Sen. Katie Britt (R-Ala.) faced widespread backlash on social media for what was labeled an exaggerated and awkward State of the Union response on Thursday night.
While the newcomer senator criticized President Biden's handling of the economy, southern border, his age, and various other issues in her address from her Montgomery, Ala., home, Britt herself was heavily criticized for the 17-minute speech she delivered.
Some critics disliked the choice of setting for the senator's major speech being delivered from a kitchen, with many drawing comparisons to a drama club student or an actor giving a bad audition.
Actor and comedian Tom Arnold did not hold back in his criticism post on X, previously known as Twitter.
“Katie Britt is so bad she couldn’t be in one of my movies,” Arnold wrote.
Former Republican National Committee Chairman Michael Steele seemed puzzled by Britt’s delivery.
“Well, that Katie Britt experience was…experiential,” Steele wrote Friday night on X.
Daily Beast columnist Matt Lewis said the Alabama Republican’s delivery would make people want to leave, as he saw it as an “emotional rollercoaster.”
“If you were having a conversation with someone who was careening from joy to sadness to anger like this, your instinct would be: ‘I need to get the hell out of here. I’m going to slowly back out of this room,’” Lewis wrote Friday morning on X.
Former President Trump, however, praised her performance, saying she distinguished herself from Biden and showed compassion for “women’s issues.”
“Katie Britt was a GREAT contrast to an Angry, and obviously very Disturbed, ‘President,’” he wrote on TruthSocial. “She was compassionate and caring, especially concerning Women and Women’s Issues. Her conversation on Migrant Crime was powerful and insightful. Great job Katie!”
Still, not everybody in the Trump camp agreed.
Roger Stone, a long-time Republican operative and Trump ally said her performance disqualified her from the VP contention.
“I guess Katie Britt just failed her vice presidential audition,” Stone wrote Friday morning on X. “Godawful.”
