MAGA Senator Quits TV Show After Shaming Himself

Humiliated MAGA Senator Eric Schmitt skipped a high-profile television appearance just hours after his humiliating failed “gotcha” attempt.

Schmitt tried and failed to get former special counsel Jack Smith to perjure himself during a contentious Senate hearing Tuesday.

Smith had attended a game that night, but it was a women’s game in College Park, Maryland. He watched the Maryland Terrapins women’s basketball team take on the Iowa Hawkeyes, led by Caitlin Clark.

Schmitt began some damage control after the embarrassing moment, posting a cringe-worthy throwback to X: “Who knew Jack Smith was a Caitlin Clark fan?

Since that mistake, he has projected an image of someone who is not hampered by an honest mistake. But his last-minute schedule change suggests otherwise.

Dasha Burns, who hosts Ceasefire on C-SPAN, explained in a preview of Friday’s edition of the program that Schmitt quit the program a day after his botched audition with Smith.

“Now we should mention that Senator Schmitt was supposed to appear on this show with Senator (Chris) Coons (D-Dela.), but he withdrew a day after this hearing,” said Burns, who also works for Politico.

Instead, Burns will be joined by Democratic attorney Bob Bauer and Republican attorney Ben Ginsberg to discuss legal battles over voting rights and election administration, as well as Democratic strategist Joel Payne and Republican strategist Doug Heye.

On Tuesday, Schmitt tried to downplay the humiliation in a CNN interview.

“We had information that he was at a basketball game,” Schmitt said. “There was only one NBA game that night, at 7:30 p.m., so I asked him if he was in Atlanta.”

“He answered the question. That’s what these hearings are for. You ask questions, you get answers.”

Schmitt added: “Smith has already perjured himself, but he says he’s at the game. Maybe he’s a Caitlin Clark fan. We’ll take it.”

TMZ DC reporter Charlie Cotton also confronted Schmitt outside the Capitol, calling on him to “get it wrong” during the hearing by confusing the Hawks with the Hawkeyes.

Schmitt insisted: “Well, I don’t think of it that way. I asked him if he was at a basketball game that night. The only NBA game that was going on that night was in Atlanta. So, I asked him if he was there.”

Schmitt, considered a potential running mate to JD Vance in the 2028 presidential election, said Smith “is not credible” and told Cotton: “He’s given his answer, and I guess this is his answer.” »

The reporter pressed Schmitt, saying he appeared to have attempted a “trap” moment with Smith, and began saying, “so you were wrong…”

“Well, he was at a basketball game,” Schmitt continued. “I asked him if he was in Atlanta. He said, ‘No.’ He said he was at another game. That’s his answer, so it is what it is.