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Ashli Babbitt: Rorschach test for attack on US Capitol
AFP / Yahoo! ^ | Jan 3rd | Laurent BANGUET

Posted on 01/03/2022 5:57:30 AM PST by RandFan

A conspiracy-spouting extremist or a patriotic martyr? Ashli Babbitt, who was shot dead a year ago during the invasion of the US Capitol, is a Rorschach test for the deep political fault line that runs through the United States.

An Air Force veteran who served in Iraq and voted for America's first Black president, Babbitt died wrapped in a flag bearing the name of Donald Trump, the populist billionaire who still insists he won an election that he lost by a wide margin.

Her journey of radical transformation mirrors that of many of the supporters of the real estate tycoon, who, on January 6, 2021, was desperately seeking to preserve his divisive presidency.

That day, Congress was gathering to certify the election of Joe Biden as 46th president of the United States.

Speaking to a large crowd near the White House, an angry Trump once again told supporters the election had been "stolen" and encouraged them to march on Congress.

Babbitt was among the first of hundreds of people to breach the Capitol building's security, as elected officials barricaded themselves in rooms, cowering from an angry mob.

In footage filmed by one of the intruders, the 35-year-old can be seen trying to get through a broken window.

"Go! Come on!" she shouts, encouraging those behind her to hoist her in.

As her head appears through the window, a Capitol police officer fires his weapon, striking Babbitt in the shoulder. She would die from her injuries.

(Excerpt) Read more at news.yahoo.com ...


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Well at least the MSM are finally mentioning Ashli
1 posted on 01/03/2022 5:57:30 AM PST by RandFan
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Heraclitus quote: War is the father and king of all: some he...
2 posted on 01/03/2022 5:58:55 AM PST by KC_Lion
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To: RandFan

It’s really something to see the entire media line up and follow the narrative. All at once, this is everywhere. Top trending twitter, news.. Man.


3 posted on 01/03/2022 5:59:17 AM PST by Houserino
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To: RandFan

Proving they’ve been willfully ignoring her until now. Idiots.

BTW now Trump lost by a “wide margin”? Leftist revisionism one page at a time.


4 posted on 01/03/2022 5:59:25 AM PST by skeeter
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To: Houserino

FUAFP


5 posted on 01/03/2022 6:04:18 AM PST by epluribus_2 (He, had the best mom - ever.)
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To: RandFan

This article is full of lies, not worth a read. Just the fake news media continuing their brainwashing effort.


6 posted on 01/03/2022 6:04:40 AM PST by kenmcg (tHE WHOLE )
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To: epluribus_2

They’re the French press right? Explains a lot


7 posted on 01/03/2022 6:05:14 AM PST by RandFan
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To: RandFan

Dear Laurent,

We Don’t Believe You About Anything Anymore.

Have a nice day.


8 posted on 01/03/2022 6:06:32 AM PST by Macoozie (Handcuffs and Orange Jumpsuits)
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To: skeeter

Vote counting process produced fraudulent totals by a wide margin.

National, local, and social media restricted access to one party via censorship and corruption by a wide margin. Fixed it.


9 posted on 01/03/2022 6:07:15 AM PST by epluribus_2 (He, had the best mom - ever.)
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But not without revealing what a leftist piece of trash that AFP is. AFP is nothing but AP/NYT in Frogland....


10 posted on 01/03/2022 6:07:38 AM PST by Gaffer
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To: RandFan

So far today I’ve learned she attacked her ex’s girlfriend and went from honorable vet to “radicalized” Trump supporter. My, how the Left does like that nuts-and-sluts narrative. *Spit*


11 posted on 01/03/2022 6:09:04 AM PST by workerbee (==)
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To: kenmcg

What are the lies?


12 posted on 01/03/2022 6:12:12 AM PST by Gunslingr3
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13 posted on 01/03/2022 6:12:43 AM PST by Salamander ("Salamander has barbaric tendencies" /Gundog)
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To: epluribus_2

The popular vote total delta of the 2020 election can be explain by two very corrupt states - CA and NY. The margin in votes that made the difference in the electoral vote count, which is the only thing that matters, was razor thin.


14 posted on 01/03/2022 6:13:48 AM PST by skeeter
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insists he won an election that he lost by a wide margin
15 posted on 01/03/2022 6:14:44 AM PST by Salamander ("Salamander has barbaric tendencies" /Gundog)
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To: RandFan
The source of this story is AFP.

AFP is the Agence France-Press, which is the French government funded news agency that writes and controls much of the news read by French citizens.

16 posted on 01/03/2022 6:16:17 AM PST by zeestephen
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Yes. How Soros, er, the EU wants you to see the world. Part of the international version of the Globalists Ministry of Propaganda and Public Enlightenment*

AFP named best news agency for second consecutive year AFP's video production triumphs again at the AIB Media Awards 2021

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reich_Ministry_of_Public_Enlightenment_and_Propaganda

17 posted on 01/03/2022 6:16:32 AM PST by epluribus_2 (He, had the best mom - ever.)
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To: RandFan

Second hit piece on Ashli Babbitt today. What is going on?


18 posted on 01/03/2022 6:17:18 AM PST by Pajamajan ( PRAY FOR OUR NATION. NEVER = a peaceful quilet slave n a socialist America.)
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“In footage filmed by one of the intruders, the 35-year-old can be seen trying to get through a broken window.”

This is a bald faced lie.

L


19 posted on 01/03/2022 6:18:22 AM PST by Lurker (Peaceful coexistence with the Left is not possible. Stop pretending that it is. )
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To: RandFan

Now we see how our journalism education system works. Journalists go to college, they learn politics, socialist theory, no history or mathematics and the basics of spelling and punctuation.

Now they are fully trained to report their leaders talking points, and only the CORRECT and APPROVED talking points. That is the only way I can explain why all reporting is identical and totally lacking logic or any connection between real facts.


20 posted on 01/03/2022 6:19:06 AM PST by Agatsu77
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