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(82,849 posts)He should be able to think up a question on the fly. His colleague Maggie Haberman leapt to Schmidt's defense, saying that Schmidt didn't want to "challenge" the president or some such nonsense. But Schmidt didn't have to challenge anyone. When Trump was blathering on about how every Democrat has exonerated him and agreed that he's being victimized by a witch hunt, Schmidt could have nodded and said, "Every Democrat; I must have missed that. Can you tell me who told you that? Anyone in particular that I might have heard of?"
Instead, Schmidt sat there as silent as a court stenographer at a deposition, never following up. I don't think Schmidt is on Trump's payroll, but he sure acted like his paycheck depended on keeping Trump dumb and happy.