Republican Alabama Senator Katie Britt is facing backlash after telling a misleading story during her much-criticized response to President Biden’s State of the Union last week. While criticizing Biden’s border policies, Britt told the story of a 12-year-old girl who was sexually trafficked by drug cartels and repeatedly raped.

Sen. Katie Britt: “We wouldn’t be OK with this happening in a third-world country. This is the United States of America, and it is past time, in my opinion, that we start acting like it. President Biden’s border policies are a disgrace.”

What Britt didn’t tell the nation is that the incident took place during the administration of President George W. Bush, that the abuse took place in Mexico, and that drug cartels were not involved. The woman who Britt referenced, Karla Jacinto, appeared on CNN over the weekend.

Karla Jacinto: “Yes, in fact, 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 mentioned. And I think she should first take into account what really happens, before telling a story of that magnitude.”