Five Points On How Ashli Babbitt Has Become A Martyr For The Far-Right | Talking Points Memo

When Ashli Babbitt breached a final window in the Capitol building, it was the closest any of the rioters on Jan. 6 would come to reaching then-evacuating members of Congress.


This is a companion discussion topic for the original entry at https://talkingpointsmemo.com/?p=1380013

Trump called for the cop who shot Babbitt to be ‘hung.’

Why, does Donnie want a taste?

17 Likes

She was a criminal who died as a direct result of her actions. I loathe her defenders.

45 Likes

The Vicki Weaver comparison is inept.

1 Like

Pretty soon we will have an Ashli Babbitt song like Horst Wessel.

14 Likes

Drump is responsible, he sent her there. I dont think hanging him is right though, life in prison seems like the correct thing.

8 Likes

Who killed Ashli Babbitt?

53 Likes

How long until they decide she’s antifa (again)?

25 Likes

Crisis actor, ketchup packets.

18 Likes

I bet the Right-wingers wouldn’t be saying a thing if Ashli Babbitt was an African American.

27 Likes

We even know who supplied them.

10 Likes

This is going to have to confront facts. We’ll see how strong our social institutions are. The stakes are clear.

14 Likes

Hasn’t this Bullshit gone far enough?

Can not even the Republicans see that in the end they look like hypocrites?

I am never happy to hear someone has died, but when you are attempting to break into the halls of congress with the intent to hang the Veep, and stop the legitimate certification of the election from happening you have to expect some consequences.

20 Likes

index2
Why no, they cannot

12 Likes

But apart from Gosar, the rest of the GOP has met the calls to unmask the officer in question not with opprobrium, but rather with silence. It’s in that vacuum that Trump demanded on Saturday that Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) take up the cause. “Why are Republican leaders like McConnell afraid to take up the subject and talk about it?” Trump asked, calling it a “disgrace to our country.”

Because McConnell understands that peering under that rock will not reveal anything favorable for him and his party. That’s very much the case of the party taking a shotgun and aiming at their feet (to jump metaphors). Trump is, as per usual, mouthing off on whatever subject is getting him the most press, without any understanding or care as to what the ultimate result would be if his blathering was actually acted upon.

13 Likes

Breaking and entering into the Capitol Building of the United States of America.

A criminal action for which she got shot.

Anyone who defends her is pro criminal.

10 Likes

How is their messaging on Rosanne Boyland . Being the insurrectionists basically trampled her, while people were trying provide assistance. Very fine people that is.

19 Likes

Ashley wasn’t guilty because she wasn’t shot in the back.

Duh

5 Likes

Does anyone remember Horst Wessel, the Nazi shot in the head by a Communist and made a complete hero of the Nazi movement. He even had a song dedicated to him. It is only a matter of time until Babbitt has a Republican song dedicated to her courage. I hope she is burning in hell.

2 Likes

Horst Ludwig Georg Erich Wessel now has company. Goebbels and his way of confounding the human intellect have always provided a beacon to Trump. I never thought the fascists would become fashionable again. Live and be disappointed by your fellow humans.

8 Likes