WASHINGTON — Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene stated Tuesday she wished to make use of her place on the Home Oversight Committee to look into claims of “civil rights abuses” dedicated towards Trump supporters arrested within the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol riot.
Greene (R-Ga.) additionally stated she wished the committee to assessment the taking pictures of Ashli Babbitt, who was killed by a Capitol Police officer as she tried to enter the Speaker’s Foyer via a damaged window on that day.
“There’s a woman in this room whose daughter was murdered on January 6, Ashli Babbitt, and … there’s never been a trial,” Taylor Greene stated, referring to Babbitt’s mom, Micki Witthoeft. “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.”
Taylor Greene made the remarks after Rep. Jasmine Crockett (D-Texas) proposed including a civil rights and civil liberties subcommittee, which was voted down. Not like Taylor Greene, Crockett had targeted her proposal on racism.
“When over 100 people every year are losing their lives in routine traffic stops, when over a dozen large police departments are operating under consent decrees for violations of their citizens’ civil liberties and when the attention of a nation is focused on the issue of civil rights, it is our duty to rise to the occasion and conduct oversight and provide accountability on this crucial subject,” Crockett stated.
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Taylor Greene stated she hoped Crockett would “share” in her name for an investigation into Babbitt’s killing. Additional, the Republican stated she wished the committee to make an inquiry into the way in which the rioters arrested for invading the Capitol are handled in jail.
“I believe that there are many people that came into the Capitol on January 6, whose civil rights and liberties are being violated heavily,” Taylor Greene stated. “And this committee will — I hope, Mr. Chairman — look into those civil rights abuses, because they’re happening in a jail right here in this city.”
White Home spokesman Ian Sams criticized Taylor Greene in a Twitter publish: “This is what new member of the House Oversight Committee @RepMTG wants to prioritize.”
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“She was welcomed onto the Committee and described as an ‘all-star’ by Chairman @JamesComer,” he added.
Witthoeft had been arrested on Jan. 6 of this 12 months, the second anniversary of her daughter’s demise, for refusing to obey an order and blocking and obstructing roadways throughout a protest close to the Capitol. The fees had been dropped by the DC legal professional basic’s workplace final week.
