Katie Britt’s State of the Union story about child sex abuse criticized by victim – US politics live
Mar 11, 2024
Karla Jacinto Romero says lawmakers lack empathy when using human trafficking for political purposesKarla Jacinto Romero, the woman whose story Katie Britt appeared to have shared in the GOP response to the State of the Union, slammed the Alabama senator for inaccurately using her story to highlight the Biden administration’s border control policies.Asked if she felt her story had been used for “political purposes” in the US, Romero told CNN on Sunday:I hardly ever cooperate with politicians, because it seems to me that they only want an image. They only want a photo – and that to me is not fair.I work as a spokesperson for many victims who have no voice, and I really would like them to be empathetic: all the governors, all the senators, to be empathetic with the issue of human trafficking because there are millions of girls and boys who disappear all the time. People who are really trafficked and abused, as she [Britt] mentioned. And I think she [Britt] should first take into account what really happens before telling a story of that magnitudeI very specifically said … I very clearly said I spoke to a woman who told me about when she was trafficked when she was 12. So I didn’t say a teenager – I didn’t say a young woman. [It was] a grown woman … trafficked when she was 12.To me, it is disgusting to try to silence the voice of telling the story of what it is like to be sex trafficked.I’ve invited you into this empty kitchen because Republicans want me to appeal to women voters and women love kitchens. Continue reading...
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