Internal document shows Trump officials were told to make comments sympathetic to Kyle Rittenhouse
Source: NBC
WASHINGTON Federal law enforcement officials were directed to make public comments sympathetic to Kyle Rittenhouse, the teenager charged with fatally shooting two protesters in Kenosha, Wisconsin, according to internal Department of Homeland Security talking points obtained by NBC News.
In preparing Homeland Security officials for questions about Rittenhouse from the media, the document suggests that they note that he "took his rifle to the scene of the rioting to help defend small business owners."
Another set of talking points distributed to Homeland Security officials said the media were incorrectly labeling the group Patriot Prayer as racists after clashes erupted between the group and protesters in Portland, Oregon.
It is unclear whether any of the talking points originated at the White House or within Homeland Security's own press office.
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Read more: https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/national-security/internal-document-shows-trump-officials-were-told-make-comments-sympathetic-n1241581
Drum
(8,909 posts)Eyeball_Kid
(7,410 posts)William Seger
(10,742 posts)No, he took his gun to kill black people, thinking that the demonstrations made it open season.
cyndensco
(1,697 posts)Guess he couldn't even get THAT right.
apnu
(8,722 posts)His mommy drove him there and some local yahoo gave him a rifle and let this child wander around unsupervised with it.
SoCalNative
(4,613 posts)This has Stephen Miller written all over it
Botany
(70,289 posts)DENVERPOPS
(8,677 posts)Helter Skelter, I seem to recall........
young_at_heart
(3,758 posts)Where is the outrage?
jmowreader
(50,447 posts)After this happened, the story was Rittenhouse borrowed a gun from a friend living in Kenosha, which meant he couldnt be charged at the federal level for taking a gun to be used in crime across state lines. Now theyre saying its his rifle, which says he did take it across state lines.
Initech
(99,912 posts)Guess I didn't get that memo!
dalton99a
(81,065 posts)IcyPeas
(21,737 posts)CaptYossarian
(6,448 posts)"Guns don't kill people. Domestic terrorists kill people."
muriel_volestrangler
(101,149 posts)So, once they'd finished painting him in an absurdly favorable light ('the document suggests that they note that he "took his rifle to the scene of the rioting to help defend small business owners."' ), they were meant say they wouldn't comment because they had to wait for a fair trial?
In Britain, they'd seriously risk being in contempt of court, or charged with perverting the course of justice, if they did that.
Progressive Jones
(6,011 posts)scare the living shit out of his fellow militia monkeys.