Source: CBS 17
North Carolina Republican State Sen. Danny Britt’s rude, dismissive and nonsensical response to a constituent went viral on TikTok last week and has raised questions about his professionalism, CBS 17 reported.
With TikTok user Lindsay Talley in front of an email from Britt, she explains in the video that she has a friend who reached out to Britt’s office about North Carolina’s abortion law. His response? To leave the country.
“A friend of mine has a genetic disorder that creates life-threatening anomalies,” she says in the video, adding that her friend wrote to his office saying that she was not able to expand her family due to the Republicans’ 12-week abortion ban in the state.
Talley says her friend received a response from Britt, who represents Hoke, Robeson and Scotland counties, reading, “Thank you so much for the email. I am not quite certain how we are preventing you from expanding your family. I suggest you move to China immediately and see how that works out for you. If for some reason that fails Russia is nice in the winter and Venezuela in the summer.”
The email was signed “Senator Danny Britt” and appeared to come from an email address belonging to his assistant, Camille McDougald, according to CBS 17.
A reporter from the TV station went to the senator’s office last week to get a comment from Britt or McDougald. A woman in the office referred to as “Camille” told the reporter she had “no comment” and then said, “Back out of here. You can’t be in here,” and closed the door in the TV crew’s faces.
Emails, voicemails, and texts to Britt and his office went unreturned.
Talley told the TV station that she contacted McDougald about the senator’s response, to which she received an email that said, “I responded how Senator Britt wanted me to. No further comment.”
The woman who first contacted Britt didn’t want to be interviewed on camera, but did send a lengthy statement to the TV station that reads, in part:
“We appreciate the support and understand the outrage from Senator Britt’s response. We want to expand our family, but do not feel the laws in North Carolina are inclusive for those who experience rare and uncommon genetic disorders that cause ‘life-altering’ and ‘life-threatening’ abnormalities.
“[T]he rare disorders that are uncommon cannot be tested for until 16 weeks and beyond. The doctors are unclear if these types of genetic disorders are considered ‘life-threatening.’”
“We are not the only family who is experiencing this type of scenario and want to bring awareness and changes for other families across North Carolina.”
