A United States Air Force member who was fatally shot during the January 6th riot at the Capitol, and who Trump has called a January 6th patriot,” will now be officially honored by the U.S. Air Force as a true patriot under President Trump. The U.S. Air Force has made the decision to provide military funeral honors to Ashli Babbitt, the rioter who was fatally shot during the January 6th attack on the Capitol.
This action is part of a wider effort for MAGA to reframe the events of that day. The decision was confirmed in an August letter from the Under Secretary of the Air Force, Matthew Lohmeier, to Babbitt’s family. According to The Guardian, the Biden administration had previously denied these military honors. However, Lohmeier stated that he was “persuaded that the previous determination was incorrect,” which is a telling way to say that.
