"To Trump and his Make America Great Again movement, Babbitt was not an insurrectionist shot while trying to get close to the members of Congress who were certifying the election results, the sole rioter killed by police that day. She was a martyr, someone who died for her beliefs. She was a woman who had died for lack of protection."
"She was an Air Force veteran who had done tours in Afghanistan and Iraq. She was married and divorced and then married again. She faced criminal charges after an altercation with an ex-girlfriend of her second husband. She voted for Barack Obama. She bought a pool care business with her husband. She discovered the far-right conspiracy theory QAnon, which asserted that Trump was trying to save the country from a cabal of Satan-worshipping child molesters installed within the United States government."
Donald Trump elevated Ashli Babbitt’s death into a martyr narrative and made "protecting women" a guiding political priority. Ashli Babbitt was a 35-year-old Air Force veteran who served in Afghanistan and Iraq, married twice, faced criminal charges, and co-owned a pool care business. She embraced the QAnon conspiracy and came to believe the 2020 election was stolen. After Trump encouraged supporters to come to Washington, she joined the January 6 crowd and became the sole rioter killed by police while attempting to get close to members of Congress during the certification process. Trump used her image to mobilize his base.
Read at Advocate.com
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