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.

The video is really something

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[–] 45 points 16 hours ago (4 children)

What a fucking world. The people actually trying to do their job when it comes to investigating actual criminal activity are now the ones being accused of that being a crime.

So many conservatives need to go to prison. For long sentences.

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  • [–] -3 points 16 hours ago (3 children)

    Why waste resources on feeding and housing them. Put them through a chipper shredder and fertilize somewhere with them.

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  • [–] 9 points 13 hours ago

    Because that's a conservative response to the problem. I'm not about to further normalize their death cult any more than they already have. They also have human dignity, they've just forfeited their right to remain free among the general population.

    Also, executions cost more than life imprisonment. This is known. Your argument is just as spurious as when the fash makes it.

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  • [–] 11 points 15 hours ago* (1 child)

    Dehumanizing humans is what they, the bad guys, the losers, do.

    They deserve as dignified a life as one can live within the confines of life sentence in a prison cell, in a civil society.

    You can hate what they've done more than anyone, but you can't disagree, lest you be one of them. The bad guys. The losers.

    Humanity prevails within humans always. There's a reason for it that the bad guys don't seem to get. It's the same reason you're being downvoted.

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