"From the AP: The U.S. government is offering military funeral honors for Ashli Babbitt, the rioter who was killed at 35 by an officer in the January 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol. Babbitt was a U.S. Air Force veteran from California who was shot dead wearing a Trump campaign flag wrapped around her shoulders while attempting to climb through the broken window of a barricaded door leading to the Speaker's Lobby inside the Capitol."
"Offering military honors to one of the Capitol rioters is part of President Donald Trump's attempts to rewrite that chapter after the 2020 election as a patriotic stand, given he still denies he lost that election. Babbitt has gained martyr status among Republicans, and the Trump administration agreed to pay just under $5 million to settle a wrongful-death lawsuit that her family filed over her shooting."
U.S. authorities will provide military funeral honors to Ashli Babbitt, a 35-year-old Air Force veteran shot dead while attempting to enter the Speaker's Lobby during the January 6, 2021 Capitol attack. Babbitt wore a Trump campaign flag while climbing through a broken window of a barricaded door. The honors reflect efforts by President Donald Trump to recast January 6 as patriotic and Babbitt's martyr status among Republicans. The administration settled a wrongful-death lawsuit filed by her family for just under $5 million. A parallel is drawn to honoring a young Marine, arguing military service deserves respect regardless of later conduct.
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