GOP rebuttal is a Britt bizarre, even to MAGAs

Sen. Katie Britt won an unwanted place in the annals of epic political flops for her “bizarre” response to President 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 hoped that Britt, the youngest female GOP member in the Senate, would cut through the political noise and appeal to everyday Americans.

Instead, she came across like a high school drama class dropout.

Britt, 42, spoke from an oddly Spartan kitchen, a backdrop that was intended to convey her everywoman credentials. For many liberals, it instead underlined the GOP’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 Donald 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.”

Britt rapidly and unconvincingly transitioned from graphic descriptions of gang rapes of migrant women to faux disappointment at rising prices at the grocery store, giving the speech an odd aspect that many found phony.

It wasn’t just Biden fans that gave Britt a thumbs down.

MAGA loyalists trashed her for failing to mention President Donald Trump’s reelection campaign and for trying way too hard.

“Joe Biden just declared war on the American right and Katie Britt is talking like she’s hosting a cooking show,” said Charlie Kirk of the proTrump Turning Points USA.

“It’s just too weird to watch,” tweeted Laura Loomer, a far- right former Florida congressional candidate. “Why does the GOP always give us their worst?”

Said MAGA operative Roger Stone, “I guess Katie Britt just failed her vice presidential audition. Godawful.”

Britt seemed unfazed by all the mean tweets. She appeared before dawn to repeat her attacks on Biden in a more conventional way to Fox News hosts who praised her response as “so natural.”

“President Biden is not interested in bringing people together,” Britt said. “He’s also not interested in real solutions.”

Britt won a vaunted place alongside career-damaged novices like ex-Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal, who gave a widely derided Mr. Rogers imitation in 2009 and Sen. Marco Rubio, who interrupted his 2013 rebuttal to take a lengthy swig of bottled water.