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Moms aren't buying Katie Britt's kitchen SOTU rebuttal: analysishttps://t.co/8lF0e9FGr4

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Post columnist Monica Hesse noted, "If you were watching with the volume down, you would have assumed you had stumbled upon a commercial for either stain remover or Il Makiage," referring to the makeup company. 

Hesse said it's hard to say if she was effective in conveying the message she was trying to get over. 

Britt began by "saying that her proudest role was being a 'wife and mother,' before segueing into describing a violent gang rape, before calling Biden 'dithering and diminished,' and explaining that we were all “steeped in the blood of patriots,” wrote Hesse. "Which, ladies — if that’s a menstruation euphemism, I hadn’t heard it before. Somehow, she wrapped up by talking about how America put a man on the moon."

As I said, I watched Britt with the sound off.🔇 And I’ve never heard of “Il Makiage”; but I recognized the “Southern Belle/bless your heart” type just from facial expressions.

The Lovely Wife watched and listened, and was telling me this morning about the gang-rape story. Which is horrible, but it’s also a matter for law enforcement. Houston has the shameful reputation of being a hub for human trafficking; but this is a literally international city and we recognize this as a law enforcement issue. (Houston’s police force is undersized and underfunded because the Lege won’t allow cities and counties to raise the money they need to function, because “low taxes good!” Oh, don’t get me started.) Houston doesn’t get national attention for this blight on civilized order because…Houston’s not on the border.

Anyway…

“Steeped in the blood of patriots”? Holy crap! Good ol’ fashioned Southern Baptist “washed in the blood o’ Jesus” stuff, that. Creepy and bizarre when I was young; anachronistic and grotesquely out of context now.

Interesting summary of what Britt was told to say. But the best part is what Britt didn’t say, but did ask for:

...the talking points Britt sent around to Republicans encouraged them to call her “America’s mom.”

You'd think after “America’s Mayor” got slammed with a libel suit, put himself on film with his hand down his pants alone with a young woman, and filed bankruptcy, the GOP would want to stay away from “America’s” anything.

When will they ever learn?