Before Joe Biden dropped out of his re-election campaign after an awful debate, the Trump campaign emphasized how Joe was too old and confused to run at age 81. But Donald is just slightly younger at 78 and sometimes quite confused.
Ashli Babbitt was shot during the January 6, 2021 Capitol riot, as is described in a Wikipedia page titled Killing of Ashli Babbitt. An article by Io Dodds at the Independent on January 2, 2022 titled Trump’s ‘manufactured martyr’: How Ashli Babbitt’s death was weaponized by the MAGA movement discussed that:
“Mr. Trump himself has been her cheerleader in chief, referring to her death as a murder. and offering her family his ‘unwavering" support’. ‘To Ashli’s family and friends, please know that her memory will live on in our hearts for all time,’ he said in a video specially filmed for her birthday on 10 October. ‘There was no reason Ashli should have lost her life that day. We must all demand justice for Ashli.’ "
But in a news conference this month Donald instead claimed that no one was killed on January 6th, as shown in this YouTube video. And another article at apnews on August 8, 2024 titled FACT FOCUS: A look at claims made by Trump at news conference reminded us:
“Babbitt, a 35-year-old Air Force veteran from San Diego, was shot and killed by a police officer as she climbed through a broken part of a Capitol door during the violent riot. Trump has often cited Babbitt’s death while lamenting the treatment of those who attended a rally outside the White House that day and then marched to the Capitol, many of whom fought with the police.”
Yet another article by Domenico Montanaro at npr on August 11, 2024 titled 162 Lies and distortions in a news conference. NPR fact-checks former President Trump lists “Nobody was killed on Jan. 6th” as Number 102.
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