Britt Faces Accusations of Misleading on Border in State of the Union Response
www.nytimes.com
The Alabama senator used a story about sex trafficking to criticize the Biden administration’s border policies. But the events appear to have occurred in Mexico years ago.

The woman was from Mexico, still lives there, and never set foot in the US. Her kidnapping and rape was from 2002 - 2006 and took place in Mexico City.

  • givesomefucks@lemmy.worldEnglish
    421·
    8 months ago

    The Democrats told Biden that he needed to show more of the fire that was on display in a closed-door meeting with governors when Montana Gov. Greg Gianforte handed him a letter demanding more action on the southern border. Biden flashed a smile, according to two of the governors standing there.

    "State of the Union,” Biden said, teasingly.

    https://www.cnn.com/2024/03/07/politics/joe-biden-state-of-the-union/index.html

    Do you know who Greg “bodyslams reporters” Gianforte is?

    Bexause he’s not the person Biden should be joking with and trying to win over.

    • Flying Squid@lemmy.world
      12·
      8 months ago

      It doesn’t sound like he was trying to win him over. It sounds like he was telling him to fuck off in a typical Joe Biden fashion.