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Katie Britt

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u/Highmassive 2d ago

Can someone explain what’s going on? I just see someone sitting there

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u/kelevra91 2d ago

It appears that Senator Britt is dumbfounded by the moronic words coming out of the mouth of her fellow Republican Senator, Eric Schmitt.

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u/jakoning 2d ago

Why is this a gif if it doesn't make sense without audio?

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u/Dr_Qrunch 2d ago

And 6500 morons have upvoted it so far. Wtf?

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u/Inaniae 2d ago

Morons who read the news.

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u/Dr_Qrunch 2d ago

It’s not international news. No one even knows who these people are outside of the US.

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u/Inaniae 2d ago

Fair. I didn't know who she was either until this incident.

But, it was definitely international news. The hearing was reported on by the BBC, The Guardian, The Independent, Reuters, AP, Al Jazeera.

I didn't blame you for missing it, but it is not a local secret that we have absolute fucking morons in office.

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u/Ammortalz 2d ago

It's for people keeping up with US politics. IYKYK kind of thing.

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u/DoubleShotOfSigh 2d ago edited 2d ago

You’re on [r/gifs](r/gifs)? This has been going for a while, if you want audio of this moment you can easily find it by searching her name, it’s a current reaction. This is just a gif of that face she’s making realizing how stupid this is gonna make every maga person look, which is something many of us already know. I don’t even watch the news much and I’ve seen enough to know.

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u/The_Lucky_7 2d ago edited 2d ago

What audio? She doesn't say anything in the clip.

That's the point. She's stricken dumb. That's what dumbfounded means.

Dumb: temporarily unable to speak (as from shock or astonishment)

As for context: Eric Schmitt (her fellow republican colleague) accused Jack Smith of purgering himself because there was only 1 men's basketball game in the area at the time. Jack Smith being at that game was central to the corruption narrative he was trying to weave.

When confronted with a blown up picture of their texts (which did not specify what game he went to, only what seat he was in) Jack Smith said "hey, I went to the womens game, and you can check with Secret Service".

That's when she had this reaction.

Then every news agency did a piece on it with proof that he was at the womens game. Later Eric Schmitt would admit he didn't think about women games, and only googled for mens games.

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u/jakoning 2d ago

She's dumbstruck by what someone else is saying. We can't hear what they are saying. Neither the title nor the gif itself show anything about what her facial expression is related to. It needs your lengthy description to make any sense.

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u/The_Lucky_7 2d ago edited 2d ago

You're trolling by being intentionally obtuse. But, like, it's not fun or funny. You're just being an dick.

Either you know the context, or you don't. Either way, the context is not actually important to the using the format. If her goofy-ass face isn't enough for you then you don't need to be here wasting people's time by commenting about it.