Sen. Katie Britt delivers Republican rebuttal to State of the Union address

Now it's time for the Republican response and we're about to hear from the youngest Republican woman ever elected to the Senate, Alabama's Katie Brit, to learn more about why the party chose her. Let's go to our congressional correspondent, Nicole Killian, in the capital, Nicole, but. nor Senator Katie Brit is considered a rising star within the Republican Party and her name has even been mentioned as a possible vice president candidate for former President Trump at 42 years old, as you mentioned, she is the youngest Republican woman in the Senate of the USA and the first female senator. elected by the

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of Alabama, she has two school-aged children and that is something she will probably lean into in this speech calling the Republican Party The Party of Working Parents and Families.

You can also expect her to draw a very stark contrast to what President Biden describes as too old, out of rhythm and out of touch; In fact, according to the exercise, she will say that our commander and chief is not in command and will call him a wavering and diminished leader. She can also expect her to hit on GOP talking points. border crime foreign policy she considers this speech a great honor Nicole Killian at the Capitol here now Senator Katie Brit good evening America my name is Katie Britt and I am honored to serve the people of the great

state

of Alabama and the United States Senate, However, that is not the job that matters most.

I am a proud wife and mother of two school-aged children. My daughter Bennett and my son Ridgeway are the reason I ran for Senate. I am concerned about their future and the future of children in all countries. corner of our nation and that is why I invited you to our home tonight like so many families across America, my husband Wesley and I just watched President Biden's State of the Union

address

from our living room and What we saw was the actions of a permanent representative. politician who has actually been in office longer than I have been alive, one thing was pretty clear, although President Biden just doesn't get it, he is out of touch under his administration families are worse off, our communities are less safe and our country is less safe I just wish you understood what real families face around kitchen tables like this.

You know, this is where our family has difficult conversations, it is where we make difficult decisions, it is where we share the good, the bad and the ugly of our days, it is where we laugh together and it is where we hold hands and pray for guidance. of God and many nights, to be honest, is where Wesley and I work. I know that we are not alone and that is why tonight the American family needs to have a difficult conversation because the truth is that we are all worried about the future of our nation, the country that we know and love seems to be disappearing and it seems that the next generation will have fewer opportunities and fewer freedoms than us.

I worry that my own children won't even have them. A Chance to Live Your American Dreams My American Dream allowed me, as the daughter of two small business owners from rural Enterprise Alabama, to be elected to the United States Senate at the age of 40, while growing up sweeping floors. from my father's hardware store and cleaning the bathroom. in my mother's dance studio I could never have imagined what my story would entail. Thinking about what the American Dream can affect just one generation in just one lifetime is truly impressive, but right now the American Dream has become a nightmare. for so many. many families the true unvarnished state of our Union begins and ends with this our families are hurting our country can do better and you have to look no further than the crisis at our southern border to see it President Biden inherited the most secure border of all the times, but minutes after taking office he suspended all deportations, stopped construction of the border wall and announced a plan to grant amnesty to Millones.

We know that President Biden not only created this border crisis, but he invited it with 94 executive actions in his first 100 days when I took office I took a different approach. I traveled to the Del Río sector in Texas, where I spoke with a woman who shared her story with me: she had been a victim of sex trafficking by the cartel since she was 12 years old. She not only told me that she was raped every day, but also how many times a day she was raped. The cartels put her on a mattress in a shoebox that was a room and sent men through that door over and over again for hours and hours.

We would not agree with this happening in a third world country, this is the United States of America and in my opinion it is a hobby that we start acting like one. President Biden's border policies are a disgrace. This crisis is despicable and the truth is that it is almost entirely preventable, from fentel poisonings to horrific murders. There are empty chairs at kitchen tables like this tonight because of President Biden's senseless border policies. Just think of Lake and Riley in my neighboring state of Georgia, this beautiful 22 year old nursing student. She went for a run one morning but never had the chance to return home.

She was brutally murdered by one of the millions of people who crossed the border illegally. President Biden decided to release them in our homeland. I can't stop thinking about all of you as a mother. this I mean, this could have been my daughter, this could have been yours and tonight President Biden finally said her name, but he refused to take responsibility for his own actions, Mr. President, enough is enough, innocent Americans are dying and you only have yourself to blame, fulfill your oath reverse your policies end this crisis and stop the suffering unfortunately we know that President Biden's failures do not end there.

His reckless spending dug our economy into a hole and sent the cost of living through the roof. We have the worst inflation in 40 years and the highest credit card debt in the history of our nation. Let that sink in for working families who are struggling to make ends meet today and with mortgage rates rising and the cost of child care Sky High are also struggling to find a plan for tomorrow that the American people are surviving as President Biden proudly proclaims that that bomic is working, my God, all of you bless him, we know better. I will never forget stopping at a gas station in Chilton County one night, the gentleman working the counter told me that after he retired he had to get a job when he was 70 so he wouldn't have to choose between going hungry or running out.

Your medicines. He said: I did everything right. I did everything they told me. Work hard. I saved. I was responsible. You are not alone. I hear similar concerns from other parents, whether I'm walking with my friends or at my kids' games, but let's be honest, it's been a minute since Joe Biden pumped gas, ran a carpol, or even pushed a shopping cart, while So much so, the rest of us look at our dollar and know it doesn't go that far, we see it every day and despite what he tells you, our communities are not safer for years, the left has coddled criminals and defunded the police, all while letting repeat offenders walk free.

