Senator Katie Britt, a Republican from Alabama, faces backlash for misrepresenting a sex trafficking story in her response to President Biden's State of the Union address. Critics accuse Britt of falsely linking the harrowing account to Biden's administration, although the incident occurred in Mexico nearly 20 years ago. The survivor of the trafficking, Karla Jacinto, criticizes Britt for inaccuracies and unauthorized use of her story. Britt defends her remarks, claiming she did not intend to suggest the incident happened under Biden's watch. Speaker Mike Johnson reassured Britt before her speech, but her defense of the anecdote exacerbates the controversy.
Commentary: Katie Britt’s speech does a terrible disservice to sex trafficking victims https://t.co/o63CNct9Iv https://t.co/OlVrW9aGWG
An NBC News review of Katie Britt's remarks shows that she has told her misleading anecdote about sex trafficking multiple times — at least five over the last year — in an attempt to criticize President Biden. https://t.co/bCGH5Gyyl9
GOP Sen. Katie Britt says Speaker Mike Johnson reassured her ahead of the speech to ignore any "horror stories" and that the moment wouldn't blow up her career. https://t.co/vMobpTghCA
It turns out that Sen. Katie Britt really likes the particular anecdote she used in the GOP’s official response to the State of the Union address. According to an analysis by NBC News, she’s brought it up at least five separate times in the last year. https://t.co/0y6zYhePv8
A review of Sen. Katie Britt’s remarks shows she has misrepresented on several occasions the story about a sex trafficking victim, who was trafficked roughly two decades ago, to criticize the Biden administration’s border policies. https://t.co/Oq35WQ88Hz
Sen. Britt says Speaker Johnson told her SOTU rebuttal would be "fine" https://t.co/JLIOiDgTz8
Alabama Sen. Katie Britt says that Speaker Mike Johnson reassured her ahead of her State of the Union response to ignore any "horror stories" and that the moment wouldn't blow up her career. https://t.co/mF7LpporCy
Katie Britt told supporters that her State of the Union response is only being criticized because some people “can’t handle the truth.” Read the latest from @besslevin: https://t.co/i9j2RKxA94
Sen. Katie Britt has told her misleading anecdote about sex trafficking multiple times https://t.co/64RRjlvGlc via @nbcnews
Alabama Sen. Katie Britt said she was assured by House Speaker Mike Johnson that her rebuttal to Biden's State of the Union last week would be "fine." Britt's speech, which she delivered from her kitchen, has been widely mocked. https://t.co/h3RObfRX8Y
Sen. Katie Britt, the Alabama Republican panned by Democratic critics and pundits last week for her delivery of the GOP rebuttal to President Biden's State of the Union address, said they wanted to muzzle her because she's a conservative woman. https://t.co/4mTDwvHt8e
Sen. Katie Britt: Critics of my SOTU rebuttal want to ‘silence a conservative woman’ https://t.co/q9YZtaL29p https://t.co/0cPxcCNIAL
“They want to silence a conservative woman for speaking out on this topic.” — Sen. Katie Britt (R-AL) on the media fact-checking the sex trafficking story that she included in her State of the Union rebuttal https://t.co/i9dj10H4gD
Sen. Katie Britt said Speaker Mike Johnson reassured her that everything “will be fine” before she delivered the State of the Union response that has since been ridiculed online. https://t.co/kBLteYfHKB https://t.co/5RetJ0qjEq
LOL "It will be fine," Mike Johnson told Katie Britt just before her State of the Union rebuttal. https://t.co/Nmug8mJtig
Katie Britt Blasted for Sharing Misleading Story About Survivor of Sex Trafficking in Mexico https://t.co/4dGFUrEiQV
Sen. Katie Britt Blasted for Sharing Misleading Story About Survivor of Sex Trafficking in Mexico https://t.co/4dGFUrEiQV
Katie Britt defends use of Bush-era sex-trafficking story in SOTU response https://t.co/8u4YwNW0ZM
Karla Jacinto, a sex trafficking survivor, hit back at Katie Britt after the Alabama senator misrepresented her story during the SOTU rebuttal. Story: https://t.co/DRV0jOOMph https://t.co/MfnVfWKFev
"Did Katie Britt mislead Americans with a story about trafficking in her State of the Union response?" (via @rbeggin) https://t.co/TINaYJ3neY
Katie Britt’s defense of sex-trafficking anecdote compounds its problems Via @AaronBlake https://t.co/uBLZyruBSm
Katie Britt Slammed by Sex Trafficking Survivor Whose Story Went Viral After Britt Lied About Key Details https://t.co/mC8fPZrL8t
Sex Trafficking Survivor Calls Out Sen. Britt For Inaccurate SOTU Story https://t.co/bn8hIsdZo8
Sex trafficking survivor calls out Sen. Katie Britt (R-Ala.) for inaccurate State of the Union story https://t.co/xZvSiKZIg9
Sex-trafficking survivor rips Sen. Katie Britt for using her story in SOTU rebuttal https://t.co/HAUWDVLzLR
Sex trafficking victim says Sen. Katie Britt telling her story during SOTU rebuttal is 'not fair' https://t.co/L5pqUT8ym3
Cartel sex trafficking victim Karla Jacinto slams Katie Britt for falsely using her story to highlight Biden's border failure and says 'it's not fair' politicians always take advantage of her https://t.co/fRCGmvvLzR https://t.co/lSsEvklguZ
The sex-trafficking victim whose story Sen. Britt misrepresented in the SOTU rebuttal weighs in: https://t.co/bxj7KkCnPB
Sex trafficking survivor rips Sen. Katie Britt for using her story in SOTU rebuttal https://t.co/kTa85TPEcH https://t.co/HZmfzEf5jb
