(Missouri Republican) Schmitt wasn’t having any of it. He claimed Smith had secretly traveled to Atlanta in 2024 to meet with Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis, who led her own investigation into Trump. Schmitt cited text messages he said placed Smith at an Atlanta Hawks game and accused him of lying about his whereabouts, calling him a “total dirtbag.”
Democratic senator Amy Klobuchar noted that the Senator evidently had confused the Atlanta Hawks with the Iowa Hawkeyes. Also, video proof:
This is priceless.
— Christopher Webb (@cwebbonline) September 30, 2026
Check out how local news is reporting on Sen Eric Schmidt’s clown-show grilling of Jack Smith.
They found Jack Smith at the game…
“Top corner, section 109, row 1. In fact, that seat doesn’t even exist in Atlanta.” pic.twitter.com/CDyPrKkNgQ
Characteristically insightful, Steve M notes
Schmitt didn't just get his facts spectacularly wrong, he got his facts wrong on the subject of sports, something millions of Americans care about and understand in detail. Normal Americans care about sports. Top reporters and pundits in the still male-dominated world of political journalism care about sports. This is an embarrassment Schmitt will take to his grave. It won't be forgotten.
This is America. Nothing trumps sports in importance. Further, if Schmitt thinks "total dirtbag" would go down well with the general public, he fails to realize that abject crudity ultimately works well with most voters only if one's initials are D.J.T. Trump has the secret sauce, and no one else does. He is a unicorn.
Schmitt of Missouri was stupid. it has been fairly clear that Sarah Huckabee Sanders is not. The "Huckabee" is for the voters of Arkansas, reminding them that she is the daughter of the state's former, popular governor, Mike Huckabee. The "Sanders" reminds voters in that extremely conservative state that she still believes in the tradition of a woman taking on the husband's surname.
The day before Eric Schmitt swung and missed at the Senate Judiciary Committee, Governor Sanders, reportedly running for reelection touting new welfare work requirements released an ad which
follows a fictional character named "Brad," who is portrayed as an able-bodied White man spending his days playing video games, lounging on the couch and avoiding work while relying on taxpayer-funded benefits. Huckabee Sanders argues her proposal would require able-bodied adults without dependents to work, train for a job or volunteer in order to continue receiving assistance.
"Meet Brad," Huckabee Sanders starts the ad. "Brad has turned relaxing into a full-time profession. But you – you actually work hard. You pay taxes to cover welfare for guys like Brad who just choose not to work.
"
She faced considerable backlash as
"Great policy," Co-founder and CEO of The Federalist Sean Davis argued. "Terrible ad that is so dishonest and insulting that it will entirely overshadow the genuinely great policy."
"This is a massive own goal, [Sarah Huckabee Sanders], and you should fire the consultants who made this ad," Will Chamberlain, the Article III Project senior counsel, posted on X. "Do not portray your core voting bloc as losers, period. "
"White males are the Republican Party's voting base and yet they are the group the Republican Party sh—s on at every possible opportunity," responded Daily Wire's Matt Walsh. "Meanwhile, back in reality, women are significantly more likely to be on welfare than men. And black people are astronomically more likely to be on welfare than white people. So the number of single young white male 'Brads' abusing the welfare system is minuscule."…
"Attacking white (specifically Christian) young men is the most acceptable political tactic in America thanks to the evils of liberalism," said the American Principles Project's Caleb Pascoe. "It's staggering how much even the majority of GOP politicians feel safe attacking white young men, instead of communicating the truth of welfare, because they might get called 'racist' or whatever."
Always a white male villain in these ads," another conservative account wrote. "I hate the GOP so much it’s unreal"...
"Your ad targeted and mocked the one demographic—young white men—that is least likely to be on welfare and yet the most likely to be illegally locked out of the job market," Davis added in a follow-up post. "Why?"
There is no indication that Sanders will run for the top job. However, if she is tapped for Vice President, the right will fold like a cheap tent and back her unconditionally.
That's not only because conservatives (and other Republicans) will support whatever individual the presidential nominee taps. It's also because most Republicans tell themselves that their opposition to lazy men has nothing to do with race or ethnicity. The ad validates their hostility to young guys playing video games, laying about, and getting handouts from taxpayers as having nothing to do with race.
And Republicans fear being called "racist". It was the edge candidate Barack Obama had. Individuals could vote for him and assuage guilt they felt over racial animus.
If Sarah H. Sanders determines he wants to promote herself as a national candidate, she could pivot to a race-hostile appeal if she chooses. For now, she subtly distances herself from race and almost completely avoids the condemnation she otherwise would have gotten from center and left media- and from Democrats (which would trigger criticism from the media), who are fine with young white men being stereotyped.
Most Republican and conservative voters will applaud this ad. After all, it's not they, their immediate family, or their close friends who are targeted- it's those others. Americans believe many Americans are lazy- as long as it's not their own people. If it's others, white will do.
Governor Sanders, likely to win re-election in Arkansas, would not have the advantage of being from a swing state if she makes herself available for the veep nomination. However, she was press secretary for Donald Trump in the latter's first term, thus earning herself some admiration from fellow Republicans, as well as learning how to attack GOP enemies and lie effortlessly. She's looking good at present, at least compared to the clown from Missouri.
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