Senator Katie Britt faced criticism for her State of the Union rebuttal where she referenced a misleading sex trafficking story. Despite backlash, some GOP members like McConnell praised her performance. Britt defended her speech on various platforms, including Ted Cruz's podcast, and accused the media of smearing her. CNN issued a correction regarding their coverage of Britt's speech.
Democrats and their allies in the media have been absolutely vicious to @KatieBrittforAL. She joined us on Verdict to discuss how she is fighting back with joy and a smile on her face since we have a country to save. https://t.co/C18ofPoTLc https://t.co/Ts01ZYfAPl
Turns out Mitch McConnell picked Katie Britt to give GOP response to Biden's SoU & Britt then consulted with Speaker Johnson about her speech, widely panned as overly dramatic. "I mean, my crime was putting too much passion, too much heart and soul behind the issues," Britt said.
CNN was forced to issue a correction for smearing @SenKatieBritt. Katie is exactly right. President Biden’s border policies are a nightmare for our country. https://t.co/HuaCd2tCle
Sen. Katie Britt Shares Mike Johnson's Ironic Pep Talk Before Her Biden SOTU Speech https://t.co/yUWCwOpcDY
GOP Sen. Katie Britt says Speaker Mike Johnson reassured her ahead of the speech to ignore any "horror stories" and that the moment wouldn't blow up her career. https://t.co/vMobpTghCA
FACING FACTS: CNN forced to correct story after accusations of ‘smear’ campaign against Katie Britt. https://t.co/F9SUB9LBl5 https://t.co/EHtEI2qq6X
Maybe that’s because @CNN was so eager to smear @katiebrittforAL that it got the reporting WRONG & had to issue a formal correction…. https://t.co/RM7p51NW5B
It was the morning after Katie Britt delivered the Republican response to Biden's State of the Union that she realized the backlash, she said on Ted Cruz's podcast https://t.co/nibV4VkKFk
So, wait a minute - this whole Fox News piece about CNN being "forced to correct" its "smear" on Katie Britt's misleading anecdote about a sex trafficking victim boils down to Britt not literally saying "one-on-one" or "drug cartels" in her SOTU rebuttal? https://t.co/mwUvDsdLMb https://t.co/q7Af0LnK3L
A candid conversation with Kamala Harris as she reclaims the campaign spotlight alongside Joe Biden and fights to change the narrative surrounding her own place in the White House. From @PeterHamby https://t.co/GyKimoTOCh
1) 🚨🚨 21 illegal aliens in Florida have been arrested on charges related to human trafficking. @SenKatieBritt is right, open borders lead to human trafficking. No state is immune from the catastrophic effects of the Biden Border Crisis. https://t.co/HqscUDD59s
Biden barely mentioned the border crisis during his failed State of the Union. In contrast, @KatieBrittforAL spoke up about human trafficking and the crime wave caused by the border crisis. The media is attacking her viciously for it. https://t.co/C18ofPolVE https://t.co/7MAefX7Q7M
Katie Britt hasn't answered questions on the Hill this week about her misleading portrayal about a sex trafficking victim's story during her SOTU response. But she did go on Ted Cruz's podcast today to defend her speech while not acknowledging any mistakes. https://t.co/GwcsmjB8di
Katie Britt Says The Media Didn't Do "Their Homework" After Brutal Fact-Check https://t.co/LclVjyTNfK
Even if Katie Britt’s melodramatic SOTU rebuttal has no lingering effects on her trajectory, the sloppiness of the whole debacle speaks to much larger dysfunction within the Republican Party. @abbyliv817 explores. https://t.co/0NJGU2EaMQ
‘It'll be fine’: Katie Britt says Mike Johnson reassured her ahead of SOTU rebuttal https://t.co/PLgdrlhqxP
The media is correcting their story. @SenKatieBritt is a strong voice for Americans 🇺🇸 https://t.co/LIMH4VIk6w
The media has gone ballistic at Senator Katie Britt. They are terrified by a conservative mom who wasn't afraid to call out Joe Biden's angry, bitter State of the Union speech. She joined us on Verdict to respond to the media's attacks👇 https://t.co/C18ofPolVE https://t.co/R7iEAIZHVm
Sen. Katie Britt on Sen. Ted. Cruz’s pod recounts how Speaker Johnson told her not to worry about giving SOTU rebuttal: “He’s like…people are going to tell you horror stories about all of these things that happened and people’s career being blown up over it...it’ll be fine.” https://t.co/OZnjOf8DVv
CNN forced to correct story after accusations of 'smear' campaign against Katie Britt https://t.co/asfi9RpDyK
Katie Britt on Cruz's podcast recounted how Speaker Johnson told her not to worry about how past rebuttals went. "He's like, 'People are going to tell you horror stories about all these things that happened, people's career will be blown up over it --it will be fine,'" she said
.@LeaderMcConnell defends @SenKatieBritt after State of the Union response is rebuked by sex trafficking victim https://t.co/nOO0EaOv3p https://t.co/nOO0EaOv3p
Katie Britt lied on national TV. Got caught. Now is fundraising off getting caught by saying the “radical left” is persecuting her. This is MAGA.
