Donald Trump marked the two-year anniversary of the January 6 Capitol riot by accusing a “lunatic” police officer of shooting protester Ashli Babbitt “for no reason” and reiterating his false claims about a stolen 2020 election.
On Saturday, Mr Trump gave a speech at his Mar-a-Lago estate in Florida, as part of an event surrounding the conservative CPAC conference.
During his remarks, the former president referenced Babbitt, a right-wing demonstrator who was shot and killed by police during January 6 as she attempted to climb through a window into the Capitol, and the recent arrest of Babbitt’s mother at a January 6 commemoration in Washington.
“Ashli Babbitt’s mother was arrested yesterday because she was protesting the death of her daughter being shot by a lunatic,” Mr Trump said.
Trump tonight complains about Ashli Babbitt’s mother getting arrested yesterday, and says Ashli was shot by “a lunatic” for “no reason .. We’re not gonna let this go on .. What they’ve done to (J6) protesters.” pic.twitter.com/vtyi8uVBvG
“So she loses her daughter and then on top of it she gets arrested and we are not going to let this go on,” Mr Trump added. “These people are horrible, horrible people. What they’ve done to protesters. These are protesters. They were protesting a dishonest election.”
On Friday, Babbitt’s mother Micki Witthoeft, 58, was arrested when a group of protesters who did not have a permit to demonstrate on the Capitol grounds attempted to cross a street and enter the...
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