💰 Ashli Babbitt’s mother arrested on Capitol riot anniversary

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Micki Witthoeft, the mother of Ashli Babbitt, was arrested for blocking traffic on Capitol grounds on Friday, the two-year anniversary of the death of her daughter after she stormed the building in a pro-Trump mob.“What we saw here two years ago was a physical attack on our democracy, but what we have seen since then, in some ways, is even more insidious,” said Arndrea Waters King, the wife of Martin Luther King III, the late civil rights leader’s eldest son.VIDEO: Today while holding a second anniversary march for January 6 around the Capitol, Micki Witthoeft, the mother of Ashli Babbitt, was arrested by Capitol Police Lieutenant Ryan Schauf for refusing to move to the sidewalk.“Let’s make that attainable.”At the rally outside the Capitol, King spoke of the landmark 1965 Voting Rights Act that the Supreme Court weakened in 2013 and criticized restrictions on voting and abortion in her home state of Georgia.For some of us, even right down the street.” She brought up how unlike states, where governors have the power to mobilize their National Guard units, D.C. was not able to mobilize its own units in response to the Jan. 6 attack."

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