Former President Donald Trump released a statement to join the likes of Rep. Paul Gosar to call for the identity of the law enforcement officer who shot and killed Capitol rioter Ashli Babbitt after she attempted to breach the House chamber on Jan. 6 by crawling through a broken window. The Justice Department determined that the officer was acting in “self-defense.” And Trump is likely stirring up shit since his company’s CFO was just indicted on a list of charges, including grand larceny.
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi announced her appointments to a committee to probe the Jan. 6 attack, including Rep. Liz Cheney. Trump then released his crazy-time statement that reads, “Who shot Ashli Babbitt?”
Trump joining Gosar in demanding the unmasking of the officer who shot Capitol rioter Ashli Babbitt: pic.twitter.com/2rQrza7eBL
— Andrew Solender (@AndrewSolender) July 1, 2021
Twitter users pounced:
It still remains insane to me that people legitimately think they could break through and crawl through a window in the Capitol building toward the VP and members of Congress WITHOUT getting shot in the head. That is some weapons-grade hubris.
— Kurt Vonnegut’s Sphincter (@kurtssphincter) July 1, 2021
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Who sent Ashli Babbitt to the Capitol? pic.twitter.com/H8FmwDUIEX
— alex howard (@ajhoward121) July 1, 2021
Exactly, wtf did they expect a cup tea and fire side chat.
Secret Service shot her because she was a threat, and so were the others that would have followed behind her if she made it through.— Crazy Redhead (@crazyredranting) July 1, 2021
Officer Fuckaround N. Findout.
— Ishcabibbles (@MsHebert83) July 1, 2021
the subtext of this Ashli Babbitt conspiracy theory is that the officer was somehow in the wrong for shooting someone who was trying to break through the last barricade preventing the Trump mob of which she was a part from attacking members of Congress https://t.co/PMNJALojuK
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) July 1, 2021
Trump is openly stoking the right wing frenzy to reveal the identity of the Capitol Police officer who stood his ground and defended himself from Ashli Babbitt. pic.twitter.com/lcoY3i8es4
— Mike Rothschild (@rothschildmd) July 1, 2021
Donald J. Trump will never change. The fact is that he is responsible for summoning the crowd to the Capitol. Trump whipped the mob into a frenzy then didn’t join them as promised as they marched to the Capitol in an attempt to overturn the election. Trump is responsible for Babbitt’s death. She should have complied with the police. Isn’t that what conservatives say when a Black person is shot by the cops?
Featured image via Michael Vadon/Flickr, under Creative Commons license 2.0
