{"id":2196644,"date":"2024-03-11T15:55:03","date_gmt":"2024-03-11T19:55:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/sen-katie-britt-stands-by-human-trafficking-story-example-amid-criticism-from-democrats\/"},"modified":"2024-03-11T16:02:00","modified_gmt":"2024-03-11T20:02:00","slug":"sen-katie-britt-stands-by-human-trafficking-story-example-amid-criticism-from-democrats","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/sen-katie-britt-stands-by-human-trafficking-story-example-amid-criticism-from-democrats\/","title":{"rendered":"Sen. Katie Britt defends human trafficking story despite Democratic criticism"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><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%2Fsen-katie-britt-stands-by-human-trafficking-story-example-amid-criticism-from-democrats%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=2196644&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--><p><!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\"><br \/>\n<?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><html><body><\/p>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Sen.\u2063 Katie Britt (R-AL) walks to a luncheon \u200dwith Senate Republicans at the U.S. \u200cCapitol Building on February 27, 2024\u200b in Washington, DC. (Photo by Anna\u2063 Moneymaker\/Getty\u200b Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2>OAN\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oann.com\/tag\/elizabeth-volberding\">Elizabeth Volberding<br \/><\/a>12:55\u2063 PM \u2013\u200d Monday, March\u200b 11, 2024<\/h2>\n<p>In\u2062 her State of the Union address, GOP \u2062Alabama Senator Katie Britt passionately condemned United States President Joe Biden by\u2064 sharing \u200ca \u200bpowerful story of sex \u200dtrafficking that took \u2062place 20 \u200byears ago.<\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-1663871513696-art-3\" style=\"min-width: 320px; min-height: 50px; text-align: center;\">  \t<script>  \t\tgoogletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display('div-gpt-ad-1663871513696-art-3'); });  \t<\/script>  <\/div>\n<div class=\"ad-slot__ad-label\">Advertisement<\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p>Responding to Biden\u2019s State \u2064of the Union \u200baddress, \u2062Senator Britt\u2063 (R-Ala.) \u2063<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/iran-we-wont-talk-nuclear-deal-until-biden-lifts-sanctions\/\" title=\"Iran: We won\u2019t talk nuclear deal until Biden lifts sanctions\">stood firm<\/a> in her remarks.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote data-service=\"twitter\" data-category=\"marketing\" data-placeholder-image=\"https:\/\/c3.oann.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/complianz-gdpr\/assets\/images\/placeholders\/twitter-minimal.jpg\" class=\"cmplz-placeholder-element twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">I\u2019m \u200dproud\u200d to\u2064 cosponsor <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SenatorHagerty?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@SenatorHagerty<\/a>\u2019s Equal\u2064 Representation Act \u200band was\u2063 happy to vote for\u200b his amendment\u200c on Friday.<\/p>\n<p>This is a commonsense\u2062 measure to \u200densure that the census\u200c and apportionment process does not incentivize and encourage mass\u200c illegal migration. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/EisAtbi3hJ\">https:\/\/t.co\/EisAtbi3hJ<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Senator Katie Boyd Britt (@SenKatieBritt) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SenKatieBritt\/status\/1766888529257255095?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 10, \u200b2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script type=\"text\/plain\" data-service=\"twitter\" data-category=\"marketing\" async data-cmplz-src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script> <\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>She \u2062passionately criticized Biden&#8217;s administration by \u2064recounting the harrowing experience\u2063 of a woman who was sexually assaulted and trafficked in Mexico between 2004 and 2008. However, Britt seemed to imply \u2063that these traumatic events happened in the United States \u200ddue to \u200cBiden&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/why-joe-bidens-foreign-policy-reset-will-be-a-disaster\/\" title=\"Why Joe Biden\u2019s Foreign Policy \u2018Reset\u2019 Will Be A Disaster\">open border policies<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Despite the victim clarifying that Biden \u200dwas\u200c not president at the time and that the incidents occurred in Mexico, Britt continued to \u200duse the woman&#8217;s story to criticize Biden, which sparked backlash.<\/p>\n<p>Nevertheless, Britt proudly defended her \u2064remarks and \u200cdismissed the criticisms,\u2064 stating \u2063that the president&#8217;s border\u200d policy still played a role\u200d in the story.