Live from Stepford, USA:
Little Marco and Littler Bobby have now been deposed.
... Into the late hours of the night, Rolling Stone was inundated, sometimes completely unprompted, with messages from longtime GOP operatives, right-leaning pollsters, conservative Capitol Hill staff, MAGA lawyers, and even some senior members of Trump’s own 2024 campaign absolutely torching Britt’s absurdly over-dramatic rebuttal.
She posted that! If the Senate doesn't work out she's got a career making breathless, teary voice-overs for abused pet rescue orgs.
“Creepy,” one of the Republican pollsters noted.
A lawyer working in the Trump orbit says the performance reminded them of public-access television, and a senior House congressional aide remarks that it was “cringe”-inducing to watch and likely destined to be turned into a “lame [Saturday Night Live] skit” this weekend.
Great minds, GoCubsGo
“I’ll give Biden this — he at least gave a better speech than Katie Britt,” one national Republican consultant said bluntly.
Low bar.
... Across Capitol Hill, the rebuttal was received with widespread mockery. One Republican staffer described it to Business Insider as “giving high school freshman speech.”
“She really thinks she’s killing it. But it’s comical, like SNL quality,” they added.
It won't happen, but it would also be funny if Lorne Michaels declared that some things are too easy and obvious even for SNL then showed an excerpt without parody or commentary.