Tag Archives: Kyle Rittenhouse

Students Want Rittenhouse Booted From Enrollment

The Guardian reports: A small but vocal alliance of left-leaning students at Arizona State University (ASU) is demanding Kyle Rittenhouse be removed from online classes, despite the teen’s acquittal this month on charges of murdering two men and injuring another during protests for racial justice in Wisconsin last year. The 18-year-old has been celebrated in rightwing circles after a jury …

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Gaetz: I Will Intro National “Stand Your Ground” Bill

Raw Story reports: Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-FL) said on Thursday that he would introduce a “National Stand Your Ground Law” as a reaction to Kyle Rittenhouse’s prosecution. Gaetz made the announcement on his Firebrand podcast. “I do not believe in imposing on Americans a duty to retreat when someone else attempts to commit a felony against a victim,” the lawmaker …

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QAnon Rep Files Bill To Award Congressional Gold Medal To Kyle Rittenhouse For “Protecting Against BLM Riot”

The Washington Post reports: Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) has introduced a bill to award the Congressional Gold Medal — the legislative branch’s highest honor — to Kyle Rittenhouse, the teenager who last week was found not guilty of homicide and other charges related to his fatal shooting of two men during a protest against police violence last year. Greene …

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J.D. Vance Hails Rittenhouse’s “Manly Virtue” [VIDEO]

Mediaite reports: Republican Ohio Senate candidate J.D. Vance said Kyle Rittenhouse “made good decisions” and extolled the 18-year-old’s “manly virtue.” Speaking with Seb Gorka on Tuesday night, the Hillbilly Elegy author said Rittenhouse “saw no one protecting the businesses, the people, the community. So he went down there and did it.” “And instead of rewarding him,” said Vance, “Instead of …

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Kyle Rittenhouse Visits Trump At Mar-A-Lago [VIDEO]

CNN reports: Former President Donald Trump said he was recently visited at his Palm Beach, Florida, resort by Kyle Rittenhouse, the teenager who was acquitted last week on all charges after fatally shooting two people and wounding a third during protests in Kenosha, Wisconsin, last summer. “He called. He wanted to know if he could come over, say hello, because …

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Rittenhouse Battles Kraken Lawyer Over $2M Bail Fund

The Chicago Tribune reports: With the ink barely dry on his acquittals, Kyle Rittenhouse is expected to face another legal battle soon over the $2 million bail posted after his arrest. Rittenhouse’s attorneys filed a motion shortly after the verdict, arguing that the money should be given to the teenager because it was raised on his behalf. Another party, however, …

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Rittenhouse To Carlson: I Support Black Lives Matter

The New York Daily News reports: Kyle Rittenhouse, who walked free on Friday after killing two people and wounding a third during protests in Kenosha, Wisc., last year, said he supports Black Lives Matter and that he’s not racist. “This case has nothing to do with race,” Rittenhouse told Fox’s Tucker Carlson in an interview that will air Monday night. …

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Most Pro-Rittenhouse Tweets Came From Overseas

Raw Story reports: Former FBI official Frank Figliuzzi tweeted about an analysis of the tweets from the trial of Kyle Rittenhouse came largely from outside of the United States. Figliuzzi noted that this is more of the “divide and conquer” approach that Americans saw around the Black Lives Matter movement to pit different races against each other. “Throughout the campaign, …

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SNL’s Jeanine Pirro Hails “Lovable Scamp” Rittenhouse

The New York Daily News reports: “Lovable scamp” Kyle Rittenhouse was the real victim, according to the fake Jeannine Pirro on this week’s “Saturday Night Live.” The 18-year-old acquitted Friday of killing two people in Kenosha, Wisc., last summer and injuring another was “put through a nightmare of a trial just for doing the bravest thing any American can do: …

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Rittenhouse Lawyer Says He Threw Tucker Carlson’s Film Crew “Out Of The Room Several Times” [VIDEO]

The Hill reports: Kyle Rittenhouse’s defense attorney Mark Richards said Friday that he threw Fox News host Tucker Carlson’s crew “out of the room several times” while they were filming footage for a documentary about the teen during his trial. “I don’t think a film crew is appropriate for something like this but the people raising the money to pay …

