Alabama Sen. Katie Britt slams Biden claiming his economic plan works and appears on the verge of tears as she criticizes his border policies in very emotional Republican response

Senator Katie Britt appeared on the verge of tears at times as she tore into the policies President Joe Biden emphatically defended during his pivotal State of the Union.

The Alabama Republican was impassioned and visibly furious, but also optimistic, as she delivered her party's official rebuttal to Biden from her kitchen.

The 42-year-old, who is married for former NFL linebacker Wesley Britt, slammed the president's policies on immigration and economy and went after his age and fitness for office.

'The American Dream has turned into a nightmare,' she said.

Britt delivered heartbreaking stories about sexual assault of a girl trafficked and repeatedly raped at the southern border and the recent tragedy of Georgia nursing student Laken Riley, 22, who was murdered by an illegal immigrant released into the country with undocumented status in 2022.

'Ya'll, as a mom, I can't quit thinking about this,' the emotional mother-of-two said in her rebuttal. 'I mean, this could have been my daughter. This could have been your's.' 

Alabama Sen. Katie Britt (pictured) got emotional at times during her Republican rebuttal to President Joe Biden's State of the Union address on Thursday

Britt tore into Biden's defense of her border and economic policies – delivering heartbreaking illegal immigration-related stories and saying he is out of touch. 'The American people are scraping by while President Biden proudly proclaims that Bidenomics is working. Goodness ya'll, bless his heart. We know better'

'And tonight, President Biden finally said her name,' she added. 'But he refused to take responsibility for his own actions. Mr. President – enough is enough. Innocent Americans are dying and you only have yourself to blame.'

She said the American dream has now 'turned into a nightmare.' 

Britt sat at a spot at her family's kitchen table in Birmingham, Alabama on Thursday night for the rebuttal remarks to Biden's speech where she discussed kitchen table issues with tuned-in Americans.

Specifically she discussed the disconnect Biden has with his economic policies and how they actually impact average Americans.

'The American people are scraping by while President Biden proudly proclaims that Bidenomics is working,' she said, then added on the southern insult of: 'Goodness ya'll, bless his heart. We know better.'

The rising Republican star who was elected to her seat at age 40 brought up Biden's age, which she nearly halves, as she insisted he cannot relate to the average American today and is therefore out of touch with how to lead the nation forward.

Britt said the 81-year-old doesn't understand the economic plights of American families as he pushes his Bidenomics agenda.

Britt, who has two children and is married for former NFL linebacker Wesley Britt (right), slammed the president's policies on immigration and economy and went after his age and fitness for office.

Britt pictured with Vice President Kamala Harris with her husband and two children as she was sworn into her U.S. Senate seat on January 3, 2023

Britt was chosen for the rebuttal as a rising star in the Republican party. She accused Biden of being out of touch with the rest of America 

'What we saw was the performance of a permanent politician, who has actually been in office longer than I've been alive,' she said of the president's speech. 'One thing was quite clear, though – President Biden is out of touch.'

'Let's be honest, it's been a minute since Joe Biden pumped gas, ran a carpool or even pushed a grocery cart,' Britt added later in her less than 20-minute remarks. 'Meanwhile, the rest of us see our dollar and we know it doesn't go as far. We see it every day.'

Notably, Britt's state has been under a microscope lately after the Alabama Supreme Court ruled that fertilized eggs for In Vitro fertilization (IVF) are classified as a human life.

This decision has led to mass confusion over how clinics should handle these eggs in Alabama – especially in light of the Supreme Court overturning Roe v. Wade in June 2022. Alabama was a state with trigger laws, meaning once the decision was overruled, abortion became essentially totally illegal in the southern red state.

Biden brought up this conundrum in his remarks earlier on Thursday evening and called out the Supreme Court justices – six of whom were attending his speech – for the decision that put an end to nationwide rights for a woman to receive an abortion.

'This is the United States of America and it is past time, in my opinion, that we start acting like it,' Britt said in her rebuttal.

'President Biden's border policies are a disgrace. This crisis is despicable. And the truth is, it is almost entirely preventable,' she added. 'From fentanyl poisonings to horrific murders, there are empty chairs tonight at kitchen tables just like this one because of President Biden's senseless border policies.'

'Right now, our commander-in-chief is not in command,' she said in closing her remarks. 'The free world deserves better than a dithering and diminished leader.'

'America deserves leaders who recognize that secure borders, stable prices, safe streets and a strong defense are actually the cornerstones of a great nation.'