Posted on 01/07/2021 12:32:38 PM PST by Magnatron
Rep. Markwayne Mullin, R-Okla., said he witnessed the moment a police officer shot a woman inside the U.S. Capitol on Wednesday and insisted the officer had no other choice.
A pro-Trump mob of rioters rammed their way into the Capitol Wednesday as Congress held a joint session to certify the election results, sending lawmakers into hiding.
Video shows a group attempting to force itself into the House chamber, where lawmakers were present. As protesters were breaking glass on the doors that kept them out to force their way through, a law enforcement officer fired a shot. One woman, Ashli Babbitt, was struck by a bullet and later died.
"When they broke the glass in the back, the [police] lieutenant that was there, him and I already had multiple conversations prior to this, and he didn't have a choice at that time," Mullin told ABC News' George Stephanapoulos on "Good Morning America" Thursday.
"The mob was going to come through the door, there was a lot of members and staff that were in danger at the time. And when he [drew] his weapon, that's a decision that's very hard for anyone to make, and, once you draw your weapon like that, you have to defend yourself with deadly force."
Mullin said police "showed a lot of restraint" and "did the best they could."
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Yeah, she was probably upset that her vote counted as much as those of the Democrat’s largest voting blocks: Deceased-Americans and Nonexistent-Americans. Just showing her white-cis-gender-privilege.
And the new great unit-er said what today about if it was Afro-Americans who stormed the Capital? Gonna be a long 4 years.
FenwickBabbitt wrote: FenwickBabbitt wrote: “Speak for yourself. I don’t think people should be killed unless they are actually attacking people or are seriously threatening to attack especially if they have a gun, knife, or bomb on their person.”
So, you think anyone should be allowed to attack Congress because they do not like what Congress is doing? One could argue that those breaking and entering Congress were engaged in an act of insurrection and could expect force to be used in response.
It was a cop that shot her
She was unarmed.
So if a conservative breaks glass they get the death penalty?
That said, we never supported liberal white antifa thugs - or liberal black BLM thugs ... because violence is not our way. I condemn the violence.
I did NOT hear one liberal reporter stand up for the 99% of these conservative protesters who were peaceful...
Sorry, I was referring to the article and her being an immediate threat..
This asshole, Rep. Markwayne Mullin, needs to be removed from office now. He’s dead meat. Never to be elected again.
In some States, if you opened fire on someone breaking into your house, and you had an avenue of egress to get out of your house, and didn’t use it, you could be charged with murder. And you’d be charged especially, for not knowing who you were shooting at. People have shot and killed strangers, drunk or otherwise, knocking on their doors, and been charged with murder.
Sorry I mean it was NOT a cop that shot her. She was shot from inside the door and the cops outside were very surprised there was a shot . Old man wearing a black mask . It was probably a Pelosi staffer. Notice no name is being released.
She wasn’t armed, she wasn’t committing any violence, she wasn’t hurting anyone, she wasn’t threatening anyone, and she wasn’t resisting the police... who were all around her ?
Yeah. Clearly she deserved to die... as much as that idiot... I’ll be polite and say “deserves to be re-elected”.
He’ll be gone before he gets to a primary, probably.
But, if she HAD been armed, was being violent, was hurting people, and resisting the police... then she’d be a martyr, as long as she had the right wardrobe accessories ?
The insanity of our political class... as they implode... and seek to blame their flagrant failings on those protesting them, while justifying making that simple protest into a death sentence... The gross errors now clearly exposed in the core issue of their destruction of “the rule of law” while justice is being converted from “blind” in equal application... into their favored outcome in lawlessness, which they impose on demand, as required to demand our submission ?
But, having created it... they now blame others, who are their victims ?
Trump and his team had 2 months and had the proof. NO ONE would hear it so don’t give me this bullsh*t they couldn’t do it. They could and they did. The left controls the narrative.
A “pro-Trump mob of rioters?” What bullShit!
Meanwhile, BLM and Antifa burn police stations, loot and burn businesses, beat and kill people, burn government buildings, and they’re “peaceful protests.”
“At this point, it looks Biden may have won it fair and square.”
Chris Wallace, is that you?
My god these a-holes are going to HELL! I weep for that poor woman and all I have heard was how she deserved it and how she was a threat to these swamp scum.
Join date 8/6/2019..
I know what I think..
Negative, blue shirt on guy you posted, white shirt on guy who killed Ashli.
Bull shit his life was not in danger, the woman was holding a Trump flag and was murdered in cold blood. Why haven’t charged been filed against the trigger happy murderer?
“This asshole, Rep. Markwayne Mullin, needs to be removed from office now. He’s dead meat. Never to be elected again.”
Not only for what he said, but for running as quickly as he could to curry favor with the media. We are seeing cowardice from Republican politicians at levels previously unimaginable.
They would rather die than fight, and with any luck they will get their wish soon.
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