People show their disappointment and anger after Kyle Rittenhouse’s interview in Louder with Crowder show.
Kyle Rittenhouse,18, is a teenager who has gained hero status in parts of the conservative movement.point 205 |
During his trial, the prosecution argued that Rittenhouse acted criminally and recklessly by traveling to Wisconsin on the night of the protests.point 124 | He testified before the jury that he acted in self-defense when he fatally shot Rosenbaum and Huber and injured 27-year-old Gaige Grosskreutz.point 247 | 1
Interviewers were slammed for treating Kyle Rittenhouse “like a celebrity” after he was found not guilty of injuring one man and homicide for two.
The 18-year-old walked free and told a crowd of 6,700 people at the Phoenix Convention Center that he was a scapegoat for a government effort to disarm the public.
He said: “I think my trial was an example of them trying to come after our Second Amendment rights, our right to defend ourselves and trying to take our weapons.”
Tucker Carlson, a conservative political commentator, a YouTube, and a podcast host, turns out to be with the Rittenhouse defense team throughout the trial. On the episode of Louder with Crowder they discussed the events of the trial and Rittenhouse’s thoughts on what happened.
On their chat, Louder with Crowder host asked Rittenhouse to clarify whether he would be “burning” the AR-style semi-automatic rifle used during the protests.
Rittenhouse explained he would be having it destroyed, when he was asked why he wanted to get rid of the gun, he said he had to defend himself with it, and he didn’t want it back on the streets or propped up in a museum, like a lot of people have apparently requested.
After the clip was shared online, social media users began to go wild slamming interviewers for continuing to put Kyle in the spotlight following his trial.
On Instagram, one person commented: “Please stop reporting on this guy as if he’s a celebrity he is literally doing a press tour. Nothing he says is new or productive to hear it’s just gross.”
Another wrote: “Please stop platforming him. He’s not a celebrity.”
In his appearance on The Charlie Kirk Show, Rittenhouse said: “I didn’t want anything to do with the gun and it was being destroyed right now.” Putting in a motion for the police department to send the gun off to be destroyed. “I think we’re gonna send one of our guys… with it to make sure it was destroyed,” he added.
When he was asked if he’s going to buy or get another gun he said: “I don’t know” before adding that he would get a nerf gun.
The mood for Rittenhouse was celebratory. A crowd was gathered in the hall hoping to snag a picture of him. Inside a cavernous convention hall, the audience chanted “Kyle, Kyle, Kyle” waiting for the teenager to come on stage and then gave him a standing ovation.
Rittenhouse, who sobbed when he testified during his own defense at the trial, smiled and joked on stage with Kirk and other panelists. During his appearance, Rittenhouse reflected on how his trial, which ended with his acquittal last month, matured him and the role his faith played in his experience.
He said: “It’s helped me grow a lot, it’s helped me mature. My mentors who have been in my life … they’ve helped make me the person I am today, so thank you for them.”
Rittenhouse also offered his supporters some advice, reminding them to “always be humble and look at the positive in life”. He added: “Focus on today and not tomorrow, you can only live one day at a time.”
The shooting occurred during a tumultuous night of protests over the shooting of Jacob Blake. Businesses in Kenosha, Wisconsin were ransacked and burned in the nights that followed Blake’s shooting.
Rittenhouse said that he went from his home in nearby Antioch, Illinois, to Kenosha to protect property from rioters but that he acted in self-defense after he came under attack and feared for his life.