By virtually all accounts, Joe Biden’s State of the Union address was a hit: A majority of viewers had a positive reaction to the speech, and even conservatives admitted that the man they claim is not up to the job of being president was full of energy on Thursday night. “In short, Biden had his game on,” modern American history professor Christopher Phelps told Newsweek. “This was an unequivocal success.” Unfortunately for the GOP, success is not a word people are using when discussing Katie Britt’s response to Biden, which had a vibe that could be best characterized as “low-budget horror movie,” “Handmaid’s Tale–esque,” or simply “creepy as f–k.” In fact, the whole thing was so weird and cringeworthy—from the Alabama lawmaker’s deeply unsettling whispering, to the words “steeped in the blood of patriots,” to the sense that before the director yelled “cut,” Britt was going to go threaten a specific teacher for letting her kid read a book about kindness—that even Republicans are panning her response. And they’re not holding back!
I tried to find the 30 (or so) seconds that best illustrates Katie Britt's overacting / emotional rollercoaster last night. She goes from happy to sad to OUTRAGED (Let me know if there was a better example.) pic.twitter.com/gtdB6EFU8C
— Matt Lewis (@mattklewis) March 8, 2024
Sen. Katie Britt intimately describes the trauma of a woman being held hostage and raped, but neglects to mention that she would force that women to give birth if she were impregnated.
— Shannon Watts (@shannonrwatts) March 8, 2024