No Honors for Ashli Babbitt: A Line Must Be Drawn

The United States Air Force is preparing to grant military funeral honors to Ashli Babbitt. Let’s be crystal clear: she did not die defending the Constitution. She died trying to overturn it. She was not standing guard against foreign enemies. She was storming through shattered glass in the Capitol, aiding a mob intent on halting the peaceful transfer of power — the bedrock of our democracy.

To honor her as if she fell in defense of the nation is not only wrong. It is dangerous. It legitimizes the lie of January 6th. It rewrites treason as service. And it tells every extremist simmering inside our military and law enforcement ranks that you can betray your country and still be draped in the flag at your death.

This cannot be allowed to stand.

Honor Belongs to Defenders, Not Traitors

Every flag-draped coffin at Arlington carries the weight of sacrifice. Those honors belong to men and women who kept their oath to defend the Constitution against all enemies, foreign and domestic. Ashli Babbitt chose to become that enemy. She broke her oath. She crossed the line. To grant her honors is to spit on the graves of true patriots who fought and died in fidelity to their country.

The Cowardice of Command

That the Air Force — and the Pentagon by extension — would even consider this shows a collapse of moral courage at the top. This is appeasement dressed up as procedure. It is cowardice hiding behind red tape. Instead of drawing a hard line against extremism in the ranks, military brass are coddling it, afraid of the backlash from the very forces that stormed the Capitol. That failure of leadership puts us all at risk.

What Message Does This Send?

If we allow this to happen, the message is clear: storm the Capitol, attack democracy, and you will still be honored as a patriot. What does that say to the next generation of service members? What does it say to the families who buried their loved ones after they died fighting actual enemies of this country? It tells them their sacrifice is cheap. It tells them honor has no meaning.

A Call to Action

We cannot shrug this off. We cannot leave it to bureaucrats and brass to quietly bless treason under the cover of “procedure.” Citizens must raise their voices. Veterans must demand that the institution they once served hold the line. Lawmakers must speak up, demand accountability, and cut through the cowardice.

The stakes are simple: either we honor those who defend democracy, or we start honoring those who attack it. There is no middle ground.

Ashli Babbitt was not a martyr. She was not a patriot. She was a traitor to the Constitution she once swore to defend. And if the Air Force goes through with this shameful act, then we, the people, must call it what it is: a betrayal of every soldier, sailor, airman, and Marine who ever gave their life in service to this republic.

This is the line. No honors for sedition. Not now. Not ever.

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