{"id":1834120,"date":"2023-02-03T12:35:16","date_gmt":"2023-02-03T17:35:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1834120"},"modified":"2023-02-03T12:35:47","modified_gmt":"2023-02-03T17:35:47","slug":"kevin-mccarthy-defends-officer-who-shot-ashli-babbitt-i-think-the-police-officer-did-his-job","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/kevin-mccarthy-defends-officer-who-shot-ashli-babbitt-i-think-the-police-officer-did-his-job\/","title":{"rendered":"Kevin McCarthy Defends Officer Who Shot Ashli Babbitt: \u2018I Think The Police Officer Did His Job\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">32<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fkevin-mccarthy-defends-officer-who-shot-ashli-babbitt-i-think-the-police-officer-did-his-job%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1834120&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47-->\n<p>House Speaker <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/kevin-mccarthy\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Kevin McCarthy<\/a> (R-CA), Thursday, defended the officer who shot Ashli Bettbitt during the incident <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/capitol-riot\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">January 6, Capitol Riot<\/a>He said that he was only doing his job.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>McCarthy\u2019s comments came as he was asked to respond to statements from Rep. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/marjorie-taylor-greene\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Marjorie Taylor Greene<\/a> (R-GA), has claimed that Babbitt was killed while inside the Capitol during January 6th riot.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think the police officer did his job,\u201d McCarthy <a href=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/homenews\/house\/3841974-mccarthy-breaks-with-greene-on-death-of-ashli-babbitt\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><\/a> During a briefing with journalists.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Lt. Michael Byrd is the officer in question. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/capitol-police-arrest-ashli-babbitts-mother-on-two-year-anniversary-of-riot\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">shot Babbitt<\/a> as she tried to make her way through a broken window of a barricaded door near the Speaker\u2019s Lobby, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/investigations\/2021\/01\/08\/ashli-babbitt-shooting-video-capitol\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">As shown in video clips<\/a>. Babbitt is a veteran of the Air Force. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/news\/us-news\/officer-who-shot-ashli-babbitt-during-capitol-riot-breaks-silence-n1277736\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">unarmed<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The Justice Department <a href=\"https:\/\/www.justice.gov\/usao-dc\/pr\/department-justice-closes-investigation-death-ashli-babbitt\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Refused to face criminal charges<\/a> The Capitol Police <a href=\"https:\/\/www.uscp.gov\/media-center\/press-releases\/uscp-completes-internal-investigation-january-6-officer-involved\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">We declined to take disciplinary actions<\/a> The incident was investigated. \u201cThe investigation revealed no evidence to establish that, at the time the officer fired a single shot at Ms. Babbitt, the officer did not reasonably believe that it was necessary to do so in self-defense or in defense of the Members of Congress and others evacuating the House Chamber,\u201d The DOJ <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsweek.com\/trump-ashli-babbitt-murdered-michael-byrd-kevin-mccarthy-jan6-1778751\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Byrd claimed that his January 6th actions saved the country \u201ccountless lives\u201d He only used his gun to defend himself. \u201clast resort.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>McCarthy\u2019s comments differ from Greene and some other Republicans who have demanded that Byrd face legal consequences. \u201cThere\u2019s a woman in this room whose daughter was murdered on January 6, Ashli Babbitt. And Ashli Babbitt has, there\u2019s never been a trial. As a matter of fact, no one has cared about the person that shot and killed her and no one in this Congress has really addressed that issue,\u201d Greene made these remarks during Tuesday&#8217;s meeting of the House Oversight and Accountability Committee.<\/p>\n<p>Former President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/donald-trump\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Donald Trump<\/a> McCarthy was also an opinionator on the subject, commenting on Truth Social.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI totally disagree with the Speaker of the House, Kevin McCarthy, in that the Police Officer \u2018Thug,\u2019 who has had a very checkered past to begin with, was not just \u2018doing his job\u2019 when he shot and killed Great Patriot Ashli Babbitt at point blank range,\u201d Trump declared.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDespite trying to keep him anonymous, shielded, and protected, this MISFIT proudly showed up on NBC Fake Nightly News \u2018bragging\u2019 about the killing. He was not a hero but a COWARD, who wanted to show how tough he was. ASHLI BABBITT WAS MURDERED!!!\u201d He added.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Ashli Babbitt\u2019s mother was arrested last month during a demonstration at the Capitol for allegedly blocking and obstructing a roadway but later released after the charges were dropped. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) on Thursday defended the police officer who shot Ashli Babbitt during the January 6 Capitol riot, saying that the officer was just doing his job.\u00a0 McCarthy\u2019s comments came as he was asked to respond to statements from Rep. 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