Media Lose Their Minds Attacking Katie Britt—She Joins us to Give the Inside Story Behind the SOTU Response That Triggered Them SO Badly. @benfergusonshow and I talk with @KatieBrittforAL on Verdict. Available wherever you get your podcasts. https://t.co/C18ofPolVE
Katie Britt’s stunted delivery during her response to the State of the Union was widely mocked even among members of her own party. That didn’t stop her from blaming the “far-left media” for the response. https://t.co/7xwkG1Hdsl
Katie Britt Makes All of Her Mouth-Breathing Haters Look STUPID in New Interview Talking About the Border https://t.co/5GWW4aT2go
Opinion | Renée Graham: If one views Senator Katie Britt’s speech not as a rebuttal but as an audition for an audience of one in Florida, it all makes dreary sense. https://t.co/OFtmBJ0bbQ
Fact Check: Katie Britt Was Right About Trafficked 12-Year-Old as Dems Forget #MeToo via @gatewaypundit https://t.co/shc0a8Zj4T
“You might not have known it from Katie Britt’s State of the Union rebuttal,” @elainaplott writes, “but up until then, Britt had distinguished herself in the Senate with a reputation for being startlingly, well, normal.” https://t.co/UfxWFJ2EYX
How Katie Britt was presented to a national audience says a lot about why the GOP struggles to connect with suburban women, @KTumulty writes. https://t.co/1Zpi7YXNU7 https://t.co/es4TlSckQI
from @TUSK81: Senator Katie Britt’s Exploitation of a Survivor’s Story Is a New Low In the Right-Wing’s Bogus ‘Migrant Crime’ Hysteria https://t.co/GEyZN6HX6A
McConnell on criticism of GOP AL Sen Britt: We were proud of Sen. Britt. Thought she did a great job. And I have zero criticism of her performance. I thought she was really outstanding
Sen. Katie Britt, R-Ala., after giving a rebuttal to President Joe Biden's State of the Union address last week, is drawing comparisons to former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin. Read more: https://t.co/tYSNOPnTHA https://t.co/pRLfiZnu9W
At news conference, Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-KY) comment on Sen. Katie Britt (R-AL) response to State of the Union: "We were proud of Senator Britt. Thought she did a great job. I have zero criticism of her performance. I thought it was really outstanding"
Just asked Mitch McConnell if it was appropriate for Katie Britt to attack Biden’s border policy by citing a sex trafficking episode that occurred during the Bush administration and happened in Mexico — not the US. “We were proud of Senator Britt, thought she did a great job,…
McConnell says he has “zero criticism” of Britt’s SOTU response performance, calling it “outstanding”
.@tarapalmeri joins @PeterHamby to discuss the Dems’ relief over Biden’s lively SOTU speech, plus: Katie Britt’s disastrous response, the impact on her political future, and whether she’s likely been nixed from Trump’s V.P. shortlist. Listen: https://t.co/ZFLy9yw03g
So there. Katie Britt Makes All of Her Mouth-Breathing Haters Look STUPID in New Interview Talking About the Border https://t.co/5nWiI4lP3q
Editorial: Sen. Katie Britt's Biden rebuttal was funny. Exploiting sex trafficking story wasn't. https://t.co/1AVRMaDwVp
Katie Britt walked into GOP lunch without responding to questions about false story she told in her SOTU rebuttal. “I think it’s clear the point she was making and it's a very valid point. Women are being exploited at the border,” Thune says