- “My name is Katie Britt, and I have the honor of serving the people of the great state of Alabama in the United States Senate.”
- As a Senate candidate, Britt publicly aligned herself with former President Donald Trump. Britt gave credence to Trump’s false claims of fraud in the 2020 presidential election.
- Britt spokesman Sean Ross on Saturday confirmed to The Associated Press that the senator was speaking about the account of a young Mexican woman who told of being repeatedly raped in Mexico from 2004 to 2008 — when Republican George W. Bush was the U.S. president.
- Katie Britt (Wikipedia)
Katie Elizabeth Britt (née Boyd; born February 2, 1982) is an American politician and attorney who is the junior United States senator from Alabama since 2023. A member of the Republican Party, Britt is the first woman to be elected to the U.S. Senate from Alabama and the youngest Republican woman ever elected to the Senate. She was president and CEO of the Business Council of Alabama from 2019 to 2021, and was chief of staff for her Senate predecessor, Richard Shelby, from 2016 to 2018.
- Katie Britt is married to Wesley Britt, a former NFL player. They met while attending the University of Alabama, and married on March 8, 2008.
- On June 8, 2021, Britt announced her candidacy in the Republican primary for the 2022 Senate election in Alabama.
- Senator Katie Britt Delivers Republican Address to the Nation (britt.senate.gov)
MONTGOMERY, ALA., March 7, 2024 – Senator Katie Britt (R-Ala.) today delivered the Republican Address to the Nation in response to President Biden’s State of the Union Address.
To the American people who are struggling right now, know this: We hear you. We see you. We smell you. We’re inside your kitchen right now looking through your fridge. And what’s that on the top shelf? Migrants.
Scarlett Johansson, Saturday Night Live- Trump officially endorsed Britt on June 10, 2022, calling her a “fearless America First warrior”.