marjorie taylor green made a shaky comparison between the killings of tyre nichols and Capitol rioter Ashley Babbitt who sickened many people on social media this week Following release of video showing brutal murder of unarmed motorist by a gang of police officers.
Speaking during a committee hearing, the Georgia congresswoman spoke at length about Ms. Babbitt being “murdered” by police.
Noting that Ms Babbitt’s mother was in attendance, Ms Green said Congress was doing nothing to provide for the treatment of other participants in the attack, many of whom are already in prison ahead of their respective trials.
“There was never any trial. In fact, nobody cared about the person who shot and killed him,” Ms Green argued.
There’s a simple reason: Ms. Babbitt was part of a crowd that was actively trying to break down a door that was barricaded in a restricted area of the US Capitol. She herself was shot by police while attempting to climb through a window, which was broken by her fellow rioters.
Mr. Nichols died in a very different way, and one important difference stands out above all else: There is no evidence to show that Mr. Nichols committed or even suspected a crime. Police initially said that he was pulled over for reckless driving, a ticketable offense, but even that implausible argument has disappeared in recent days.
And instead of being shot while attempting to breach a police barricade, Mr. Nicholls was killed as he lay on the ground apparently obeying police orders, despite their brutal treatment of them. He died after doctors refused to provide assistance until several minutes after arriving at the scene.
It appears that the comparison between the two cases begins and ends at police involvement, although this was of little concern to Ms Green.
Understandably, his words prompted angry reactions on Twitter.
“Woman who was entering a window in a door in broad daylight and was warned 100,000,000 times by law enforcement to stop on the other side. Yes, comparable to real,” wrote one Twitter user.
“He’s right on two accounts. A) nobody in Congress addressed it. And B) nobody cares. One guy was minding his business, driving his car home. The other was bleeding. Throws himself through a broken window to stop a government action in the middle of a war,” wrote another commenter.
Ms. Green had earlier scoffed daily show And others last year when she stopped at the D.C. jail late on the evening of the one-year anniversary of Jan. 6 and held a candlelight vigil for those imprisoned inside.
The vigil was attended by protesters and even local DC residents, who stopped by the scene to jeer the attendees.