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Caitlin Clark caught up in Senate Hawks-Hawkeyes mix-up
Original: Why Caitlin Clark was at the center of a Hawks-Hawkeyes mix-up during Senate argument https://www. nytimes.com/athletic/
A US senator questioning former Special Counsel Jack Smith at a Senate hearing stumbled into an embarrassing blunder involving Caitlin Clark, confusing the Atlanta Hawks with the Iowa Hawkeyes while trying to catch Smith in an inconsistency. The mix-up drew laughter and quickly spread online, with basketball fans and political observers alike mocking the slip and revisiting Clark's Iowa stardom as the source of the confusion.
Why now: The senator's on-camera error during a live hearing involving Jack Smith made for an instantly shareable political gaffe.
Caitlin ClarkJack SmithUS SenateIowa HawkeyesAtlanta Hawks
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- Why Caitlin Clark was at the center of a Hawks-Hawkeyes mix-up during Senate argument https://www. nytimes.com/athletic/7643942/2 026/09/29/caitlin-clark-jack-smith-senate/ A senator hoping to catch former Special Counsel Jack Smith in a lie at a Senate hearing instead made a… · athletic_bb@sportsfeed.me · 1
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