Slain Jan. 6 rioter Ashli Babbitt's family score $5M settlement from feds

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

51% : The windfall for Babbitt's estate marks a remarkable turnaround for the family of the 35-year-old Air Force veteran who was killed during the violent attack by thousands of Trump supporters seeking to block Congress from certifying former President Biden's 2020 election victory.
50% : "Ashli Babbitt was a really good person who ... was innocently standing there... when [Byrd] shot her," Trump said in March.
36% : In the years after the attack, Trump lionized the Jan. 6 attackers and praised Babbitt as a martyr to his MAGA cause.
27% : Babbitt and thousands of Trump supporters joined the Jan. 6 attack after the once-and-future president told them to "fight like hell" to overturn his election loss in a fiery speech.
18% : The mob overwhelmed outnumbered police and broke into the Capitol to hunt down perceived enemies of Trump, including ex-Vice President Mike Pence and then-House Speaker Nancy Pelosi.

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