Asked about Rep. Greene's comments that Ashli Babbitt had been murdered on Jan. 6, Speaker McCarthy responded, “I think the police officer did his job.” Former President Trump responded, “I totally disagree.'
Former President Donald Trump took a jab at House Speaker Kevin McCarthy, a close ally, for defending the Capitol Police officer who shot and killed Ashli Babbitt during the Jan. 6 riot.
Asked about comments from Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga., that Babbitt had been murdered, McCarthy, R-Calif., told reporters on Thursday,"I think the police officer did his job."on his Truth Social account, “I totally disagree with the Speaker of the House, Kevin McCarthy" about the officer who"shot and killed Great Patriot Ashli Babbitt."and Trump supporter, was with a crowd of Jan.
"As members of the mob continued to strike the glass doors, Ms. Babbitt attempted to climb through one of the doors where glass was broken out,” the Justice Department said in itsThe officer “fired one round from his service pistol, striking Ms. Babbitt in the left shoulder, causing her to fall back from the doorway and onto the floor,” the Justice Department statement said. She was rushed to a local hospital, where she died.
The Justice Department declined to press charges against the officer, Lt. Michael Byrd, saying they found no evidence to contradict his contention that he believed it was necessary to shoot at Babbitt “in self-defense or in defense of the members of Congress and others evacuating the House chamber.”
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