The martyr is a potent weapon of mass radicalization, which is why Trump and his MAGA acolytes turned Babbitt’s death into a fake martyrdom justifying future retaliatory violence. From the Nazis to ISIS, the results of those tactics are ominous

“Who killed Ashli Babbitt?” That’s the new MAGA rallying cry, a slogan to replace “Lock her up!” and “Build that wall!”

Ex-President Trump even taped a special birthday message dedicated to the “truly incredible” deceased Ms. Babbitt, shot by Capitol police while part of a mob trying to smash its way into the Speaker’s Lobby, which was played at a meeting in her memory in Texas. In the video, he declares, “There was no reason Ashli should have lost her life that day. We must all demand justice.”