When Sen. Katie Britt (R-AL) delivered her State of the Union response on Thursday, it was so dramatic and excessive that it was shortly in comparison with a Saturday Night time Stay skit.
SNL took the bait tonight, this time with Scarlett Johansson making a shock look as Britt.
From the spotless kitchen set, Johansson’s Britt instructed viewers, “Good night America, my title is Katie Britt, and I’ve the distinction of serving the folks of the good state of Alabama. However tonight, I’ll be auditioning for the a part of scary mother.”
She went on, “I’ll be performing an authentic monologue known as ‘This nation is hell.’ You see, I’m not only a senator. I’m a spouse, a mom, and the craziest bitch within the Goal parking zone.”
Britt’s SOTU response has been panned on the left and the appropriate for its weird supply, with some evaluating it to unhealthy appearing from a Lifetime film.
Nevertheless it’s additionally been revealed that Britt instructed a narrative through the speech of a girl she met on a go to to Texas who was intercourse trafficked by the cartels. As she put the blame on President Joe Biden’s border insurance policies, Britt made it sound as if the girl’s traumatic expertise occurred just lately and in america. Actually, based on The Washington Submit, the girl’s experiences happened when George W. Bush was president.
Within the sketch, Johansson as Britt instructed viewers, “At first, I’m a mother, and like every mother, I’m going to do a pivot out of nowhere into a surprisingly violent story about intercourse trafficking. Relaxation assured, each element about it’s actual besides the yr, the place it happened, and who was president when it occurred.”
Johansson’s Britt then broke into full QVC mode, as she began to hawk a diamond necklace that “goes with something, and you’ll put on it from the church to da’ membership.”
The sketch additionally mocked the selection of setting for Britt’s speech — the kitchen.
“You understand, my husband Wesley and I spend loads of time on this kitchen — worrying. Kitchens are the place households have the onerous conversations just like the one we’ll have now about how mommy freaked out your entire nation.”
One of many foremost criticisms of Britt’s response was its unusual mixture of sunny disposition and darkish speak — as if she was a personality from a psycho-thriller.
Within the sketch, Britt instructed viewers, “It’s like I inform my children each night time: We’re steeped within the blood of patriots in a fort product of bones. Goodnight children!”
Then she completed, “The American people who find themselves struggling proper now, know this: We hear you. We see you. We scent you. We’re inside your kitchen proper now wanting by means of your fridge. And what’s that on the highest shelf? Migrants.”
The premise of the skit was CNN’s protection of the State of the Union handle, beginning with anchor Abby Phillip introducing Joe Biden (Mikey Day). On the rostrum, an brisk and amped up POTUS, heckled by a MAGA-attired Marjorie Taylor Greene.
“Marjorie, thanks for dressing up tonight,” Biden stated.