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MAGA trolls try to compare Ashli Babbit to Daunte Wright

Ashli Babbitt's face on a fake background.

MAGA trolls are getting savaged on Twitter as they triy to compare the death of Ashli Babbit to that of Daunte Wright.

Babbit was killed in the storming of the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6 as she protested Joe Biden being elected president. Wright was pulled over for driving on expired tags, and was shot as he tried to flee being detained for an outstanding arrest warrant.

On Twitter, trolls are making several varieties of arguments. That Babbit's death was somehow worse, was less justified, or didn't stir outrage because she was white.

These takes, many coming from prominent right-wing pundits like Matt Walsh, appear to be selectively framed and in bad faith.

https://twitter.com/LangmanVince/status/1381730420803391494
https://www.twitter.com/unscriptedmike/status/1381946077075619843
https://twitter.com/MattWalshBlog/status/1381648439080054789
https://twitter.com/CassyWearsHeels/status/1381650671393443843
https://twitter.com/MattWalshBlog/status/1381967415207030784

While there's a surface-level similarity, those takes intentionally ignore that Babbit was participating in a sustained, coordinated attack on police, whereas Wright, while resisting arrest, hadn't chosen to participate in an attack on the government, instead of being pulled over by an officer, who then fired on him.

The takes have been savaged.

https://twitter.com/CwazupJ/status/1381994847133786118
https://twitter.com/woodssre/status/1381999765479698440
https://twitter.com/Mammal01012021/status/1381942868562956292
https://twitter.com/chasingnora/status/1382008024064094212

The post MAGA trolls try to compare Ashli Babbit to Daunte Wright appeared first on The Daily Dot.

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