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\">\n<p>\u201cI\u2019ve said, in [Biden\u2019s] \u200b first 100\u200b days he\u2064 had 94 executive actions, and those executive actions didn\u2019t just create the crisis. They invited it,\u201d Britt\u2063 said in a \u200d <em>Fox News\u200d Sunday<\/em> \u200c interview with Shannon Bream. <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\">\n<p>\u201cThe truth is, and \u200bthe media \u2063knows that \u2063they\u2019re not\u200c covering it, that human trafficking has gone up under President Biden,\u201d she added. \u201cIf\u200d you look back under 2018, it was\u200d a $500 \u2062million industry, human \u2063trafficking by the drug cartels. \u2062It is now a\u2062 $13 billion \u200cdollar industry. Shannon, the drug cartels are winning under this. This is a story of what is happening \u200cnow.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>In response, Biden&#8217;s campaign criticized Britt&#8217;s\u2064 record on\u200d immigration policies.<\/p>\n<p>A\u200c bipartisan border-security \u2063agreement was blocked by congressional Republicans\u200d earlier \u2062this year, according to White House spokesman Andrew \u2064Bates. However, GOP\u200c officials maintained that the bill was \u200cpurposely deceiving, faulty, and would have allotted even more funding for Ukraine\u200d even though\u2062 it is completely unrelated to the Southern border. <\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\">\n<p>\u201cLast month, Senator Britt sided \u2063against President Biden,\u200c the\u200b Border Patrol Union, and \u2064the U.S. Chamber of Commerce by opposing the \u2063toughest bipartisan \u200dborder deal in modern history \u2014 instead\u200d voting with fentanyl traffickers,\u201d White House spokesperson Andrew Bates said.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\">\n<p>\u201cInstead of telling more debunked lies to justify opposing the toughest\u2064 bipartisan border legislation in \u2064modern history, Senator Britt should stop \u2064choosing human smugglers and fentanyl traffickers \u200cover our national security and\u200b the \u2064Border Patrol Union,\u201d Bates added.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Stay \u2063informed! Receive breaking news blasts directly to your\u200c inbox \u2064for\u2064 free. Subscribe here. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oann.com\/alerts\">https:\/\/www.oann.com\/alerts<\/a><\/p>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"rc-widget-10bad2\" data-rc-widget data-widget-host=\"habitat\" data-endpoint=\"\/\/trends.revcontent.com\" data-widget-id=\"278641\"><\/div>\n<p class=\"dpsp-share-text\" style=\"margin-bottom:10px\"> \t\t \t\tShare this post!\t<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>One medical \u200bexpert warns that a national panic could \u2064ensue after \u2062the \u200dconclusion \u2062of the 2024 election. Here\u2019s One\u200c America\u2019s Nathaniel Mannor.  <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>with Rep. 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Nevertheless, Britt proudly defended her remarks and dismissed the criticisms, stating that the president&#8217;s border\u2063 policy still played \u2064a role in \u200dthe story.<\/p>\n<p>During an interview\u200c with Fox News Sunday, Britt stated, &#8220;I\u2019ve said, in [Biden\u2019s] first 100 days he had 94 executive actions, and those\u2063 executive actions didn\u2019t just create the crisis.\u2063 They invited \u200cit.&#8221; \u200dShe further added, &#8220;The truth is, and the media knows that they\u2019re not covering it, that human trafficking has \u200bgone \u200dup under President Biden. \u2062If you look \u200cback under 2018, it \u200dwas a $500 \u200bmillion industry, human trafficking \u200bby the\u200c drug cartels. It is now a $13 billion dollar industry. Shannon,\u2064 the drug cartels are winning under this. This is a\u200c story of what is\u2062 happening now.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>In response, Biden&#8217;s campaign criticized Britt&#8217;s record \u200con immigration policies. They\u2064 highlighted\u200b that a \u200dbipartisan border-security agreement was blocked\u200b by\u2064 congressional Republicans earlier this year. The White \u2062House spokesman, Andrew Bates, argued that the bill was purposely deceiving, faulty, and would have allotted \u2062even more funding for Ukraine, even though it is completely \u200bunrelated to the Southern border.<\/p>\n<p>The exchange between \u2062Senator Britt and the Biden administration underscores the ongoing debate and differences surrounding immigration policies. While both \u2062sides \u200dpresent their arguments, it is essential to thoroughly examine the facts \u200dand \u2063context to form an informed opinion on the matter.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In a photo taken on February 27, 2024, Sen. Katie Britt (R-AL) is seen walking to a luncheon with Senate Republicans at the U.S. Capitol Building in Washington, DC. 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