The best take I've seen yet on the obscene Ashli Babbitt $5 million cash haul

[Miles Archer]

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@anyonewantchips
Not sure about you, but Ashli Babbitt’s family getting $5M, while Brian Sicknick’s family along with the 140 other police officers injured or died defending the Capital against domestic terrorists like Ashli, get nothing - makes me sick.

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[CaliforniaPeggy]

1. Makes me sick too. This is a miscarriage of justice. n/t

[RVN VET71]

16. To paraphrase Alphonso Bedoya's line from "Treasure of Sierra Madre" the Trump administration's response to you is

"Justice, we don't need no stinkin' justice."

Can't think of a better slogan for an administration whose leader claims not to know whether he is required to abide by his oath of office to protect and defend the Constitution of the United States. Or his vile "Att'y General" who echoed his treasonous statement. Or his very stupid DHS head who actually claimed that "habeas corpus" means the president can arrest, incarcerate, and deport anyone he thinks looks suspicious.

[RVN VET71]

17. And, yeah, I hadda look up the actor's name.

[young_at_heart]

34. Peggy, you and I seem to agree on many things

THIS is a big one and my heart is beating way too fast. I saw my cardiologist yesterday and I'll bet he would have a different diagnosis if he saw me now!!! I just poured some wine which I know is not a good thing if one is 85, but I,really need it!!!

[Walleye]

2. Her family won't admit that if Trump hadn't lied, she'd probably be alive today

Trump was the cause of her death. I call it felony murder. A killing that happens in the commission of a felony.

[Karasu]

3. I somehow doubt that if anyone died attempting to overthrow HIM, he'd be giving their family 5 mil.

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Just saying.

[ECL213]

31. Hmm, let's test that theory...

Does Thomas Crook's family have $5M in the bank?

No?

You appear to be correct.

[Picaro]

4. Utterly vile

Ashli Babbitt was a disgusting, disturbed person. Given her violent personal history it was unsurprising that she ended up taking a bullet. That her family is getting a lucrative payout when the heroes of that day got nothing is one the worst most Kafkaesque outcomes we’ve yet witnessed.

[Just Jerome]

5. Her mother

is clearly cocoa for coo-coo puffs. The apple falls not far from the tree.

[GB_RN]

7. I Prefer...

To say, “The road apple doesn’t fall far from the horse’s ass.”😁

[Just Jerome]

12. Good 'un

[BigmanPigman]

14. We teachers say, "The nut doesn't fall

far from the tree".

[drmeow]

6. The one positive thing in this

(to be clear, not that I support it and not that I'm not outraged)

is that a large windfall of money tends to really f**k up people's lives. One study showed that 70% of lottery winners ended up going bankrupt within a few years.

Given their ideology and behavior, this is going to create family feuds, they will become targets for all sorts of people trying to take their money, and other fun experiences.

If any of them have any old debt, they can expect extreme attempts to get that money.

I would predict that they will regret this in the long run but it is doubtful any of them will recognize once they are bankrupt that it was their own fault!

[Just Jerome]

9. Biden's fault!

[drmeow]

11. YUP!

exactly!

[moonscape]

33. Hillary's emails!

[allegorical oracle]

10. All the velvet Elvis portraits money can buy. nt

[drmeow]

13. More like velvet Jesus

Elvis had that sexual thing going!

On edit: or velvet Madonna's, and not the musician.

[misanthrope]

21. Don't be sure about the lottery winners meme

https://www.forbes.com/sites/johnjennings/2023/08/29/debunking-the-myth-the-surprising-truth-about-lottery-winners-and-life-satisfaction/

[drmeow]

39. Some valid points

and I certainly have not kept up with the literature in this area. That being said, I don't think one can legitimately compare lottery winners in Germany and Sweden to lottery winners in the US - given that those countries already have higher rates of happiness than we have. I'd like to see a study of US lottery winners.

[calimary]

24. Here's hoping.

Small comfort, though.

VERY small.

[Cha]

8. Yes, it's Fascist Fuck Sickening! So Why Did

the Hero Cops get "nothing"?

TY

[LymphocyteLover]

15. For sure, it's deeeeeply, horribly sick

[RVN VET71]

18. I think Ashli Babbitt was mentally ill and morally deranged

I am sorry for whatever torment her soul had to go through to become so twisted -- and so enamored of Trump and his fascism -- that she would physically attack the U.S. Congress.

Unlike most of the traitors who attacked the Capitol that day-- I said "most" not "all" -- she was a veteran who had served her country.

I wish someone had gotten to her before she got involved with Trump's "wild party" on January 6, 2020.

But there's no goddam way in hell her family deserves a payoff for her death. Period.

[Miles Archer]

19. Bipolar, I'd say.

Maybe, maybe not. The media has chosen to primarily show photos of her sweetly smiling. If you've seen some of her YouTube rant videos, it's more like mean and snarling.

So yeah. She died because of Trump, and no, her family should not be rewarded for her acts. It wasn't "wrongful death." She was a domestic terrorist. Period.

[LittleGirl]

23. Actually, it was January 6, 2021. Easy to forget. nt

[RVN VET71]

40. Oops!

[louis-t]

25. If you've ever seen the selfie video she recorded in her car , screaming at the camera

it is clear she was very disturbed.

[La Coliniere]

20. Another slap in the face of justice and decency.

The nightmare continues.

[enigmania]

22. Another day the music died.

[3catwoman3]

26. Where did this $5 million come from?

[sop]

27. Taxpayers.

(NYT) "The Trump administration has agreed to pay approximately $5 million to settle a wrongful death lawsuit filed by the family of Ashli Babbitt, who was shot and killed by a Capitol Police officer during the January 6th, 2021, riot. The settlement resolves a lawsuit that originally sought $30 million. The payment will be made by the U.S. Department of Justice, which is responsible for settling the claim."

[tmars505]

28. it is disgusting

actually, my belief is that the police should have handled it the same as a BLM event, but with the addition of the Vice-President and the Speaker of the House both being present and in danger, there should have been more dead insurrectionists

[LetMyPeopleVote]

29. I like Jeffries take

Jeffries on the m payout to Ashli Babbitt's family: "This settlement is just an extension of what they've previously done, which is to pardon violent felons who violently attacked the Capitol on January 6, including police officers."

— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar.com) 2025-05-19T20:30:32.270Z

[LiberalArkie]

30. All these things that the Trump administration are doing are for only one purpose, to make the general public

hate and distrust the United States. I believe the Soviets started it back in the 60's with the anti war and anti nuclear movements

[RJ-MacReady]

32. disgusting

She got what she deserved. Good riddance.

[spanone]

35. trmp should be in Guantanamo.

[Martin68]

36. The award is a travesty, but we can take comfort in the fact that Ashley Babbitt will see none of it.

[Catherine Vincent]

37. I wonder why she edited her tweet?

I agree with her.

[Ping Tung]

38. Is Donnie going to bestow a settlement for himself for the terrible scratch on his ear?