The woman whose story Alabama Sen. Katie Britt appeared to have shared in the Republican response to the State of the Union as an example of President Joe Biden’s failed immigration policies told CNN she was trafficked before Biden’s presidency and said legislators lack empathy when using the issue of human trafficking for political purposes. […]
On Sunday, Sen. Katie Britt (R-Ala.) upheld her misleading claim that pinned the blame on President Joe Biden’s border policies for a harrowing anecdote about a survivor of sex trafficking. During her State of the Union rebuttal, Britt appeared to inaccurately tie Biden’s administration with a woman who was sex trafficked at a young age. […]
Credit: NBC/SNL Saturday Night Live‘s cold open was indeed what many had asked for: a biting parody of Alabama Sen. Katie Britt’s cringey rebuttal to President Joe Biden’s State of the Union address Thursday. SNL‘s Britt, played by Scarlett Johansson, told viewers from the start that for the next few minutes, she would be “auditioning for […]
The reviews are in for President Biden’s State of the Union address and Sen. Katie Britt’s official Republican rebuttal. Here’s a roundup of notable reactions from both Republicans and Democrats to each. 📢 How the GOP reacted to Biden’s speech Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene heckles President Biden during the State of the Union. (Shawn Thew/Pool […]
The ritual surrounding the annual State of the Union is never complete until the president’s opposition has presented its rebuttal — occasionally in an embarrassing manner. Katie Britt, the junior Republican senator from Alabama, delivered the GOP’s rebuttal to President Joe Biden’s address on Thursday. Her impassioned, breathless speech — delivered at times in an […]