Katie Britt Accused of ‘Whopping Lie’ in SOTU Response

Senator Katie Britt, an Alabama Republican, has been accused of making a “whopping lie” regarding a sex trafficking victim in her State of the Union rebuttal address.

President Joe Biden on Thursday evening delivered the annual State of the Union address before Congress. After weathering months of recent criticism over his age and its effect on his fitness for office, Biden’s address was noted and praised by many for its energy and vigor, with the president frequently railing against his “predecessor” and the dangers he poses to the country. Some Republicans, conversely, complained that the speech was too energetic and too politicized.

Britt is the junior senator from Alabama, having been elected to office in the 2022 midterms. At 40, she was the youngest Republican woman ever elected to the Senate and the first-ever female senator from Alabama, leading many to deem her a rising star in the party. Her rebuttal to Biden’s State of the Union address, however, had a less than favorable reception. While some in the GOP praised her address for its attacks against the president and his border policies, others were critical and mocking of her cadence and tone. Some critics deemed it “creepy” and amateurish.

Former President Donald Trump in a post to Truth Social called Britt “a GREAT contrast to an Angry, and obviously very Disturbed, ‘President.'”

In addition to that, accusations have also emerged that Britt’s rebuttal featured a “whopping lie” in her reference to a woman who said she had been sexually trafficked from Mexico to the U.S. at the age of 12. Britt claimed to have met this woman during a visit to the border in the “Del Rio sector of Texas.”

“She had been sex trafficked by the cartels starting at age 12,” Britt said. “She told me not just that she was raped every day, but how many times a day she was raped…We wouldn’t be OK with this happening in a third-world country. This is the United States of America, and it’s past time we start acting like it. President Biden’s border crisis is a disgrace. It’s despicable. And it’s almost entirely preventable.”

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