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Ashli Babbitt, who was shot and killed at the US Capitol on Wednesday, was a veteran of the Air Force who became a vocal supporter of President Trump and a follower of the QAnon conspiracy theory.
How Ashli Babbitt, fatally shot at Capitol, came to embrace Trump and QAnon Peter Jamison, Hannah Natanson, John Woodrow Cox and Alex Horton, The Washington Post Jan. 9, 2021 FacebookTwitterEmail WASHINGTON - The politician she revered above all others had lost an election. She'd struggled with crippling amounts of debt. Her home state of California was locking down again because of a virus she believed was fiction. As she walked east along the National Mall on Wednesday, wearing a backpack emblazoned with the American flag, Ashli Babbitt was elated. "It was amazing to get to see the preside...
The 35-year-old veteran once supported Barack Obama, she said on Twitter. But that was before she became a devoted follower of Donald Trump and QAnon.
Live coverage of the Washington, D.C., rallies where Trump supporters are gathering to protest as Congress counts Electoral College votes.
DC riots updates: Capitol Police officer dies from injuries; FBI offers $50K reward for pipe bomb suspect info Jorge L. Ortiz, John Bacon, N'dea Yancey-Bragg and Jordan Culver, USA TODAY As Trump supporters stormed the US Capitol, protests flared in cities across the country Replay Video UP NEXT WASHINGTON — A U.S. Capitol Police officer died Thursday after being injured when supporters of President Donald Trump raided the Capitol building on Wednesday, bringing the total number of fatalities to five. Brian D. Sicknick "was injured while physically engaging with protester...