Karla Jacinto, a sex trafficking survivor, hit back at Katie Britt after the Alabama senator misrepresented her story during the SOTU rebuttal.
Sen. Katie Britt listens during a news conference on border security at the Capitol on Sept. 27, 2023, in Washington, D.C.rebuttal that during a recent visit to the southern border, she spoke to a woman who was “sex trafficked by the cartels starting at age 12.” Britt blamed President Joe Biden for the woman’s plight. “President Biden’s border crisis is a disgrace. It’s despicable. And it’s almost entirely preventable,” she said.
“I work as a spokesperson for many victims who have no voice, and I really would like them to be empathetic: all the governors, all the senators, to be empathetic with the issue of human trafficking because there are millions of girls and boys who disappear all the time,” Jacinto added. “People who are really trafficked and abused, as she mentioned. And I think she should first take into account what really happens before telling a story of that magnitude.
The White House itself hit back at Britt’s false claims, stating on Sunday that “instead of telling more debunked lies to justify opposing the toughest bipartisan border legislation in modern history, Senator Britt should stop choosing human smugglers and fentanyl traffickers over our national security and the Border Patrol Union.
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