the setting undermined Britt’s stature as a senator and questioned her halting, theatrical delivery. The speech swiftly began drawing jokes and parodies.

  • @[email protected]
    15•3 months ago

    This just in, Katie Britt acknowledges her regressive party’s preferences by giving a rebuttal from the kitchen to preempt calls from her base for her to get back in the kitchen.

    I really can’t see any reason for the background choice outside of something deeply personal or playing into the stereotype of women staying in the house. It’s fucking baffling.

  • Hominine
    12•3 months ago

    Just got done watching as much of this as I could stomach and completely understand why folks from all political stripes are coming together to ask, “why?”

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    7•3 months ago

    This is the best summary I could come up with:

    Sitting in front of a kitchen done in shades of beige, with a couple of family photos, a faucet and a fruit bowl visible in the background, Sen. Katie Boyd Britt (R-Ala.) delivered the Republican Party’s rebuttal to President Biden’s State of the Union address Thursday night.

    The kitchen was among several elements of her speech that drew criticism ranging from baffled to mocking — not just from Democrats, but from Republicans who said the setting undermined Britt’s stature as a senator and questioned her halting, theatrical delivery.

    Britt, a 42-year-old freshman senator with longtime experience on Capitol Hill, was chosen to deliver the rebuttal as a figure representative of the next generation of congressional Republicans.

    Senator in the kitchen to deliver the response to the [State of the Union],” Republican pollster Christine Matthews said in a social media post Friday morning.

    Some members of Britt’s party praised her performance, including Donald Trump, the presumptive Republican presidential nominee, who applauded her on Truth Social, writing, “Great job Katie!”

    This was the third year in a row that Republicans chose a woman to give the rebuttal, and showing viewers a young White mother at home appeared to be a clear strategy targeting female voters.

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