Katie Britt's husband breaks three-year silence over her viral 'Schmitt face' meme
Britt reposted a joke about the viral image of her reaction at a Senate hearing.
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- Source type — Established digital news outlet with a politically oriented audience.
- Transparency — The article attributes parts of its reporting to AL.com.
- Author attribution — A named author is provided.
The article gives a concise account of the post and the hearing exchange, with attribution to AL.com. It provides limited sourcing, context, or direct response from the people involved.
HOW WE SCORE ↗The article includes the accusation and the later information that contradicted its premise, but the short account offers no response from Schmitt or fuller context about the hearing.
- Counterarguments presented — The account includes the information that Smith had not attended the game Schmitt asked about.
- Source diversity — The story relies largely on its account and attribution to AL.com.
- Omitted context — It does not include a response from Schmitt or broader hearing context.
The article uses a straightforward, lightly humorous account of the meme and hearing without an evident partisan framing.
- Language tone — Mostly descriptive language, with the humor attributed to the post's caption.
- Framing — The article centers the viral image and explains the hearing moment that produced it.
- Source selection — It attributes reporting to AL.com and quotes the participants' remarks from the hearing.
Wesley Britt returned to X with a joke about a viral image of his wife, Sen. Katie Britt, who reposted it. The image came from a Senate hearing where Sen. Eric Schmitt accused Jack Smith of perjury over a basketball game Smith had not attended.
Wesley Britt posted on X on Thursday evening for the first time since August 2023, sharing a photo of Sen. Katie Britt’s wide-eyed expression at a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing. His caption joked that it showed his wife watching him sleepwalk and eat leftovers; she reposted it Friday with the words “Nailed it.” AL.com reported the post and the timing.
The image went viral after the hearing exchange between Sen. Eric Schmitt and former special counsel Jack Smith. Schmitt accused Smith of perjury over whether Smith had attended an Atlanta Hawks game. Text messages were presented during the hearing, but it later emerged that Smith had been in Maryland watching Caitlin Clark and the Iowa Hawkeyes, according to AL.com.
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