A Democratic senator will attempt this week to block the Defense Department from providing full military funeral honors to the veteran killed while attempting to breach the House floor during the Capitol riots on Jan. 6, 2021.

Arizona Sen. Ruben Gallego , who served in the Marine Corps in Iraq, in late August wrote on social media that the veteran, former airman Ashli Babbit , “deserves nothing, certainly not full military honors” because of her actions in the attempted insurrection.

Babbitt was shot by a Capitol Police officer after repeated warnings while she attempted climb into the Speaker’s Lobby of the House of Representatives. Supporters of President Donald Trump have insisted her death was an overreaction by law enforcement officials, even though the officer involved was c

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