He “did his job” and shot her because he and the half-dozen cops within 10 feet of her couldn’t physically restrain a woman calmly standing still!
Well, so, as usual, every Republican has to declare a definitive answer for every question out there. I suppose he could have fudged things, going on about the tragedy and the lessons we all need to work together to learn, and we need to move forward, blah, blah, blah.
See at about 29 seconds. She was the first to climb through a window that had been violently busted, and a really, really large crowd was right behind her, ready to follow suit.
https://nypost.com/2021/01/07/videos-show-shooting-of-ashli-babbitt-during-capitol-siege/