Former Trump Aide Calls Out ‘Bizarre’ Staging Of The GOP Rebuttal

Alyssa Farah Griffin, a former White House communications director in Donald Trump’s administration, on Thursday described the staging of the official GOP rebuttal to President Joe Biden’s State of the Union deal with as “very, very bizarre.”

Sen. Katie Britt (Ala.), the youngest Republican lady ever elected to serve within the U.S. Senate, delivered the speech from her kitchen in Alabama.

While Farah Griffin stated Republicans made “smart choice” in selecting Britt, the previous Trump aide stated the identical wasn’t true in regards to the staging of her remarks.

“She’s somebody who’s an incredibly impressive person,” Farah Griffin instructed CNN. “She ran a smart race in Alabama, but I’ve got to say the staging of this was bizarre to me. Women can be both wives and mothers and also stateswomen. So to put her in a kitchen, not in front of a podium or in the Senate chamber, where she was elected after running a hard-fought race I think fell very flat and was confusing to some women watching it.”

During her remarks, Britt blasted Biden, calling him “diminished,” in an effort to grab on voters’ obvious concern with the president’s age, and in addition criticized his administration’s file on immigration and the financial system.

“I just wish he understood what real families are facing around kitchen tables just like this one,” Britt stated.

Farah Griffin stated whereas the substance of Britt’s remarks was efficient in selling the priorities of the Republican Party, the second ended up being a “missed opportunity” for the GOP.

Britt, a freshman senator, was elected in November 2022 to succeed retiring Rep. Richard Shelby (R-Ala.). Britt has additionally reportedly beforehand been floated as a possible working mate for Trump, who’s quickly anticipated to formally develop into the GOP nominee.