“I traveled to the Del Rio sector of Texas. That’s where I spoke to a woman who shared her story with me. She had been sex trafficked by the cartels starting at the age of 12. ...President Biden’s border policies are a disgrace.”
Katie Britt
Senator (R-Ala.). remarks during the Republican response to the State of the Union address. Claim dated 7 Mar 2024.
Washington Post rated thisFour Pinocchios
What Washington Post found
The case took place during the George W. Bush administration and di not involved trafficking to the United States.
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In short
Katie Britt (Senator (R-Ala.)) made this claim around 7 March 2024. Washington Post (United States) looked into it and published its finding on 9 March 2024, 2 days later. Its rating was “Four Pinocchios”.
Katie Britt has 4 checked claims in this archive. Fact-checking organisations rated 2 of them false or fake, 2 misleading or mixed and 0 true.
Where the claim appeared
- rollcall.comhttps://rollcall.com/2024/03/08/transcript-sen-katie-britt-delivers-republican-response-t…
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