Jan. 6 participant Ashli Babbitt's husband, conservative group file a wrongful death suit against U.S. government

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

47% : The lawsuit alleges that Babbitt, an Air Force veteran who was a decorated security forces controller, had traveled to Washington from her home in San Diego, Calif., to attend the Save America rally on Jan. 6, where Trump delivered a speech outside the White House.
37% : Trump supporters stand on a U.S. Capitol Police armored vehicle as others take over the steps of the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021.Bill Clark / CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images fileA conservative activist group on Friday sued the U.S. government for $30 million over the alleged wrongful death of Ashli Babbitt who was shot and killed by law enforcement during the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol.
25% : Babbitt's death has become a martyrdom among Trump supporters, with some Republicans declaring her death a murder and Trump calling her a "great patriot.
21% : Michael Byrd was negligent when he fired a single fatal shot that struck Babbitt, a supporter of Donald Trump who joined a mob that broke into the Capitol trying to halt the certification of his electoral loss, in the shoulder as she climbed through a door leading to the House chamber.

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