{"id":1972309,"date":"2023-07-13T17:35:02","date_gmt":"2023-07-13T21:35:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/shes-sorry-now-california-dem-says-tuesday-vote-against-anti-child-trafficking-bill-was-bad-decision\/"},"modified":"2023-07-13T17:35:39","modified_gmt":"2023-07-13T21:35:39","slug":"shes-sorry-now-california-dem-says-tuesday-vote-against-anti-child-trafficking-bill-was-bad-decision","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/shes-sorry-now-california-dem-says-tuesday-vote-against-anti-child-trafficking-bill-was-bad-decision\/","title":{"rendered":"California Democrat admits voting against anti-child trafficking bill was a mistake."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fshes-sorry-now-california-dem-says-tuesday-vote-against-anti-child-trafficking-bill-was-bad-decision%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1972309&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>A Democrat Assemblymember&#8217;s Regret Over Blocking Bill to Combat Human Trafficking<\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">In a recent turn of events, a Democrat California Assemblymember, Liz Ortega, expressed regret for abstaining from a crucial vote earlier this week. Alongside five other Democrats on the Public Safety Committee, Ortega blocked a bill aimed at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/police-two-more-rescued-after-teenage-sex-trafficking-victim-found-in-detroit\/\" title=\"Police: Two More Rescued After Teenage Sex Trafficking Victim Found in Detroit\">making human trafficking<\/a> of minors a serious felony. This decision has sparked controversy and disappointment among advocates for child protection.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The bill, which had <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/democrats-and-media-enablers-are-overlooking-child-sex-crimes-to-protect-ketanji-brown-jackson\/\" title=\"Democrats And Media Enablers Are Overlooking Child Sex Crimes To Protect Ketanji Brown Jackson\">received unanimous support<\/a> from the Democrat-controlled state Senate, aimed to keep repeat offenders behind bars for longer periods. However, the committee chair, Democrat Assemblyman Reggie Jones-Sawyer, opposed passing the bill, leading the other Democratic voters to abstain as well. This <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/shes-sorry-now-california-dem-says-tuesday-vote-against-anti-child-trafficking-bill-was-bad-decision\/\" title=\"California Democrat admits voting against anti-child trafficking bill was a mistake.\">move drew outrage<\/a> from the audience, with victims of human trafficking breaking down in tears.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Realizing the gravity of her decision, Ortega took to Twitter to admit her mistake. She tweeted, &#8220;On Tuesday, I made a bad decision. Voting against legislation targeting really bad people who traffic children was wrong. I regret doing that and I am going to help get this important legislation passed into law.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">On Tuesday, I made a bad decision. Voting against legislation targeting really bad people who traffic children was wrong.<br \/>I regret doing that and I am going to help get this important legislation passed into law.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Assemblymember Liz Ortega (@AsmLizOrtega) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AsmLizOrtega\/status\/1679497981438078976?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 13, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Governor Gavin Newsom, a California Democrat who supports the bill, expressed surprise at the committee&#8217;s decision. He emphasized his commitment to combating human trafficking and assured that further action would be taken. Republican state Sen. Shannon Grove, who has been advocating for the bill, met with Jones-Sawyer to discuss the matter, but no final decision has been reached yet.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Despite the setback, there is hope for progress. Democratic party leadership has convened to address concerns within their caucus and explore options for a forced vote. Californians and the nation are closely watching this issue, urging swift action to protect vulnerable children.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><em>Hank Berrien contributed to this report.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A California Assemblymember, Liz Ortega, expressed remorse for abstaining from a crucial vote alongside fellow Democrats. Their decision blocked a bill that aimed to classify human trafficking of minors as a severe felony. Ortega, representing the southern East Bay district in the San Francisco Bay Area, was one of six Democrats involved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":324,"featured_media":1972310,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[541],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1972309","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-daily-wire"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1972309","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/324"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1972309"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1972309\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1972310"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1972309"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1972309"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1972309"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}