Democrats Hold January 6 Vigil as Supporters March for Ashli Babbitt
Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer and House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries led the vigil, recounting their experiences hiding during the attack and blaming former President Trump for inciting the crowd. Across town, pardoned January 6 participants and Ashli Babbitt's mother Micki Witthoeft held a peaceful memorial march, laying a wreath at the Capitol steps and calling for accountability for the officer who shot Babbitt. The dueling events on the fifth anniversary highlighted deep divisions, with five deaths linked to the riot—including Babbitt's shooting—and over 140 officers injured, amid Trump's recent pardons of nearly 1,600 defendants.
