Sen. Katie Britt (R-AL) is attempting to capitalize on the outrage from her State of the Union answer, saying in a fundraising email Tuesday that her “heart is broken” for individuals she claimed to be speaking on behalf of.
“Following my speech, the far-left media didn’t waste a second flooding the airwaves with despicable, disgusting messages about me,” the message went on to say. “They attacked my character.
They assailed my faith. They targeted my identity as a mother and wife.”
Britt’s halting speech drew derision from The Daily Show, Saturday Night Live, and even Oscar host Jimmy Kimmel. On Fox News, one host offered a different stance, claiming Britt did a “great job” and was “natural.” But that didn’t stop her from saying that her “heart is broken.”
“Not for myself, but for my children, your children, and the entire future generation of Americans. Why? Because I did not prepare a 20-minute statement and confront Biden in front of millions of Americans on my behalf. “I did it for them, you, and your children, friend!” she wrote.
“As I watch the dishonest leftist media and liberal elites criticize everything I’ve dedicated my whole life to safeguard, laughing at the ruin of the American Dream and mocking how our country has plummeted into a dystopian nightmare for countless families, I’m disgusted,” she continued.
“I know you are too, friend. So I’m counting on you to send a message [sic] with me!” the message read.
After a few more references to the “American Dream,” which she said was dying, Britt urged supporters to “send a message to the radical left that we will not be laughed at.” The email linked to Britt’s Win Red campaign fundraising page, which said in similar terms her post-rebuttal comments: “The Democrats and their friends in the media are bashing me for calling them out on their failures.”
Regarding the words Britt was replying to, President Joe Biden’s re-election campaign reported raising $10 million in the 24 hours following his speech.
