The GOP senator has faced criticism for accusations she made in the Republican response to the State of the Union address.
Senator Katie Britt has faced criticism and mockery after she gave the Republican Party’s response to President Joe Biden’s State of the Union address last week.
Britt’s delivery of her speech was made fun of, and she also was accused of spreading misleading information. The Alabama Republican retold a story about a 12-year-old sex trafficking victim she had met, implying that the events she described happened during Biden’s presidency.
However, an investigation by Talking Points Memo journalist Jonathan Katz provided evidence strongly suggesting that Britt’s encounter happened between 2004 and 2008, when Biden was not in the White House.
In the days that followed, Britt tried to defend her comments but in doing so made another questionable statement.
The Claim
During an interview with Shannon Bream on Fox News on Sunday, Britt was asked if she had meant to « give the impression » that the events in her story about the sex trafficking victim happened « under Joe Biden’s watch. »
Britt replied: « No, Shannon. Look, I very specifically said this is what President Biden did in his first 100 days.
