Biden White House condemns Sen. Katie Britt ‘lies’ in her State of the Union rebuttal

• The White House slammed Sen. Katie Britt, R-Al., for misrepresenting the experience of sex-trafficking in order to attack President Joe Biden's border policy.
• Britt has faced a slew of online criticism after an independent journalist exposed her for presenting a story about a victim who experienced sex trafficking from 2004 to 2008 as if it happened under Biden.
• Britt denied that allegation, claiming that she made clear in her speech that the victim's experience did not happen during the Biden administration.

The White House on Sunday slammed Sen. Katie Britt, R-Al., for misrepresenting her comments on sex trafficking to attack President Joe Biden's border policy.

"Instead of telling more debunked lies to justify opposing the toughest bipartisan border legislation in modern history, Senator Britt should stop choosing human smugglers and fentanyl traffickers over our national security and the Border Patrol Union," White House Spokesman Andrew Bates said in a statement.

The White House joined a chorus of Britt critics. The Alabama senator has been widely criticized, including by some on the right, for choosing to deliver her rebuttal to Biden's State of the Union from her kitchen and for her often-theatrical tone during the speech.

Britt took even more heat after independent journalist Jonathan Katz first exposed her for recycling a 20-year-old anecdote about a victim of sex trafficking and presenting it as a result of the current administration's border policy.

Sean Ross, Britt's spokesperson, on Saturday denied any allegations of misrepresentation.

"The story Senator Britt told was 100% correct," Ross said in a statement to CNBC on Saturday. "But there are more innocent victims of that kind of disgusting, brutal