Ashli Babbitt

"Nothing will stop us....they can try and try and try but the storm is here and it is descending upon DC in less than 24 hours....dark to light!"

"We are walking to the Capitol in a mob. There’s an estimated three million people here today, so despite what the media tells you, boots on ground definitely say something different. There is a sea of nothing but red white and blue patriots and Trump… and it was amazing to get to see the president talk. We are now walking down the inaugural path to the Capitol building, three million plus people. God bless America, patriots"

"She served time in the military and she's passionate about everything, particularly Donald Trump for some reason"

"She always said being an American is being an American, regardless of your race, your ethnicity or your beliefs. If you're team America, you're American regardless. That's how she always put it .. She just felt as long as you were a good person at heart, she'd have no problem carrying on a conversation with you"

"wonderful woman with a big heart and a strong mind .. loved America with all her heart"

"She loved her country and she was doing what she thought was right to support her country, joining up with like-minded people that also love their president and their country"

"Nobody from DC notified my son and we found out on TV. She is a Trump supporter."

"We were trying to get in touch with her once this sh*t was all over the media. We were trying to call and trying to call, and nothing. Her location services were off. We just couldn't find her, and finally we saw the live video of her. I thought she was just going to a rally. And I think that was all it was, until it wasn't. It was extremely unlike her to put herself in that position."

"In defending his actions, Byrd told Holt things he evidently wouldn’t tell investigators, including his claim that he shot as “a last resort” and only after warning Babbitt to stop. However, documents uncovered by Judicial Watch reveal that eyewitnesses—including three police officers at the scene—told investigators they did not hear Byrd give Babbitt any verbal warnings prior to firing, contradicting what Byrd told NBC."

"Roberts said Babbitt, a former military police officer who served tours in both Iraq and Afghanistan, would have complied with commands to stop and peacefully surrendered had Byrd or other Capitol officers attempted to arrest her. But he said additional eyewitnesses he’s interviewed say Byrd never gave her such verbal commands. He said Babbitt wasn’t even aware that the officer was nearby because he was positioned in a doorway of a room off to the side of the Speaker’s Lobby doors. Byrd, whose mouth was covered with a surgical mask, took aim outside her field of vision and fired as her head emerged through the window. Roberts compared her shooting to an “execution.”"