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Fri Apr 16, 2021, 02:18 PM Apr 2021

Maine GOP Chair calls Capitol rioters 'our people,' accuses police of murder

A conversation between Maine Republican Party Chair Demi Kouzounas and former Congressman Bruce Poliquin on the WLOB radio station on Tuesday quickly devolved into conspiracy theorizing.

“They knew the Capitol riots were happening, were going to happen. They had enough of an understanding. I mean it’s not being talked about but I think it is,” said Kouzounas. “The Capitol riots happened and of course the five people killed were our people, right, were on our side, not the other way around, and only one was really murdered, which was by a Capitol policeman.”
Kouzounas was referring to the death of Ashli Babbitt, who was shot by a Capitol police officer as she attempted to break through a door into the Speaker’s Lobby outside the chamber of the U.S. House of Representatives, through which members of Congress were evacuating.

Babbitt’s death has been seized on by white supremacist and far-right extremist groups who, like Kouzounas, claim she was murdered and consider her a martyr.

https://mainebeacon.com/maine-gop-chair-calls-capitol-rioters-our-people-accuses-police-of-murder/

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