He murdered two people. He is not a hero. Trump defended him. So did Trump.,Jr.
“We all do stupid things at 17.” — Donald Trump Jr.https://t.co/itzTtwNGTt
— Chris Cillizza (@CillizzaCNN) September 9, 2020
I'm flabbergasted by this. #KyleRittenhouse killed two people and blew the arm off a third, and this #GOP politician praises him for "restraint".
— Laurie Garrett (@Laurie_Garrett) September 6, 2020
America, what the hell is going on here? https://t.co/5gEPdZg5RT
Kyle Rittenhouse’s attorney resigns after @willsommer expose. https://t.co/TRk676TDo8
— Noah Shachtman (@NoahShachtman) September 5, 2020
Now that MORE Boogaloo Bois are charged for working with terrorists, here is a quick reminder that there was a story last week connecting
— Tariq Nasheed 🇺🇸 (@tariqnasheed) September 5, 2020
the boogaloo bois to Killer Kyle Rittenhouse, hero of Fox News https://t.co/wMk21NGAVv
Kyle Rittenhouse's attorney argued in now-deleted tweets that the Kenosha shooter is the first hero of a new American Revolution https://t.co/WcojUWbbCA
— The Daily Beast (@thedailybeast) September 5, 2020
"The fetishization of Kyle Rittenhouse by some people on the right is one of the most dangerous, irresponsible actions we have witnessed in a long time."https://t.co/cVNtWab1Uw
— Bill Kristol (@BillKristol) September 2, 2020
The United States Of America 2020 in one tweet: pic.twitter.com/5nzy9saxhM
— Tom Morello (@tmorello) September 1, 2020
“He’s a hero.” “Free him! Free Kyle”
— Christopher Cadelago (@ccadelago) September 2, 2020
Move over McCloskeys, the right & MAGA set has a new cause célèbre facing far more serious charges: Kyle Rittenhouse, the 17-year-old accused of killing two men & wounding another in Kenosha
w/ @natashakorecki https://t.co/jQxEhg08DB
There it is. https://t.co/lT5zt2gYQF
— Julia Ioffe (@juliaioffe) September 1, 2020
Rittenhouse drove to Kenosha from Illinois carrying an illegal weapon and shot three people. We already know he wasn’t a law-abiding citizen trying to protect anything. https://t.co/bM1GMptmxl
— Jon Favreau (@jonfavs) September 1, 2020
Trump on Kyle Rittenhouse: "That was an interesting situation. You saw the same tape as I saw, and he was trying to get away from, it looks like, and he fell. And then they very violently attacked him… But I guess he was in very big trouble. He probably would have been killed."
— Ryan Struyk (@ryanstruyk) August 31, 2020
During this news conference, the president is resolutely refusing to condemn supporters who have shot at protestors, and is in fact defending them.
— Michael Barbaro (@mikiebarb) August 31, 2020
President Trump is now saying Kyle Rittenhouse might have been killed if he didn't shoot three people — killing two. He said the Trump administration is looking at the case.
— Yamiche Alcindor (@Yamiche) August 31, 2020
That was quite a statement.
Some will no doubt see that as Trump justifying Rittenhouse's actions.
Everything about the vigilante shooting in Kenosha is infuriating, but among the most galling is how benignly the shooter was treated by police, before and after he started acting like he too had the power of life and death over anyone he chose. https://t.co/QTK1CvyrPG
— Joy Reid (@JoyAnnReid) August 27, 2020
We don't know why the shooter in Kenosha opened fire. We don't even know why he was there with his rifle. But we do know that his being there is the direction in which a lot of recent rhetoric has pointed, including on Monday night. https://t.co/HxoqEheFLv
— Philip Bump (@pbump) August 27, 2020
Sad! 