Republican Alabama Sen. Katie Britt has attempted to respond to allegations that her rebuttal to President Joe Biden’s third State of the Union address contained misleading details — and has launched a fundraiser in the wake of the widely criticized speech.
Britt, 42, who delivered her speech from her kitchen on Thursday after Biden’s address, made questionable claims, including saying Biden stopped all deportations and halted construction of the border wall.
Reports show Biden briefly stopped the wall’s construction but later had his administration commission additional construction work on the wall. Biden attempted to pause some immigrants’ deportations within his first 100 days in office, but not all of them.
Britt has since launched a fundraiser, according to Raw Story, in which she said, “Following my speech, the left-wing media didn’t waste a second flooding the airwaves with despicable, disgusting messages about me. They attacked my character. They attacked my faith. They attacked my identity as a mother and a wife.”
Britt’s pitch continues, according to Raw Story, “My heart is broken. 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!”
Roger Sollenberger, a senior political reporter for the Daily Beast, shared a screenshot of a fundraising email from Britt via X. The email states, according to the screenshot, “I just gave the official Republican response to Joe Biden’s State of the Union and the left is FREAKING OUT over my message,” along with a button asking readers to “rush a small donation” to “help Republicans win.”
One of the misleading claims made in her rebuttal speech was about a woman she met who told her about her history as a human trafficking survivor.
The issue, according to outlets…
Read the full article here
