Senator Katie Britt, chosen by Mitch McConnell to deliver the GOP response to President Biden's State of the Union address, consulted with Speaker Mike Johnson, who gave her an ironic pep talk before her speech. The speech, delivered from an oddly empty kitchen and widely panned for being overly dramatic, saw Britt defending her approach by stating she put 'too much passion, too much heart and soul behind the issues.' Despite the criticism, Britt argued that the drama surrounding her rebuttal demonstrates the GOP is 'right on the issues.' Her performance, while unique, follows a pattern of freshman Republican senators from the South experiencing unconventional introductions.
Senator Katie Britt, who delivered a jarring State of the Union response from an oddly empty kitchen, is not the first freshman Republican senator from the South to see her introductory event veer off the rails, our chief Washington correspondent writes. https://t.co/a3pcdoTWJA
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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.
Sen. Katie Britt Shares Mike Johnson's Ironic Pep Talk Before Her Biden SOTU Speech https://t.co/yUWCwOpcDY