Katie Britt’s defense of sex-trafficking anecdote compounds its problems https://t.co/43fOfcUB3P
Sex trafficking survivor evoked by Katie Britt responds to controversy https://t.co/zIXgTtBK4g https://t.co/BlpQWqX0AU
Katie Britt defends use of sex-trafficking story in SOTU response that happened during Bush administration. https://t.co/jVS28uqLor Click the image to read more:
Katie Britt brushes off criticism about human trafficking story shared during State of the Union rebuttal https://t.co/BlhkynzQfe
Katie Britt defends use of sex-trafficking story in SOTU response that happened during Bush administration https://t.co/znU7zYv7jP
Woman At the Center of Katie Britt's Sex Trafficking Story Slams Senator For Using Her Story in SOTU Rebuttal: 'They Only Want an Image' https://t.co/F5fPf7AIhC
Katie Britt comes off unpolished in much anticipated Biden SOTU Republican response https://t.co/Lt1x0jxhOh
Sex trafficking survivor slams Britt for inaccurate story in SOTU response https://t.co/zBeUDhkofu
Katie Britt denies misleading voters in Biden State of the Union rebuttal https://t.co/2oikFzQcRA
Karla Jacinto, the human trafficking victim Sen. Katie Britt (R-Ala.) invoked on her SOTU response: "I think she should first take into account what really happens before telling a story of that magnitude." https://t.co/NVP8QjmjjG
WOW! Sex Trafficking victim Karla Jacinto has some very harsh words for Republican Senator Katie Britt. Britt, who used Jacinto’s story in the GOP response to the State of the Union Address, not only seems to have gotten facts wrong, but she also didn’t ask Jacinto permission… https://t.co/2UohWXKhfi
A sex trafficking survivor slammed Katie Britt after the senator inaccurately used her story in a response to Biden’s State of the Union address. https://t.co/Jh4OHpDObd
Alabama Republican Sen. Katie Britt has faced criticism in recent days for allegedly misleading comments made during her rebuttal to President Biden's State of the Union address last week. https://t.co/dpkrJVJuFl
Sen. Katie Britt denies trying to pin sex-trafficking horror on Biden during State of the Union rebuttal https://t.co/yQDqd2pytR https://t.co/F5FJa9UYAx
Sen. Katie Britt defends human trafficking story in State of the Union response amid backlash https://t.co/2BN57JbVj7 https://t.co/rxEoSzwyCB
‼️WATCH: Karla Jacinto, the sex trafficking victim at the center of Katie Britt’s debunked #SOTU anecdote, strongly criticizes the Alabama senator and says Britt got many facts about her story wrong. https://t.co/0sZ8rm5XzM https://t.co/EBS0SyplFZ
Sen. Katie Britt ADMITS cartel sex trafficking story did not happen under Biden's watch after 'embarrassing' SOTU rebuttal https://t.co/FbCObBO3Nb https://t.co/5l4dTntXqR
Sen. Katie Britt defended her Republican rebuttal to President Joe Biden's State of the Union address, as critics and a famous actor piled on with cutting riffs on her remarks. https://t.co/Z7yf1SDSn2 https://t.co/gY9MECg8Bj
Sen. Katie Britt Defends Using Human Trafficking Story In Her SOTU Rebuttal https://t.co/2XAx70gDP4
Sen. Katie Britt accused of misleading statement in State of the Union response https://t.co/T4wJtBTkan
Sen. Katie Britt is defending how she described the experience of a woman who was the victim of human trafficking — an account Britt pointed to when criticizing Pres. Biden's border policies as part of the GOP response to his State of the Union speech. https://t.co/ZSRNhoX0ug https://t.co/oKZQ6HMq6m
When Fox News questioned Katie Britt about misleadingly connecting a human trafficking story to the Biden administration, the senator defended her remarks. Watch: https://t.co/tSLpS1dykd https://t.co/Inl6fqLnYe
Sen. Katie Britt, the Alabama Republican who gave the official response to President Biden's State of the Union address last week, fired back Sunday at Democrats and pundits who ridiculed her for giving remarks from her kitchen. https://t.co/79Snk60L0P
Sen. Katie Britt responded to accusations that she made misleading comments in her rebuttal to President Biden's State of the Union, defending her remarks and implying that she didn't mean to suggest the incident happened under the Biden administration. https://t.co/MAcLwL4hyz
Senator Katie Britt sought to defend comments in her response to the State of the Union speech, when she described a woman who was sexually trafficked in Mexico in a way that falsely implied the experience had happened in the U.S. under President Biden. https://t.co/ZjuU2ihuxm
Sen. Katie Britt pushed back against criticisms that she falsely linked a harrowing account of a young woman’s sex trafficking to President Biden’s immigration policies, even though the abuse happened nearly 20 years ago and in Mexico. https://t.co/7ApiFoZu6x
Britt Busted For Misleading Sex-Trafficking Story In Bizarre SOTU Response https://t.co/Q73VVjd6fz
Alabama GOP Sen. Katie Britt responds to allegations that her response to President Biden's State of the Union address was misleading. https://t.co/2u6UUdeOV6
Sen. Katie Britt, R-Al, denies misusing widely criticized anecdote after an independent journalist exposed her for presenting a story about a victim who experienced sex trafficking from 2004 to 2008 as if it happened under President Joe Biden. https://t.co/Wi3SPNuUdV
Katie Britt offers explanation for sex trafficking story … kind of https://t.co/Hmghd7XHDH