Trump Demands To Know “Who Shot Ashli Babbitt”

July 2, 2021 Extremists, Trump cultists

Former President Donald Trump on Thursday joined a chorus of right-wing voices calling for the identity of the law enforcement officer who shot and killed Capitol rioter Ashli Babbitt as she attempted to breach the House chamber on January 6, which the Justice Department determined was an act of “self-defense.”

“Who shot Ashli Babbitt?” Trump said in a statement on Thursday, hours after House Speaker Nancy Pelosi announced her appointments to a committee to probe the attack.

Trump joins several right-wing House Republicans, including Reps. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) and Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.), who have called for the identity of the shooter. Rep. Paul Gosar (R-Ariz.) has gone so far as to suggest Ashli Babbitt was “executed” by an officer “lying in wait,” describing her as a “veteran” who was “wrapped in a U.S. flag.”

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The agent who shot Babbitt was found to have acted properly, defending congress and even possibly VP Pence; yet: Trump Demands Identity Of Officer Who Shot Capitol Rioter Ashli Babbitt Despite DOJ ‘Self-Defense’ Finding https://t.co/GL8TpkH08Y

— Frank Figliuzzi (@FrankFigliuzzi1) July 1, 2021