Posted on Jul 4, 2021
Trump under fire for provocative email to supporters asking ‘who shot Ashli Babbitt?’
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Former president Donald Trump has come under fire for a brief but provocative email asking for the identity of the Capitol police officer who shot and killed a rioter during the 6 January insurrection.
Mr Trump sent an email to supporters on Thursday with just four words: “Who shot Ashli Babbitt?”
Ms Babbitt, a military veteran who took part in the Capitol riot while Congress was certifying President Joe Biden’s electoral victory, was killed as a group of rioters closed in on the House chamber. She has become a cause célèbre among conservatives who have attempted to paint her as a patriotic martyr.
Mr Trump sent an email to supporters on Thursday with just four words: “Who shot Ashli Babbitt?”
Ms Babbitt, a military veteran who took part in the Capitol riot while Congress was certifying President Joe Biden’s electoral victory, was killed as a group of rioters closed in on the House chamber. She has become a cause célèbre among conservatives who have attempted to paint her as a patriotic martyr.
Trump under fire for provocative email to supporters asking ‘who shot Ashli Babbitt?’
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Whenever a black person, is shot - EVEN A KNOWN RECIDIVIST FELON - we know the cop's name within the hour, and at times, even where he lives (Oficer Daren Wilson, for example)..
Who DID shoot Babbitt? It's been six MONTHS and we still don't know! It's a legitimate question, regardless if it is Trump asking.
Who DID shoot Babbitt? It's been six MONTHS and we still don't know! It's a legitimate question, regardless if it is Trump asking.
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We SHOULD know who shot Ashley Babbitt. She is no martyr, as was snarked above, but based on extant public video she committed no offense requiring deadly force. And if her actions so required such, why was she the only one? We the people deserve to see the thousands of hours of video of the riot. We need to know how and why the FBI and Capitol Police had foreknowledge and were not prepared. We need to know why several of the presently public videos show folks being invited in or not resisted in entry by the Capital Police. We need to know about the 40+ un- indicted co-conspirators. The list goes on. Why can't we know who killed Ashley Babbitt? Why can't Ashley Babbitt, an honorabley discharged veteran, have a bronze statue? She wasn't under the influence and resisting arrest.!
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PO2 Bill Reardon
CWO4 Terrence Clark so breaking into a secure facility with the VP there is ok. Let them try that on some and see how many body bags will be needed. How many should he allow through the window before he can do his job?
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The one time he wants to hold any cops accountable and it's the lone case where it was entirely justified. Everything about this clown is backwards.
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