Let me start with some context. In 2000, I gave birth to my son. Seven months later, my husband walked out, leaving us with minimal child support and even less contact. Overnight, I went from stay-at-home mom to breadwinner. I returned to teaching elementary school, earning $40,000 a year—a grueling stretch, to put it mildly. Thankfully, my family stepped up to help care for my son while I worked. That support was a lifeline. I share this because I know the struggle of working moms firsthand. Yet, I have zero sympathy for Representative Brittany Pettersen’s theatrics. Using her baby as a prop to grandstand over her failed push to vote from home is pathetic. She’s not a martyr; she’s a disservice to working moms everywhere, making us look like whiners who can’t handle the job.
Congresswomen Brittany Pettersen holds her baby while questioning Fed Chair Powell. pic.twitter.com/waihuxsdW3
— Open Source Intel (@Osint613) June 24, 2025
Let’s be real: Pettersen pulls in six figures—more than enough to afford a nanny. Or she could use Congress’s 18-hour on-site daycare, like a normal person. Instead, she hauls her baby into meetings, playing martyr for the cameras. Actual working moms in America don’t lug their kids to boardrooms. Even work-from-home moms, which Pettersen so desperately wants to be, arrange childcare to focus on their jobs. Holding a baby while working full-time? That’s not reality; it’s a stunt. If any corporate employee tried bouncing a baby during a Zoom meeting, their boss would rightfully demand they sort out childcare. Pettersen’s antics aren’t relatable—they’re ridiculous.
Can I say something without everyone getting mad?
— John Daniel Davidson (@johnddavidson) June 24, 2025
Mothers with young children shouldn't be serving in Congress. They should be at home raising and caring for their kids. A civilized country would have laws against this. https://t.co/HO2HZjGpFl
Honestly, that would probably be best for babies of the world, but even if young Moms want to do serve in Congress, they need to find childcare.
Using your child as a prop is gross. https://t.co/YxHk5s0mtj
— Julie Gunlock (@JGunlock) June 24, 2025
Take your kid home and stop using him as a prop already. https://t.co/wSXppMAF3y
— Sara Gonzales (@SaraGonzalesTX) June 24, 2025
She really needs to stop using her child as a prop. Figure it out or go home with your baby but the theatrics are cruel to your child. https://t.co/f98FF24kPX
— Meghan Maureen (@Keggs719) June 24, 2025
The poor baby's head wobbling around while she tries to juggle him and her papers.
I lost all sympathy here when I learned that Congress operates a high-quality 18-hour/day day care on the premises. https://t.co/Fjm4PYIn2t
— Wilfred Reilly (@wil_da_beast630) June 24, 2025
This schtick is really old. Hopefully you people in CO will end her tenure as a congressman next year. Let her be a mom at home. https://t.co/OJoZKd43fM
— Whatevs (@j035ich5pach) June 25, 2025
Put her and America out of our collective misery.
Brittney Pettersen would like to remind you that she has a baby. I guess her husband, Ian Silverii of The Bighorn Company, is just too busy, and neither of them are able to afford a babysitter. Trying times for the Pettersen household.https://t.co/0s67zL6sx7 https://t.co/B8aCKyojxM
— The_War_Economy (@The_War_Economy) June 24, 2025
I thought the original reason for the grift was for advocating for new parents to vote by proxy while on leave with their newborn. Is she now advocating for women to take their babies to work whenever they want, or is she just a privileged chick with a baby rubbing it in… https://t.co/Cfqgqw2Snp
— Nikki M. Johnson, MD, DNBPAS ⚕ (@notaproviderMD) June 24, 2025
She is just a privileged chick desperate for attention.
