Military funeral honors granted to Ashli Babbitt, participant in US Capitol riot
U.S. Air Force Offers Military Funeral Honors to Ashli Babbitt's Family
The U.S. Air Force has decided to offer military funeral honors to the family of Ashli Babbitt, a U.S. Air Force veteran who was killed during the January 6, 2021, Capitol riot.
Ashli Babbitt, a senior airman from California, was shot dead while attempting to climb through a broken window of a barricaded door leading to the Speaker's Lobby inside the Capitol. She was wearing a Trump campaign flag wrapped around her shoulders at the time of her death.
The decision to grant posthumous military funeral honors was made by the U.S. Air Force in the days following the Capitol riot. The Air Force under secretary, in a letter dated August 15, stated that after reviewing the circumstances of Ashli's death, he is persuaded that the previous determination was incorrect.
The offer of military funeral honors is part of a series of actions by the Trump administration to rewrite the events of the January 6, 2021, Capitol attack as a patriotic stand. The family of Ashli Babbitt had initially requested military honors from the Biden administration but were initially denied. However, the offer of military funeral honors was made after the Trump administration had agreed to pay just under $5 million to settle a wrongful-death lawsuit that her family filed over her shooting.
Ashli Babbitt has gained martyr status among Republicans. Her death has become a symbol for some on the far-right who believe that the Capitol riot was a justified stand against election fraud. President Donald Trump's offering of military honors to Ashli Babbitt is part of his attempts to rewrite the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol attack as a patriotic stand. However, it is important to note that Donald Trump still denies losing the 2020 election.
The U.S. government is offering military funeral honors for Ashli Babbitt, but it is not clear whether the Biden administration will acknowledge the offer or if the funeral will take place before the end of Trump's presidency. The Air Force under secretary did not specify what new information had come forward since Ashli Babbitt's death, but the letter from the under secretary was a response to the circumstances that have come forward since her death.
In conclusion, the U.S. Air Force has offered military funeral honors to Ashli Babbitt's family. The offer is part of a series of actions by the Trump administration to rewrite the events of the January 6, 2021, Capitol attack as a patriotic stand. However, it is important to note that the offer was made after the Trump administration had agreed to pay a settlement in the wrongful-death lawsuit filed by Babbitt's family. The offer of military funeral honors was not made by the Biden administration, and it is not clear whether the funeral will take place before the end of Trump's presidency.
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