Today we remember Ashli Babbitt, and unlike her I would have been skilled enough to dodge the bullet and then karate chop the secret service agent to death.
I remember seeing Ashli standing there naively looking at the gun and allowing herself to be shot. I was shocked and immediately thought "Well I could clearly do better". While I watched other patriots scramble in vain to save her life, I considered all of the ways I could have done better. I would have rolled left and then come out of it with an up-kick to the door. Then as the secret service agent was knocked backward, I would have charged him and delivered three precise karate chops to his neck and gun hand. One would disarm him, one would stop his heart, and the final one would snap his spine in half. I would have kept running around karate chopping everyone and could probably defeat the entire room. Still I look at pictures of Ashli and then the defenders of Joe Brandon's regime, comparing their physiques to my own, and know that had I been there to shake her hand I would have instead done what she tried to do and succeeded. So much better than she did because frankly she was shit at it.
edit: And this is not a threat to use my karate powers against anyone. If I had been there, things would be different. That's all.
I like the QAA podcast but Travis' voice cracking as he burst into tears talking about Ashli Babbitt's death in the post Capitol Riot episode was an all-time embarrassing moment
My favorite was Brace being in genuine awe at her faith in what she was doing. Which he admits is funny coming from him given he went to fucking war as a volunteer, but as he said "I had a gun at least". He was right though, she charged right in there, no clue what was going through her head, but whatever it was was enough for her to run at that door.
That episode MAGA maidan is still something I go back to every once in a while
I know I already made Brace's joke that she died from getting too excited, but she really basically did. So in the moment and assured that she ran directly at a guy with a gun.