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Carlson Booked Rittenhouse Shortly After Verdict

The New York Daily News reports: To the surprise of no one, Fox News host Tucker Carlson announced the booking of Kyle Rittenhouse almost immediately after the teen gunman was cleared in the killing of two Black Lives Matter protesters and the shooting of a third. Carlson, who has been accused of white supremacy messaging, will welcome Rittenhouse to his …

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GoFundMe: Campaigns For Rittenhouse Are Now Okay

Posted this afternoon to GoFundMe’s corporate blog: GoFundMe’s Terms of Service prohibit raising money for the legal defense of an alleged violent crime. In light of the Kyle Rittenhouse trial, we want to clarify when and why we removed certain fundraisers in the past. Once charges for a violent crime were brought against Kyle Rittenhouse in 2020, GoFundMe removed fundraisers …

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White Supremacists Celebrate Kyle Rittenhouse Verdict

Kristen Doerer reports at Right Wing Watch: “God is on our side,” Lauren Witzke—a flat-Earth, QAnon-believing conspiracy theorist with ties to white nationalists and antisemites—wrote on Gab. “The world needs more model young men like him that keep their communities safe from the mob.” “Cheers everyone and congratulations to Kyle Rittenhouse for his freedom,” she added. The white supremacist outlet …

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Biden Urges Calm In Wake Of Rittenhouse Verdict

Via press release from the White House: While the verdict in Kenosha will leave many Americans feeling angry and concerned, myself included, we must acknowledge that the jury has spoken. I ran on a promise to bring Americans together, because I believe that what unites us is far greater than what divides us. I know that we’re not going to …

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Biden: “I Stand By What The Jury Has Concluded”

CNN reports: President Joe Biden said Friday he stands by the not-guilty verdict in the Kyle Rittenhouse trial, saying the jury system of trial in the United States works and must be respected. “Look, I stand by what the jury has concluded,” he said. “The jury system works, and we have to abide by it.” The President made the comments …

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Cawthorn Exults In Kyle Rittenhouse Verdict: “You Have A Right To Defend Yourself: Be Armed, Be Dangerous”

The Independent reports: North Carolina Representative Madison Cawthorn on Friday celebrated the acquittal of Kenosha shooter Kyle Rittenhouse by telling supporters to be ‘armed’ and ‘dangerous’. In a video filmed in his vehicle – accompanied by a message telling the Mr Rittenhouse to contact him for a Capitol Hill internship – the 26-year-old freshman congressman jubilantly declared: “Kyle Rittenhouse is …

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Jury Finds Kyle Rittenhouse Not Guilty On All Counts

The New York Post reports: Jurors in the Kyle Rittenhouse trial have reached a verdict. It’s not immediately clear when the verdict will be announced. Deliberations began on Tuesday. Emotions have been running high in anticipation of the verdict, with Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers deploying National Guard troops to Kenosha. Rittenhouse faces five charges, including intentional homicide, for shootings that …

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Gaetz Wants To Hire Rittenhouse As US House Intern

Mediaite reports: Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-FL) thanked Newsmax host Grant Stinchfield on Wednesday night for his support of Kyle Rittenhouse, who is currently on trial in Kenosha, Wisconsin. “Thank you for your advocacy for Kyle Rittenhouse,” the congressman told Stinchfield. “He is not guilty. He deserves a not guilty verdict, and I sure hope he gets it because you know …

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Rittenhouse Lawyers Seek Mistrial Over Video Quality

The Associated Press reports: Kyle Rittenhouse’s attorneys asked the judge on Wednesday to declare a mistrial, saying they received an inferior copy of a key video from prosecutors and would have approached things differently if they had received the higher quality video earlier. Judge Bruce Schroeder did not immediately rule on the request, which came after jurors deliberating for a …

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Newsmax Guest Michael Savage Brandishes Guns As “The Solution” To Rittenhouse-Related Unrest [VIDEO]

Media Matters has the transcript: MICHAEL SAVAGE (GUEST): I watched the videos very carefully in the closing arguments. This kid, Rittenhouse, showed the most amazing restraint I have ever seen, and the presence of mind of a warrior trained by special forces. He did not open up a machine gun blast. He shot occasionally, one, two, three when he was …

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