We discovered that our new neighbors have been supporting January 6 insurrectionists. Coming September 18.
A couple of yr in the past, we met our new neighbors—and finally discovered 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 individual sentenced after standing trial for crimes associated to January 6. We might have stored our distance. However as an alternative we acquired to know them and ended up deep inside their alternate world, one the place January 6 was a day when martyrs have been made and folks have been unfairly imprisoned. We additionally acquired to know their grief, their love for each other, their hobbies, their pets. We talked for months, till individuals might moderately ask “Are you pals now?” To which we might moderately reply “No.” However we figured that if January 6 shouldn’t be over for some, we should always discuss with the people who find themselves nonetheless residing it.
We Reside Right here Now is a restricted collection 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 couple of yr in the past, we met a brand new neighbor.
Rosin: She had moved to our Washington, D.C., neighborhood for one purpose: to get justice for her daughter.
Ober: Who was shot and killed on the U.S. Capitol on January 6. Our new neighbor wished somebody to pay for her daughter’s demise.
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 person who shot Ashli Babbitt growth proper via the pinnacle, simply growth. There was no purpose for that.
Ober: After we discovered who our neighbor was, we might have determined to offer her the chilly shoulder. In spite of everything, January 6 was an assault on our metropolis.
Rosin: Or we could possibly be neighborly. In order that’s what we did. First, we met the canine. Then we have been provided pie. Fairly quickly we have been speaking militias.
Nicole Reffitt: Get your militias straight. Should you’re going to come back down right here, you’ve acquired 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 could possibly 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 might see why you’ll say that.
Rosin: And the place our neighbor is sort of an icon.
Archival (Witthoeft speech): Look inside your self and be your personal hero. Arise 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 understand that January 6 may be very a lot not over. So we should always most likely get to know the people who find themselves nonetheless residing it.
Rosin: Would you say that you simply guys have been pals?
Ober: I suppose it depends upon what your model of buddy is.
Witthoeft: We’re going to get you. In a nonviolent manner. Simply to be clear.
Ober: Oh, I didn’t suppose you have been coming after me. I didn’t suppose you have been coming after me. That wouldn’t be very neighborly, Micki, proper?
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