Republican Senator Katie Britt mocked over response to Joe Biden’s State of the Union speech filmed in her kitchen
- The Alabama lawmaker’s ‘bizarre’ performance from her home kitchen was panned across the political spectrum
- Liberals saw the kitchen backdrop as a sign of Republicans’ desire to roll back women’s rights, while MAGA loyalists trashed Britt for trying too hard
US Senator Katie Britt won an unwanted place in the annals of epic political flops for her “bizarre” response to President Joe Biden’s fiery State of the Union speech on Thursday night.
The Alabama lawmaker went from little-known but respected junior senator to national punchline in minutes with a speech that was panned across the political spectrum.
Republicans had hoped that Britt, the party’s youngest woman member in the Senate, would cut through the political noise and appeal to everyday Americans.
Britt, 42, spoke from an oddly bare kitchen, a backdrop that was intended to convey her everywoman credentials. For many liberals, It instead underlined the Republican Party’s perceived desire to roll back the clock on women’s rights.
“Women can be both wives and mothers and also stateswomen,” said Alyssa Farah Griffin, a former Trump spokeswoman.
“So to put her in a kitchen, not in front of a podium or in the Senate chamber … fell very flat and was confusing to some women watching it.”