A resolution offered by Arizona Democratic Sen. Ruben Gallego to prevent the US Air Force from providing military funeral honors for Ashli Babbitt failed Wednesday after an objection from Alabama Republican Sen. Tommy Tuberville.

The Air Force reversed their decision to deny military honors for Babbitt in August. Babbitt was an Air Force veteran and pro-Donald Trump rioter who was shot and killed on January 6, 2021, after breaching a sensitive area of the US Capitol, where members of Congress were evacuating.

“She didn’t die protecting our country. She died trying to tear it down. Military honors are sacred. They are reserved for the men and women who swore an oath to support and defend the Constitution and the rule of law and actually live up to it,” Gallego said on the Senate floor.

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