Trump Jr. On Alleged Shooter Roaming Kenosha With Gun: 'We All Do Stupid Things At 17'

[Nevilledog]

Link to tweet

https://www.forbes.com/sites/karenrobinsonjacobs/2020/09/08/donald-trump-jr-on-alleged-kenosha-shooter-we-all-do-stupid-things-at-17/#1f34d7e69ee1

TOPLINE When asked in an interview with the TV show Extra about the deadly shootings in Kenosha in which 17-year-old Kyle Rittenhouse has been accused of killing two protesters and wounding a third, Donald Trump Jr. said, “we’re waiting for due process,” and he lamented the tragedy of a “young kid” putting himself in a volatile situation while armed with a deadly weapon, saying, “We all do stupid things at 17.”

KEY FACTS

President Trump’s eldest son, who went on the show to promote his book “Liberal Privilege: Joe Biden and the Democrats Defense of the Indefensible," was asked by host Rachel Lindsay about one of the biggest political issues during the presidential campaign: the Black Lives Matter movement.

In discussing the shooting of Jacob Blake by a white Kenosha police officer, and the subsequent protests, Lindsay, who is Black, asked: "But why hasn't the Trump Administration or President Trump condemned what happened in Kenosha with Kyle Rittenhouse… coming across state lines and… murdering two people and injuring another,” referring to the homicide charges against the teen who traveled from his home in Antioch, Illinois, to Kenosha and, according to a criminal complaint, shot three protesters with a Smith & Wesson AR-15 style .223 rifle.

Trump said, “We're waiting for due process. We're not jumping to a conclusion… If I put myself in Kyle Rittenhouse['s shoes], maybe I shouldn't have been there. He's a young kid. I don't want young kids running around the streets with AR-15s… Maybe I wouldn't have put myself in that situation — who knows...? We all do stupid things at 17.”

When Lindsay responded “It's a little beyond stupid," Trump replied, “Really stupid — fine. But we all have to let due process play out and let due process take its course.”

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[spooky3]

1. OK, DUers, at 17, how many people did you kill? Nt

[dchill]

2. Well, 20 - but it was self defense!

[Pachamama]

6. Does that include those shot in the back while in self defense?

[dchill]

7. Yes, since "self defense" is now a political position.

A privileged one, to be sure.

[Nevilledog]

4. That I was convicted of?

Zero.

That I was accused of...also zero.

That I tried to commit.... Once again, zero.

[spooky3]

12. I guess the "boys will be boys" defense doesn't fly. Shocker. Nt

[TreasonousBastard]

3. Not that stupid we don't. And does this mean...

he learned something after he called for the death of the Central Park 5-- who were innocent.

[Buckeye_Democrat]

5. Meanwhile...

Trump-Loving MAGA Cop Who Blamed Tamir Rice for His Own Death Is Now a Homicide Detective

https://www.theroot.com/trump-loving-maga-cop-who-blamed-tamir-rice-for-his-own-1832334011

After a Cleveland, Ohio, police officer shot and killed 12-year-old Tamir Rice for the unconscionable crime of playing with a toy gun in a park, Loomis blamed Rice, saying, “Tamir Rice is in the wrong...He’s menacing. He’s 5-feet-7, 191 pounds. He wasn’t that little kid you’re seeing in pictures. He’s a 12-year-old in an adult body,” according to Politico.

[canetoad]

8. Yep, I think back to the time I shot a few people at 17

And how the cops gave me a slap on the wrist and said, 'That was stupid, but because you're 17 it's no big deal'.

Don Jr. is a fucking dropkick.

[gratuitous]

9. So Cheaty McCheaterface is conceding that young Kyle did something stupid?

I guess that's a baby step in the proper direction.

[Initech]

10. I did a lot of stupid things as a teenager, but murder wasn't one of them!

[Solly Mack]

11. Time to investigate Jr's teen years - evidently.

If he thinks murder is one of those stupid things teens do, what's in his past?

[JohnnyRingo]

13. Stupid things like join the Nazi movement?

Yeah, I can't top that for stupid things I did in my youth.

[Mike Nelson]

14. Yikes!

... I did stupid things at 17, but I did not kill two people! I wonder what Don Jr behavior met that standard?

[Withywindle]

15. My stupid things were mostly about sex and drugs and rock'n'roll

Guarantee you I not only never shot anyone, I also never seriously considered it. Not my idea of a good time.

[North Shore Chicago]

16. Can not stand looking at his face!

He always looks so smug, so ..... constipated.

He would look much better hanging on the wall of an endangered species
living room.

[malaise]

17. Murder is way more than something stupid

Lock them all up

[BlueStater]

18. True, I guess.

I mean, you’re still a stupid asshole at 42 and your dad’s still a stupid asshole at 74.

[Vinca]

19. Kids and their pranks.

[tanyev]

20. Really? And who did Don Jr. murder when he was 17????