'My heart is broken': Katie Britt sends out self-pitying cash plea after SOTU debacle
Sen. Katie Britt (R-AL) sent out a self-pitying fundraising plea after her State of the Union rebuttal made her a national laughingstock.
The Alabama Republican delivered a response last week to President Joe Biden that mystified and alarmed viewers in both parties with her hushed tones, dark themes and inaccurate claims. Her speech was lampooned by actress Scarlett Johansson just two evenings later in the cold open to "Saturday Night Live."
"Following my speech, the left-wing media didn't waste a second flooding the airwaves with despicable, disgusting messages about me," the senator's fundraising pitch states. "They attacked my character. They attacked my faith. They attacked my identity as a mother and a wife."
"My heart is broken," she added. "Not just for myself, but for my children, your children and the ENTIRE next generation of Americans. Why? Because I didn't prepare a 20-minute speech and stand up to Biden in front of millions of Americans for ME. I did it for them, for YOU and your children, Friend!"
Britt then tried a rhetorical trick often used by Donald Trump and claimed the attacks were aimed at her, but she was instead absorbing blows meant for her supporters.
"Friend, they're not just laughing at me," reads her fundraising pitch. "They're laughing at every single American who dares to stand up to their radical agenda. Every patriot who fights to defend their American dream."
"Because they can't handle the truth," the pitch adds. "The truth about their failed leader."
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Britt's State of the Union rebuttal was widely panned by critics who commented on her overacting and her wild swings between visual emotion.
But it was a story she presented about a sex trafficking victim that got the most attention. Britt gave a horrific portrayal of meeting a woman she said had been raped multiple times, and suggested it was a symptom of a crisis at the southern border during Biden's presidency.
It was later revealed that the abuse happened in Mexico, and during the presidency of George W. Bush.