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Senator Katie Britt's State of the Union rebuttal was so unhealthy that prime Republicans are rejecting it. What's worse, that wasn't Sen. Britt's actual voice.
What’s Katie Britt's actual voice?
No, that wasn't Katie Britt's voice. Alabama's new senator doesn't often appear like this.
In rebuttal Katie Britt mentioned as follows:
Katie Britt appears like a Stepford senator as Republicans proceed to miscalculate with their rebuttal factors, “President Biden doesn’t get it. “He’s out of contact, households are worse off, our communities are much less protected underneath his administration.” pic.twitter.com/h0zyykz58t
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Britt mentioned this in a video posted simply earlier than the denial:
President Biden wants a actuality examine. In just some minutes, I’ll give the Republican response to the State of the Union. pic.twitter.com/P7aDKU5lwA
– Senator Katie Boyd Britt (@SenKatieBritt) 8 March 2024
Republicans hold making the identical mistake with SOTU denials. Beneath Donald Trump, Republicans choose somebody they assume appears like a demographic they wish to attain with out contemplating whether or not that particular person is skilled and keen to grow to be an SNL skit and smash their profession. May give an efficient message to the nation with out doing so.
Britt was so unhealthy that Senate Republicans are posting textual content quotes as a substitute of video clips:
Katie Britt did it so unhealthy that the Senate GOP is posting textual content quotes as a substitute of video clips. pic.twitter.com/D8wbpSHv4A
– AJ Carrillo (@ajcarrillo) 8 March 2024
Listed here are some Republican reactions to Britt, collected by Rolling Stone:
“What am I proper now?” a Trump adviser requested halfway by means of Britt's remarks.
“Horrible,” mentioned one of many Republican pollsters.
A lawyer who works within the Trump orbit says the show reminded him of public entry tv, and a senior Home congressional aide commented that it was “cringeworthy” to observe and probably described as “lame” (Saturday Night time Dwell)”. This weekend's skits.
And by lamely, the Republicans quoted above imply one thing very ridiculous and popular culture defining.
Both she was nervous, or Britt determined to make use of that voice herself. Both approach, this was not his true voice, and it's a catastrophe Republicans try to scrub up.
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