“With a sunny, inviting smile, Senator Katie Britt of Alabama welcomed Americans into her kitchen on Thursday night,” the New York Times reports. “Many soon backed away nervously.” “In the Republican Party’s official response to President Biden’s State of the Union address, Ms. Britt delivered a jarring speech that toggled between an increasingly strained cheerfulness and a fierce glare as she gave ominous warnings about illegal immigration.” Daily Beast: “The performance was so bad that some Republicans watched the high-profile speech with a grimace.