WOW!
Sex Trafficking victim Karla Jacinto has some very harsh words for Republican Senator Katie Britt.
Britt, who used Jacinto’s story in the GOP response to the State of the Union Address, not only seems to have gotten facts wrong, but she also didn’t ask Jacinto permission to use her story.
FACTS:
- Jacinto was not trafficked by the drug cartels. She was trafficked by a Pimp.
- Jacinto was Trafficked in Mexico — never in the United States.
- The events took place under President George W. Bush.
Jacinto told CNN:
“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 magnitude”
Is Britt going to apologize for using Jacinto as a political tool?