{"id":2008671,"date":"2023-08-22T20:28:01","date_gmt":"2023-08-23T00:28:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/tennessee-republicans-declare-war-on-human-trafficking-amid-special-session\/"},"modified":"2023-08-22T20:29:42","modified_gmt":"2023-08-23T00:29:42","slug":"tennessee-republicans-declare-war-on-human-trafficking-amid-special-session","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/tennessee-republicans-declare-war-on-human-trafficking-amid-special-session\/","title":{"rendered":"Tennessee GOP wages &#8216;war&#8217; against human trafficking in special session."},"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\">20<\/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%2Ftennessee-republicans-declare-war-on-human-trafficking-amid-special-session%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=2008671&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>Tennessee Republicans Declare War on\u2062 Human Trafficking<\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">NASHVILLE, Tenn. \u2014 In a powerful display of determination,\u2064 a group\u2063 of Tennessee\u2063 Republicans announced their\u200d mission to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/governors-unveil-plan-to-end-bidens-border-crisis-were-not-going-to-sit-around-while-biden-refuses-to-act\/\" title=\"Governors Unveil Plan To End Biden\u2019s Border Crisis: \u2018We\u2019re Not Going To Sit Around While Biden Refuses To Act\u2019\">eradicate human trafficking<\/a> in the state. This declaration\u2063 was made during a \u2063<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/tennessee-republicans-declare-war-on-human-trafficking-amid-special-session\/\" title=\"Tennessee GOP wages 'war' against human trafficking in special session.\">highly contentious special session<\/a> \u200cthat has garnered national \u200cattention.<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">&#8220;If you\u2019re \u2063engaging in child and human sex trafficking in Tennessee, we\u2019re coming after you. We\u2019re going to war with you,&#8221;<\/span> Senate Majority Leader Jack Johnson boldly stated.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The press conference, organized by the Tennessee Faith and Freedom Coalition, a conservative advocacy group, featured over\u200c a dozen Tennessee Republicans from both the state House and Senate. It \u2062took place in the historic Supreme Court \u200bchamber in Nashville, adding a\u2063 sense of gravity \u200cto the event. Notably, the conference coincided with Left-leaning \u2064protesters advocating\u2062 for gun control\u200c at the capitol.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3>Shining a Light on the Issue<\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The primary\u200d purpose of the conference was to\u200b discuss a bill that mandates an annual report from the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation and raises awareness about \u200dthe issue of human trafficking in the state.<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">&#8220;One of the things we have not done enough of is drag \u200bthis issue\u200c out into\u200d the light,&#8221;<\/span> House Majority \u200cLeader \u2064William Lamberth emphasized. <span style=\"font-weight: 400\">&#8220;We need to identify every single community where this is happening and allocate resources accordingly.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The bill, known as \u200cSB 7088, has garnered support \u2062from Lamberth and Johnson. Unlike many other bills filed during the special session, it successfully\u200b passed through the \u2062Senate Judiciary Committee on Tuesday.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3>A Biblical Mandate to Fight<\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Congressman Andy Ogles (R-TN) also attended \u200cthe conference and emphasized that\u200d lawmakers have a biblical mandate to combat trafficking.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">According to a summary \u200cof \u200cthe \u200dbill, it &#8220;requires the bureau to submit a report on child and \u2063<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/gop-leaders-on-bidens-first-year-worst-human-rights-record-of-any-modern-u-s-president\/\" title=\"GOP Leaders on Biden\u2019s First Year: \u2018Worst Human Rights Record\u2019 of Any Modern U.S. President\">human trafficking crimes<\/a> and\u2062 trends in this state, based \u2064upon data available to the bureau, as well as current programs and activities of \u2064the bureau\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ohio-massage-parlor-suspected-of-human-trafficking-and-prostitution\/\" title=\"Ohio massage parlor suspected of sex trafficking and prostitution.\">human trafficking unit<\/a>.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/onelink.to\/dwapp\">CLICK HERE TO GET THE DAILY WIRE APP<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<h3>600 Kids Go Missing Each Month<\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation reports that\u200d up to 600 children\u2064 go missing in the state every month. While some are runaways or \u2064in complex \u2064situations,\u2062 others fall victim to trafficking.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Contrary to popular belief, most children trafficked in Tennessee are not foreign nationals but rather kids who were born and\u200c raised in\u200c the state, according to TBI.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The\u2064 issue of human trafficking has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/infographic-key-revelations-of-the-twitter-files\/\" title=\"INFOGRAPHIC: Key Revelations of the \"Twitter Files\"\">gained significant attention<\/a> with the \u200bsuccess \u2063of the film &#8220;Sound \u200cof Freedom.&#8221; This powerful story follows Tim Ballard, a federal agent who resigns to rescue a young girl from sex slavery in South\u200b America, portrayed by Jim Caviezel.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The Tennessee Faith and Freedom Coalition&#8217;s executive director, Aaron Gulbransen, expressed their dedication to saving \u200bwomen and children and eradicating this scourge:<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">&#8220;Human \u200ctrafficking is the scourge of our time. It happens in our\u200d communities. It happens\u2063 a mile from \u2064where we \u200blive. \u2062It happens even \u2064closer than that on certain occasions.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Republicans pledging to combat human trafficking in the state. The event took place during a high-profile special session, drawing national focus. Led by the Tennessee Faith and Freedom Coalition, a conservative advocacy group, the press conference showcased the determination of more than twelve Tennessee Republicans to eliminate this heinous crime.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":200,"featured_media":2008672,"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-2008671","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\/2008671","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\/200"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2008671"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2008671\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2008672"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2008671"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2008671"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2008671"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}