Right-wingers claim video shows Ashli Babbitt was 'trying to stop the attack on the windows' before

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Right-wingers claim video shows Ashli Babbitt was 'trying to stop the attack on the windows' before she was shot


By Sky Palma
Published January 26, 2022

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According to an article published in the conspiracy theory-prone Epoch Times, deceased Capitol rioter Ashli Babbitt "was so upset about the escalating attack on the Speaker’s Lobby at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, she grabbed one of the primary rioters and punched him in the face seconds before she climbed through a broken window and was fatally shot by police, a new video reveals."

The theory is based on about two seconds of video that apparently shows someone's hand knocking the glasses off another Capitol rioter's face. However, it's impossible to tell if the hand is Babbitt's and it's impossible to tell if it was indeed a "punch" rather than a random mishap during the commotion of rioters trying to breach the doors to the Senate chamber.

Nevertheless, there's a segment of right-wing Twitter who've convinced themselves that the video is vindication of Babbitt and proves that she was murdered in cold blood, one of whom is the self-proclaimed founder of "Baby Lives Matter" and "Field Reporter" Tayler Hansen.

https://www.rawstory.com/ashli-babbitt-2656482204/

Hey Hansen.....she should never had been there and neither should have you.....your hero is a fucking criminal. that wanted to throw out votes because of his BS.....have you ever fucking thought that it is his fault....