MAGA Republican brutally fact-checked over wild human trafficking claim

A MAGA Republican in Colorado received a brutal fact-check on Wednesday over a claim he made about human trafficking in the state.

Scott Bottoms, a Republican candidate for Colorado Governor, said during an interview on a local conservative radio show called "The Jeff and Bill Show" that he has called about 20 nonprofits in the state to get help investigating an alleged human trafficking ring being run out of the state capitol. Bottoms also claimed that the organizations refused to help him, even though he had "pretty good evidence," and said that some of them had tried to shake him down for a six-figure payment before they investigated.

Bottoms was confronted by 9News anchor Kyle Clark on Wednesday at the Colorado State Capitol. Clark asked why Bottoms wouldn't name the nonprofits that he accused of trying to extort him.

Bottoms doubled down on his claims, calling Clark "fake news and a liar."

Clark noted that he reached out to 12 human trafficking organizations in Colorado, none of which said they had been contacted by Bottoms.

Clark added that the organizations expressed concern about Bottoms' continued false statements about human trafficking at the Colorado Capitol, saying they could hinder "legitimate efforts to stop human trafficking."