Ashley Babbitt’s Mom Claims Her Terrorist Daughter Was a ‘Patriot’

Conspiracy theorists trying to rehabilitate her image

Manny Otiko
3 min readJul 25, 2022
Ashli Babbitt repeated QAnon propaganda (YouTube screengrab)

I just got through listening to an interview with Ashley Babbitt’s mom, Micki Withoeft, who recently appeared on Rudy Giuliani’s podcast, “Uncovering the Truth.” And it seems stupidity and a penchant for conspiracy theories runs in the family.

I’ve already written about Babbitt’s husband, Aaron, who also tried to reinvent her origin story while painting her as a martyr. Now her mother is on the bandwagon too.

That Rudy Giuliani, a man who attracts chaos and lies the way honey attracts flies, was involved should’ve been a warning sign. But I waded through the interview, all 16 minutes of it.

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And I’m no better off. All three of the people on the podcast, Withoeft, Giuliani and co-host Maria Ryan, are major conspiracy theorists.

Withoeft is now pushing a narrative that claims Babbitt was a victim and Jan. 6 was an internal…

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Manny Otiko
Manny Otiko

Written by Manny Otiko

Manny Otiko writes about race, politics and sports. He has been published in Salon and LA Weekly. Follow him on Twitter @mannyotiko.