But they don’t want to fight sex trafficking. They want an excuse to go after every marginalized group they can demonize by suggesting or outright accusing said groups of being sexual deviants who all love the idea of sex trafficking. Point out that such claims is ludicrous? That just gets you accused of defending sex trafficking. And nobody wants to look like they’re defending sex trafficking, right?
(Sometimes they say “pedophilia” instead of “sex trafficking”, which is even more transparently not what they actually care about, given how many people in the same political party are fighting to make sure that they can continue to marry 14-year-old girls in the states that still allow that.)