Trump’s Age-Old Script for Making a Martyr of Ashli Babbitt

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It’s a playbook that populists of all persuasions have used before, with people who are best and most useful to the party because they’re dead.

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Published Jul. 13 2021 4:54AM EDT

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On Jan. 6, Ashli Babbitt, a 35-year-old Air Force veteran, was shot and killed during the insurrection while trying to climb through a broken glass door in the Speaker’s lobby.

Matt Lewis

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Trump’s Age-Old Script for Making a Martyr of Ashli Babbitt

It’s a playbook that populists of all persuasions have used before, with people who are best and most useful to the party because they’re dead.

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