Excellent story from The HILL on the shooting of Ashli Babbitt as she was breaking into the
Capitol main chamber on January 6 with this headline:
“Trump splits with McCarthy on Babbitt’s
death saying: I totally disagree”
Trump said he disagrees with Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) and his view on the death of Ashli Babbitt, a January 6 rioter who was shot and killed by a Capitol police officer.
Full details below on the Capitol Police Officer, Lt. Byrd who shot Babbitt from his NBC News interview on YouTube (about 6-minutes):
After Rep. Taylor Greene (R-GA) claimed that Babbitt had “been murdered” during the pro-Trump insurrection, McCarthy broke with her, she who has become one of his most important supporters within the Republican conference saying: “I think the police officer did his job” (That is what McCarthy told reporters when they asked him if he agreed with Greene’s take on Babbitt’s death).
Trump
fired back in a post on his Truth Social page claiming: “The officer was not
just doing his job when he shot and killed Great Patriot Ashli Babbitt at point
blank range. He was not a hero but a COWARD, who wanted to show how tough he
was. ASHLI BABBITT WAS MURDERED!!!”
Babbitt was attempting to climb through a shattered window into the Speaker’s gallery just off the House floor on January 6, 2021, when she was fatally shot by Lt. Michael Byrd and lawmakers were still being evacuated from the House chamber at the time.
Lt. Byrd was formally exonerated in August 2021, after an internal investigation found his “conduct was lawful and within DOJ, which says an officer may use deadly force only when the officer reasonably believes that action is in the defense of human life.”
Capitol Police also noted that Byrd’s
actions “potentially saved Members and staff from serious injury and possible
death from a large crowd of rioters who forced their way into the Capitol and
to the House Chamber where Members and staff were only steps away from the
rioters.”
My 2 Cents: This story speaks for itself and shows the wimp that
Speaker McCarthy truly is with this concluding part of the story:
“McCarthy continues to walk
a fine line when it comes to the events of January 6, distancing himself from
the actions of the rioters while at the same time trying to maintain favor of
Trump and his MAGA base.”
The GOP spin is in high
gear and not apt to slow down anytime soon.
Sadly, this all was predicted despite the massive GOP denials following the close 2022 midterm and final result that gave McCarthy, now the House Speaker, a very weak and narrow GOP majority. That is why his tight rope may be unthreading, too. In short: McCarthy is a very poor leader.
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