It's tragic but predictable, from our small towns to the streets of America's most iconic cities, life is becoming increasingly dangerous, and unfortunately, President Biden's weakness is not only hurting families here at home, but it's turning us into a punchline on the world stage, look where I am. "Your word is your bond, but for 3 years the president has shown that America's word no longer means what it used to, from abandoning our allies in their disastrous withdrawal from Afghanistan to desperately pushing another dangerous deal with Iran. The President Biden has failed." We have become a nation in retreat and the enemies of Freedom see an opportunity.

Putin's brutal aggression in Europe has put our allies on the brink. Iran's terrorist proxies have massacred Israeli Jews and American citizens. They have attacked commercial ships and they have attacked our troops. nearly 200 times since October, killing three American soldiers and two Navy Seals, while the Chinese Communist Party is undermining American workers, China is buying our farmland, spying on our military installations, and spreading propaganda through outlets like Tik Tock , you see, the CCP knows that if they conquer the minds of our next generation, they conquer America and what President Biden is doing right. Ban Tik Tock for government employees, but create an account for his own campaign.

They can't make this stuff up. Look, we all remember when the presidents faced each other. Threats to national security with strength and determination that seem like ancient history right now our commander and chief is not in charge the free world deserves better than a faltering and diminished leader the United States deserves leaders who recognize that secure borders stable prices Streets Security and a strong defense are actually the cornerstones of a great nation, ask yourself if you are better off now than 3 years ago. There is no doubt that we are at a crossroads and it doesn't have to be that way.

We all feel it, but here's the good news. people are still in the driver's seat, we can decide if our future will be brighter or we will settle for a decaying America. Well, I know what choice our children deserve and I know what choice the Republican Party is fighting for. the group of working parents and families and we want to give you and your children the opportunities to thrive and we want families to grow, which is why we strongly support continued nationwide access to in vitro fertilization. We want to help loving moms and dads bring precious life into this. world Wesley and I believe that there is no greater blessing in life than our children and that is why tonight I want to make a direct appeal to parents and in particular to my fellow moms, many of whom I know will be going around and around at 2: a.m. wondering how you're going to be in three places at once and then somehow still have dinner on the table, first of all we see you, we hear you and we are with you I know you're frustrated I know you're You're probably upset about the most of what you see happening in Washington and I'll be very honest with you, you're not wrong if you feel that way.

Look, I get it, the task ahead of us is not easy, but I promise you. One thing is that it's worth it, so I'm asking you for the sake of getting your kids and grandkids into the arena. Every generation has been called to do difficult things. American greatness lies in the fact that we always answer that call, we are the ones who will never forget that we are soaked in the blood of the patriots who overthrew the most powerful Empire in the world. We walk in the footsteps of the pioneers who domesticated nature. We now carry forward the same flame of freedom as the liberators of an oppressed Europe.

Draw courage from those who bent the moral arc of the universe and when we gaze upon the heavens let us never forget that our DNA contains the same ingenuity that put man on the moon. America has been tested before and each time we have emerged unscathed and Our unbreakable history has been written with the courage of men and women who were knocked down, but we know their story because they did not stay down. We are here because they stood up, so now it is our turn to stand up and prove that we are worthy. To protect the American dream together we can awaken the heroic spirit of a great nation because America not only has a date with destiny, we take the hand of destiny and lead it our future begins around kitchen tables like this with moms and dads just like you and you are the reason I believe with every fiber of my being that despite the current state of our Union, our best days are still ahead, may God bless you and may God continue to bless these United States of America and that was Republican Sen.

Katie Brit. of Alabama at home, there in her kitchen, really delivering a message of fear and concern that she says voters ultimately have, though she tries to end on a hopeful note, joking with Ken You know, she was tapping directly into the anxieties that people feel about crime and security, the economy, the border, she didn't really hold back, but the interesting thing is that she ended on this note, never forget that we are soaked in the blood of the patriots who overthrew the most powerful Empire in the world and then, right after, she took a turn. and said that the best days are yet to come, it was an interesting contrast that she made that repeatedly during the speech she did not mention Donald Trump at all, she never mentioned that the leader of her party had a lot to say about Joe Biden, really nothing that say about Donald Trump. the man who runs to winto Joe Biden in November what she really represents to the Republican Party is the women, the younger voters, perhaps the more moderate wing of the party, who they need to bring back into the fold if Donald Trump is to have any victory. opportunity to emerge victorious in November and from the state of Alabama she made specific reference to that decision to codify the protections for IVF that two weeks ago were canceled by the courts there, I mean, she was elected and she made it very clear, according to I have understood. in fact she helped explain IVF to some of her fellow Republican senators in private meetings, in the wake of that court decision, she is known to be an important person on the issues that are needed because I understand and the speaker of the House of Representatives, Mike Johnson today called IVF a new technology even though it's been around for decades, so having his perspective certainly helps the Republican Party.

She is also the third woman consecutively elected to answer to the president of the United States. The Republican Party chooses women to answer the question. Women presidents are the majority of voters in America and there is still a gender gap and when I talk to Senate Republicans, many of them say privately that they would love for Senator Katie Brit to be the face of the party, but in private and Republicans publicly recognize the face of the party of their former president Donald Trump, someone who was on his social media account tonight defending his conduct on January 6 AR and in just a few weeks will be sitting in a courtroom in New York on criminal matters in a criminal trial over hush money payments to a porn star who is the likely Republican candidate Katie Brit is someone they are elevating tonight but they are behind Trump Wholesale in the Republican Party, it was a state of the art

address

of the Union and a response, but also tonight clearly the start of the 2024 presidential campaign.