'Republican party is the party of parents,' says youngest GOP woman ever elected to US Senate

Katie Britt, Alabama’s first female senator, said Monday that voters believe it is time for “new blood” in Washington, especially from her younger generation, to offer solutions at the nation’s highest levels of government.

During an appearance on “Fox & Friends,” the 40-year-old senator-elect called her new title “surreal,” “exciting and humbling.”

Britt credited her 36-point victory over Democratic challenger Will Boyd to how her campaigned talked about “what the American people were talking about.”

“We listened to voters, not lectured them,” the newly minted senator said.

“People believe that it's time for new blood fresh blood in Washington,” she added. “They're… excited to see my generation stepping up to the plate to offer solutions and to be a part of moving this country forward and saving the American Dream for our children and our children's children.”

The Fox News host noted that Britt was the youngest Republican women to ever serve in the Senate and the only woman in the chamber to have school-aged children, and asked, “What do you plan to do for our schools and our kids?”

“It's exciting to be that voice at the table,” Britt responded. “I don't have to ask people, what our children are being taught or what moms and dads are going through. I can bring that experience right to the front. I'm listening to parents too, and I'm experiencing it myself. Everything from the price of gas and groceries to what our children are being taught in school.

She continued, “Moms and dads want our children to be educated and not indoctrinated. We live in the greatest country on the globe and making sure that our children have the potential to reach the American dream.”

Before she was elected as President and CEO of the Business Council of Alabama in 2018, Britt worked as Press Secretary for Sen. Richard Shelby, the senior senator from Alabama who announced he would not be running for re-election last year.

She surged in the primary after former President Donald Trump withdrew his support from her opponent, Alabama Rep. Mo Brooks, after the six-term congressman suggested voters move on from the 2020 election and endorsed her instead.

The Alabama native’s victory is a mixed signal for those assessing Trump’s influence on the GOP after his other favored Senate candidates floundered in their midterm races. The former president’s allies had once criticized her for being too close to Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell.

“Britt is a McConnell-supported RINO,” said conservative radio host Mark Levin in reaction to Trump’s endorsement of Britt.