketball game between the Iowa Hawkeyes and Maryland Terrapins on Feb. 3, 2024.
As Smith recalled attending the Hawkeyes’ game, cameras in the room slowly zoomed in on Britt’s bewildered face as the realization of what Schmitt had just done dawned on her.
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Her “aghast,” open-mouthed look became an instant social media meme, drawing waves of mockery for the senator as she seemed to realize the GOP’s apparent scheme to implicate Smith had backfired.
“This close-up of Republican Senator Katie Britt tells you everything you need to know about how badly that Jack Smith hearing went for Republicans,” liberal political commentator Harry Sisson wrote on X.
Some users edited the video with the theme music to “Curb Your Enthusiasm” over it.
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