Sen. Katie Britt acknowledges anecdote used to criticize Biden’s border policies didn’t happen during his presidency

(CNN) — Alabama Sen. Katie Britt on Sunday acknowledged that the graphic anecdote she employed to criticize President Joe Biden’s border policies didn’t occur during his presidency.During the& Republican response& to the& State of the Union address on Thursday, Britt described a woman’s story of being “sex trafficked by the cartels starting at age 12” before saying, “President Biden’s border crisis is a disgrace. It’s despicable. And it’s almost entirely preventable.”Asked by Fox News’ Shannon Bream on Sunday whether she meant to give the impression that the story had taken place during Biden’s time in office, Britt responded: “No, Shannon,” before criticizing the president’s border policies.“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, a grown woman. A woman, when she was trafficked, when she was 12,” Britt said.In a detailed video posted on TikTok on Friday, freelance journalist Jonathan Katz tracked down what appears to be the story& Britt referenced and found that it happened in Mexico in the mid-2000s.Katz cited& a 2023 press release from Sen. Marsha Blackburn, who, along with Sens. Britt and...