The Daily Beast reports:
In his retelling, Ashli Babbitt — who was shot and killed trying to enter the House chamber on Jan. 6 — wasn’t so much a rioter as she was an “innocent, wonderful, incredible woman.” And, in Trump’s mind, some of the police officers who defended the Capitol that day aren’t the real heroes, calling them liberal “pussies” who loathe MAGA, and outliers within a broadly pro-Trump law enforcement community.
In private discussions this summer, Trump has told some people close to him that several of these officers strike him as weak and as “pussies,” according to two sources familiar with the comments and who described them independently. Trump has also maintained that these men seem “broke[n]” by the events of Jan. 6, and that they do not have the supposed toughness or character of the law enforcement officers who, on the whole nationally, still widely support Trump and his policies.
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EXCLUSIVE: In Trump’s mind, some of the police officers who defended the Capitol that day aren’t the real heroes, calling them liberal “pussies” who loathe MAGA, and outliers within a broadly pro-Trump law enforcement community. https://t.co/i4pCN74fMo
— The Daily Beast (@thedailybeast) July 30, 2021
Says the draft-dodging coward who lied about non-existent bone-spurs to avoid service during the Vietnam War and who thinks those who heroically gave their lives in combat for the country are “suckers and losers” commanded by “babies and idiots.” https://t.co/90lky8fu8o
— Hussein Ibish (@Ibishblog) July 30, 2021