Conservative news sites blamed antifa for her death. And so, she stormed a government building and jumped through a window, got shot, and immediately became entangled in the self-justifying stories told after the events. īabbitt also had a history of resorting to violence in response to personal misfortune her second husband’s ex-girlfriend received an order of protection against Babbitt. Being angry about homelessness and the costs of running a small business in California fueled a sense of grievance that politicians - those nefarious elites - weren’t working in her favor, which is the populist logic underlying QAnon’s more phantasmagoric claims of child trafficking and adrenochrome harvesting.
This sense of betrayal pushed her toward the QAnon conspiracy theory. Capitol Police shot Ashli Babbitt, an air force veteran, as she jumped through a smashed window toward an area where members of Congress and congressional staffers were escaping.Īfter leaving the military, Babbitt ran a pool service and supply business in California and reportedly felt betrayed politically, especially by state Democrats. Of those five, one has stood out in the stories that followed. Of course, the greatest consequences of the insurrection on Jan 6, 2021, in Washington DC, were felt by the five who died, and their loved ones who remain. And they continue to spin their stories, driving the crowds toward another day. Those with the most responsibility for lies about election fraud, driving the ideas that motivated the crowd that day, have suffered the least. Those with the least resources and fewest connections have suffered the most. A year later, we can look back and see that accountability for the events of that day mirror the inequity that constitutes contemporary America. About what happened, and when, and who was responsible. They were quick to reply, 'With all our trials, our weary traveling, burying our dear ones, piling our clothing and bedding by the wayside and setting fire to them, we have never once felt to murmur or complain or regret the steps we have taken.Almost as soon as the tear gas cleared from the Capitol grounds on Jan 6, multiple stories emerged. Mary was able to walk again in two years.After they arrived in the Valley, James and Eliza were asked how they felt about their ordeal. Within a few days the rotten flesh dropped off. Snider applied homemade ointment on Mary's legs and feet. When the beefsteak was removed after three days, Mrs. Fresh meat was not available where they lived, so Mary's father walked 20 miles to Ogden, got a steak, and walked back. Snider, told them to get some fresh steak and wrap her feet in it and call her after three days. If she dies, she will die with her legs on." The family moved to Brigham City to make their home and an elderly lady, Mrs. Her father protested, "This little girl didn't walk a thousand miles to have her legs cut off. They took her to a doctor and he said her legs would have to be amputated or she would die. When the family finally arrived in the Valley, their first concern was little Mary's frozen feet. The weather grew colder each day on their journey, and Elizas daughter Marys feet eventually froze. They found her chilled & dying and carried her to camp where she died, burying her near Three Crossings, Sweetwater river. Her sister Caroline (17) took off her apron to tie some sagebrush into it to bring into camp & sat down, leaning on her bundle to rest from exhaustion. When her father David did not wake from his sleep, Eliza wrapped a cherished sheet around him & they placed him in a shallow grave, hoping the wolves would not disturb.
Eliza helped her husband pull the handcart & walked the entire way.
They were also accompanied by Eliza's father, David Reeder, and Eliza's sister,Caroline Reeder, who both died on the trail, and Eliza's brother, Robert Reeder. She lived only 2 weeks and died at Cherry Creek, along the trail in Iowa.
Their youngest daughter, Selena, was born on Jat Iowa City. Crossed the plained in the Willie Handcart Company with her husband James Hurren and 4 daughters: Mary (7), Emma ( 4), and Sarah ( 2). 6, 1912 Hyde Park Cache County Utah, USAĭaughter of David Reeder and Lydia Balls. Her father, daughter Selena & young sister Caroline all died along the trail.Ĭhildren: Emma Hurren Woolf (1852 - 1937)* Sarah Hurren Seamons (1854 - 1948)* Selena Hurren (1856 - 1856)* Roseanna Hurren Hyde (1857 - 1953)* James William David Hurren (1859 - 1948)* Martin Frank Hurren (1862 - 1863)* Eliza Marietta Hurren Thurston (1865 - 1948)* Phebe Jane Hurren Hyde (1867 - 1950)* Frank Edmund Hurren (1873 - 1873)*īirth: Jan. Crossed the plained in the Willie Handcart Company.