Who is Katie Britt, the Republican senator mocked on SNL for her controversial response to Joe Biden’s address? Scarlett Johansson played her in the skit … but she still has Donald Trump’s support
Katie Britt, the Republican senator from Alabama, has had an astounding ascent to political fame. In just two decades, she went from beauty queen to lawyer to the first female politician from Alabama to be elected to the US Senate.
Katie Britt’s flop response to Joe Biden’s address
Republican leaders chose Britt to respond to Biden’s March State of the Union address, an endorsement by her party that solidified her star status as a MAGA loyalist. But from her choice of setting – a sparse kitchen – to her evident emotional roller coaster and incorrect information, her speech did not sit well.
In particular, she told a story about a young Mexican victim of sex trafficking in order to attack Biden’s border policies. Per The New York Times though, not only were details of the incident wrong, but it also occurred during George W. Bush’s presidential term between 2004 and 2008. It had nothing to do with Biden.
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That SNL skit starring Scarlett Johansson
Known for its political skits, SNL did not miss the opportunity to poke fun at Britt. Dressed in a green top and hair styled to match that of Britt’s, Johansson made a cameo performance taking shots at the senator.
“You see, I’m not just a mother. I’m a wife, a mother, and the craziest b**** in the Target parking lot,” Johansson said.
Who are Katie Britt’s family?
Kate’s decision to respond to Biden’s address in her kitchen, while wearing a necklace with a cross pendant, has led to the public nosing about her personal life.
According to The Independent, Kate’s mother Debra is a former pageant queen and her father Julian owned a hardware store. She grew up in a busy household with three sisters.
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How did Kate Britt get into politics?
In 2000, Britt won the Alabama Junior Miss beauty contest, with the crown seen as an opportunity to enter the Miss America pageant. But Britt opted to go to university instead, majoring in political science and government at the University of Alabama.
She later worked for well-known Alabama senator Richard Shelby and, in 2013, left the job to get a law degree, later returning to Shelby’s office to be his chief of staff between 2016 and 2018.
Her political career developed quickly and, in 2022, she was elected to the US Senate with Trump and Shelby endorsing her. On her profile on the government website, Britt writes that she is “committed to fighting tirelessly to preserve the American dream for our children and our children’s children”.
- Married to ex-NFL player Wesley Britt, with whom she shares 2 children, she once won the Alabama Junior Miss beauty pageant title, but opted for university instead of entering for Miss America
- Despite drawing even Republican fire for her bizarre response to Biden’s State of the Union address, Britt has a supporter in POTUS hopeful Trump, whose campaign sent out a fundraising email for her