Is Katie Britt on the path to becoming a malignant narcissist, like her Republican political ally -- the brazenly and dangerously self-centered Donald Trump?

We have come to understand in recent days how U.S. Sen. Katie Britt (R-AL) came to form a political alliance with Donald Trump. How did that happen? It started when a piece at Raw Story, about the fallout from Britt's brain-dead State of the Union (SOTU) response came to our attention. The piece showed how Britt had taken a story about the horrific sexual abuse of a 12-year girl by a pimp in Mexico and turned it into a story about . . . herself. That's the very thing Trump -- probably the most brazen and well-known narcissist in  American history -- has been doing for years.

Britt's handling of her SOTU hatchet job was so dreadful that the 12-year-old girl, who has grown into a woman and activist named Karla Jacinto Romero, has blasted the senator for the fact-challenged portrayal she concocted of Romero's ordeal. 

Here is a question to ponder: If Britt continues to play in Trump's psychologically scattered world, could she become a world-class narcissist just like her "orange idol"? We aren't qualified to give a clear-cut answer to that question. But if Britt continues to dip a toe in the Trump cesspool, our guess is that she runs the risk of developing what medical professionals call narcissistic personality disorder. 

A number of medical professionals have stated that Trump shows signs of combining narcissism with antisocial personality disorder (also known as sociopathy). This is an exceptionally dangerous combination. Could it come to have an impact on Katie Britt? She hasn't asked for my advice, but if she did, I would suggest -- for her own good -- that she stear clear of TrumpWorld. It is not a healthy place to be. Plus, it's not an accident that Trump is facing four criminal indictments, totaling 91 counts. Scientific research tells us  malignant narcissists are prone to criminal behavior. 

Let's take a close look at the Raw Story piece, which describes Britt's self-centered approach to fallout from her SOTU screw up. Under the headline "'My heart is broken': Katie Britt sends out self-pitying cash plea after SOTU debacle," Travis Gettys writes:

Sen. Katie Britt (R-AL) sent out a self-pitying fundraising plea after her State of the Union rebuttal made her a national laughingstock.

The Alabama Republican delivered a response last week to President Joe Biden that mystified and alarmed viewers in both parties with her hushed tones, dark themes and inaccurate claims. Her speech was lampooned by actress Scarlett Johansson just two evenings later in the cold open to Saturday Night Live.

"Following my speech, the left-wing media didn't waste a second flooding the airwaves with despicable, disgusting messages about me," the senator's fundraising pitch states. "They attacked my character. They attacked my faith. They attacked my identity as a mother and a wife."

"My heart is broken," she added. "Not just for myself, but for my children, your children, and the ENTIRE next generation of Americans. Why? Because I didn't prepare a 20-minute speech and stand up to Biden in front of millions of Americans for ME. I did it for them, for YOU and your children, Friend!"

Britt then tried a rhetorical trick often used by Donald Trump and claimed the attacks were aimed at her, but she was instead absorbing blows meant for her supporters.

"Friend, they're not just laughing at me," reads her fundraising pitch. "They're laughing at every single American who dares to stand up to their radical agenda. Every patriot who fights to defend their American dream."

"Because they can't handle the truth," the pitch adds. "The truth about their failed leader."

Britt's State of the Union rebuttal was widely panned by critics who commented on her overacting and her wild swings between facial contortions and raw emotion.

You see what Britt did there? She took a story about the sexual abuse or a child and made it all about . . . her. That is Narcissism 101!

Gettys concludes: It was a story Britt presented about a sex- trafficking victim that got the most attention. Britt gave a horrific portrayal of meeting a woman she said had been raped multiple times, and suggested it was a symptom of a crisis at the southern border during Biden's presidency.

It was later revealed that the abuse happened in Mexico, and during the presidency of George W. Bush.

Could Britt be headed down a path toward malignant narcissism? Trump has a propensity for sucking people into his orbit and then discarding them at the first sign of perceived disloyalty. My advice? Run, Katie, run -- while you still can.