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November 23, 2021
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Kyle Rittenhouse appeared Monday on Tucker Carlson Tonight for his first televised interview since being acquitted on all charges stemming from shooting three protesters in Kenosha, Wis., in 2020. The incident occurred shortly after the police shooting of Black motorist Jacob Blake; Rittenhouse, who was 17 at the time, fatally shot protesters Joseph Rosenbaum and Anthony Huber, and wounded Gaige Grosskreutz. Since then, Rittenhouse has become a polarizing figure in the both social and political realms.

“This wasn't a political case,” Rittenhouse said. “It shouldn't have been a political case. It was made a political case. This had nothing to do with race. And the ways people are twisting this, it's just sickening.”

During his campaign, Biden tweeted about then-President Trump not disavowing white supremacists and shared a video which featured Rittenhouse.

Tucker Carlson asked him, “What did you make of the president of the United States calling you a white supremacist?”

Rittenhouse replied, “Mr. President, if I would say one thing to you, I would urge you to go back and watch the trial, and understand the facts before you make a statement.”

Carlson followed up with the question, “That's not a small thing to be called that?”

Rittenhouse replied,“No, it's actual malice, defaming my character for him to say something like that.”

Following the verdict, Biden told reporters that “I stand by what the jury has concluded. The jury system works, and we have to abide by it.” He later noted that the acquittal would “leave many Americans feeling angry and concerned, myself included,” but reiterated the public "must acknowledge that the jury has spoken.”

Rittenhouse’s attorney Mark Richards has blasted news sites like CNN and MSNBC for what he claims is a distorted image of Rittenhouse as well conservative politicians looking to profit off his client.

Carlson asked if he plans to “hold some of these liars to account.”

“I have really good lawyers who are taking care of that right now,” Rittenhouse said. “So I’m hoping one day there will be some — there will be accountability for their actions that they did.”

Rittenhouse Tells His Story
The newly acquitted 18-year-old seemed nothing like the caricature that the Left and the mainstream media made him out to be.


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If you followed the Kyle Rittenhouse trial, you probably didn’t learn anything about him during his interview with Tucker Carlson last night that you hadn’t already sensed from his appearance on the witness stand 13 days ago. The kid comes across as earnest, humble, honest, matter-of-fact, and fundamentally decent.

And at times, we need to remind ourselves that he’s just that: a kid. That’s not to diminish him in any way. Indeed, just the opposite: Try to think back when you were his age, and consider how you’d have handled yourself under the same conditions. When we see the occasional deer-in-the-headlights look on his face, we sometimes forget that this is an 18-year-old boy, still three years from being able to legally buy a beer, and that the Left has put him through one hell of an ordeal during the past 15 months.

None of this is to say that the Carlson interview wasn’t worth watching. It was. ...

Once again, our country is facing racial injustice after Kyle Rittenhouse was acquitted by claiming “self-defense.” I can’t help but think he would have been convicted if his victims were white.

We all know the story of Kyle Rittenhouse. He was filled with white supremacy, so he picked up a machine gun, crossed state lines, and then opened fire on peaceful protestors, killing three black men. And those people were there because they were protesting how a black man, Jacob Blake, was murdered by cops while shopping at a candy store, so it’s more racial injustice on top of racial injustice.

I didn’t watch any of the trial, but we know how it went down. White supremacy protected Rittenhouse with the judge barring any evidence against Rittenhouse, and the prosecution wasn’t allowed to speak but was only allowed to make their arguments through miming. Classic tilting of the scales.

I’ve been so enraged by this whole ordeal that I’ve been careful to stay away from the specifics as I’m sure they would only trigger me. Some people suggest I got things wrong and try to correct me, but I plug my ears and scream, “LALALALALA!” at the top of my lungs when people do that because it’s a common tactic of white supremacy to downplay racial injustice with “facts” and “video evidence.”

We need to be angry. That’s how we make change. And if details get in the way of that, it’s our duty to ignore them.