Another VP Contender Potentially Emerges As GOP Taps Freshman Senator To Deliver Rebuttal To Biden’s SOTU Address

First term Senator Katie Britt (R-AL) is preparing to issue the Republican rebuttal to President Biden’s State of The Union address on March 7. While a good speech could raise Britt’s popularity among Republican voters, some political analysts have suggested that it could even catapult the freshman senator into consideration for vice president on a hypothetical Trump ticket.

“Senator Britt who is the new freshman senator from Alabama, and who some very smart people believe will be Trump’s vice presidential pick — she has her big audition night because she’s going to deliver the response to Biden,” former House Speaker Newt Gingrich said during a radio interview with WABC 770 AM-N.Y. on Sunday.

“It’ll be interesting to see if Britt rises to the occasion. If she does, it will be a major step up in her potentially being Trump’s vice presidential candidate,” he continued.

Britt received former President Trump’s endorsement midway through her GOP primary race against U.S. Rep. Mo Brooks. Britt returned the favor last month when announcing her endorsement of the former president’s bid to return to the White House, calling him “the only candidate who can secure the border.”

As Trump appears to have almost certainly secured the GOP nomination for president, he has continuously fueled speculation over his choice for a running mate. A number of names are reportedly on the former president’s shortlist, including Vivek Ramaswamy, South Dakota Governor Kristi Noem, former Democrat Congresswoman Tulsi Gabbard, Senator Tim Scott (R-SC) and U.S. Rep. Elise Stefanik (R-NY).

While Britt’s name has seldom been mentioned, former White House Chief Strategist Steve Bannon has hinted that the Trump campaign will select a female running mate. “My thinking is very structured that I believe President Trump will have a female as the vice president,” he said, adding that the America First movement needs to “make sure it ain’t Nikki Haley.”

Recent polling shows Trump gaining ground with female voters after losing the demographic in 2020.