Trump to blame for death of woman trampled in Capitol riot, family member says

[JonLP24]

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The brother-in-law of a woman killed during Wednesday’s assault on the U.S. Capitol by a mob seeking to overturn President Donald Trump’s election loss said he blames Trump for the riot, and has joined calls for him to be removed from office.

Rosanne Boyland, a 34-year-old resident of Kennesaw, Georgia, was one of four civilians who died in the rioting, according to Washington, DC police. A Capitol Police officer also died from injuries in the melee.

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However, Justin Winchell, a friend who accompanied Boyland to a Trump rally near the White House and marched with her to the Capitol, told Atlanta CBS affiliate WGCL that she was trampled to death in a massive crowd surge when protesters clashed with Capitol Police.

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“I’ve never tried to be a political person, but it’s my own personal belief that the president’s words incited a riot that killed four of his biggest fans last night and I believe that we should invoke the 25th Amendment at this time,” Cave said.

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election-deaths/trump-to-blame-for-death-of-rosanne-boyland-34-at-capitol-riot-family-member-says-idUSKBN29D2B1

[EarthFirst]

1. What happened to the party of personal responsibility?

Sure; Trump did in fact instigate and incite the riot; and bares ultimate responsibility for his actions. However at the end of the day Rosanne Boyland chose to participate in the insurrection and ultimately lost her life as a result.

[JonLP24]

2. Politics is like herding cats

Even though I know Trump is full of shit all the time, too many people take what he has to say seriously because he is the President. It is like hydroxychloroquine, a lot of people thought it was a legitimate cure because of Trump. Also a lot of anti-masking & anti-lockdown comes from Trump as well.

[wishstar]

3. Thanks for posting as her shocking and tragic cause of death needs to be publicized

“I got my arm underneath her, that was pulling her out - pulling her out - and then another guy fell on top of her and another guy was just walking” over her, he said. “I mean, there was people crushed.”

Boyland’s brother-in-law, Justin Cave, told Atlanta media that his wife, Boyland’s sister, had tried to persuade her not to attend the Trump rally in Washington.

Boyland was "passionate about her beliefs" and support of Trump and the family was grieving for others killed and injured in the rioting, he told here a local Fox television reporter."

[PoindexterOglethorpe]

4. Doesn't she bear just a teensy-weensy bit of responsibility herself

for going there? Or was she mysteriously abducted by aliens and set down in the middle of it?

[JonLP24]

5. I don't think this happens if that part of the right wing was kept at the fringes

Roland Martin pointed out earlier that the Republican establishment played with fire when it comes to birtherism, Tea Party, all of the nonsense under Obama which Trump took advantage of.

I think it is fair to say Trump incites these things. This came right after a Trump rally where people like Giuliani called for "trial by combat".

It is probably way too late to say this but Trump should be very careful what he says publicly but I know he doesn't care how much destruction he causes.

[dalton99a]

6. Rabid cult members who died for the cause