Pro-Trump rallies across the United States. In fact, the yellow flags of the former South Vietnam are a common sight at Yellow flags of the old South Vietnam regime could be seen. On Wednesday, as protesters gathered outside before she was proud of it, just like she was proud of her country and proud to be an American."īBC Copyright: BBC South Vietnam flags were seen during the unrest Image caption: South Vietnam flags were seen during the unrest "She had a personality that you either loved or hated," McEntee told NPR. She posted frequently about President Trump, expressing ardent support for him and echoing his unproven claims of wide-scale voter fraud. On social media, Babbitt described herself as a libertarian and patriot. She has been identified by US Capitol Police as one of four people who died amid the chaos.Ī veteran of the US Air Force, Babbitt served two tours in Afghanistan and Iraq before later deployments with the National Guard to Kuwait and Qatar, her ex-husband, Timothy McEntee, told US media.Ī native of San Diego, California, Ms Babbitt had recently remarried, and worked at a pool service company with her husband, Aaron Babbitt. "They can try and try and try but the storm is here and it is descending upon DC in less than 24 hours."īabbitt, 35, was among the mob that breached the US Capitol on Wednesday.
The day before she died, Ashli Babbitt wrote on social media about the gathering of Trump supporters in the US capital. Twitter/ Ashli Babbitt Copyright: Twitter/ Ashli Babbitt Spiller, Georgina Rannard, Andreas Illmer and Victoria Bisset. Writers include Joshua Nevett, Max Matza, Sam Cabral, Ritu Prasad, Penny
Sheerin, Hugo Bachega, Helier Cheung, Sarah Fowler and Jessica Murphy. Three other people died of "medical emergencies", according to policeīrought to you from our teams in Singapore, London, the US and Canada.Įditors include Kevin Ponniah, Claudia Allen, Mal Siret, Tom Geoghegan, Jude Other former supporters have strongly criticised the president, with former Attorney General Bill Barr saying Trump's actions were a “betrayal of his office and supporters” and Mick Mulvaney announcing he was stepping down from his role as special envoy to Northern Irelandįoreign leaders have added to the condemnation, with UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson saying Trump was "completely wrong" to incite violence and cast doubt on the election resultĪ woman who was shot during the unrest has been named as Ashli Babbitt. Transport Secretary Elaine Chao has become the first cabinet member to resign over the "traumatic" unrest Chuck Schumer, the Senate Democratic leader, urged Mike Pence to invoke the 25th Amendment, which allows for a transfer of power from the president to the vice-president Top Democrat Nancy Pelosi, the Speaker of the House of Representatives, has led calls for Trump to be removed from office.
He added it was "totally unacceptable" police had shown more leniency than in Black Lives Matter protests last yearįormer First Lady Michelle Obama said Wednesday's events "desecrated the centre of American government", adding: "Millions voted for a man so obviously willing to burn down our democracy for his own ego" President-elect Joe Biden described the violence as "one of the darkest days in the history of our nation" and blamed President Trump for stoking violence. Here's a reminder of the top developments: We're pausing our live coverage on the aftermath of Wednesday's events at the US Capitol.