We came upon that our new neighbors had been supporting January 6 insurrectionists. Coming September 18.
A few 12 months in the past, we met our new neighbors—and finally came upon that they’re key figures within the Justice for January 6 motion. One is Micki Witthoeft, the mom of Ashli Babbitt, who was killed within the Capitol constructing on January 6. One other is the spouse of the primary particular person sentenced after standing trial for crimes associated to January 6. We may have saved our distance. However as an alternative we obtained to know them and ended up deep inside their alternate world, one the place January 6 was a day when martyrs had been made and folks had been unfairly imprisoned. We additionally obtained to know their grief, their love for each other, their hobbies, their pets. We talked for months, till folks may moderately ask “Are you associates now?” To which we may moderately reply “No.” However we figured that if January 6 just isn’t over for some, we must always speak with the people who find themselves nonetheless dwelling it.
We Dwell Right here Now is a restricted sequence beginning September 18.
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The next is a transcript of the episode:
Hanna Rosin: I’m Hanna Rosin.
Lauren Ober: And I’m Lauren Ober. And a few 12 months in the past, we met a brand new neighbor.
Rosin: She had moved to our Washington, D.C., neighborhood for one motive: to get justice for her daughter.
Ober: Who was shot and killed on the U.S. Capitol on January 6. Our new neighbor needed somebody to pay for her daughter’s loss of life.
Micki Witthoeft: Ashli Babbitt was completely murdered. The place’s the fucking subpoena?
Rosin: And she or he wasn’t the one one who thought that.
Donald Trump: The individual that shot Ashli Babbitt growth proper by way of the pinnacle, simply growth. There was no motive for that.
Ober: Once we came upon who our neighbor was, we may have determined to offer her the chilly shoulder. In any case, January 6 was an assault on our metropolis.
Rosin: Or we might be neighborly. In order that’s what we did. First, we met the canine. Then we had been supplied pie. Fairly quickly we had been speaking militias.
Nicole Reffitt: Get your militias straight. If you happen to’re going to come back down right here, you’ve obtained to—
Ober: Pay attention, when the homosexual militia occurs, I’m there.
Rosin: Earlier than we knew it, we had fallen into this upside-down world. The place insurrectionists are political prisoners.
Archival: Girls and Gents, the unfairly handled January 6 hostages.
Rosin: The place rioters are heroes.
Archival : Nathan DeGrave: hero. David Dempsey: hero. Lucas Denney: hero.
Ober: The place one other January 6 might be proper across the nook.
Rosin: Like, how lengthy are you going to remain in D.C.?
Brandon Fellows: I plan to remain till like January 7.
Rosin: That feels vaguely threatening.
Fellows: I may see why you’d say that.
Rosin: And the place our neighbor is type of an icon.
Archival (Witthoeft speech): Look inside your self and be your personal hero. Get up and converse up, as a result of if not, this nation’s misplaced. Thanks for being courageous sufficient to come back to this cesspool. God bless you, and God bless America.
Ober: Attending to know our new neighbor has made us notice that January 6 may be very a lot not over. So we must always in all probability get to know the people who find themselves nonetheless dwelling it.
Rosin: Would you say that you simply guys had been associates?
Ober: I assume it is dependent upon what your model of pal is.
Witthoeft: We’re going to get you. In a nonviolent manner. Simply to be clear.
Ober: Oh, I didn’t assume you had been coming after me. I didn’t assume you had been coming after me. That wouldn’t be very neighborly, Micki, proper?
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