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Demovictory9

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Tue Dec 7, 2021, 06:21 PM Dec 2021

Rittenhouse pushes back on praise for killing "probably two of the worst on the planet" [View all]



Rittenhouse Rethinks Trip to Kenosha
Teenager retreats from interviewer's praise for killings


The recently acquitted Kyle Rittenhouse says that, in hindsight, the trip from his home in Illinois to Wisconsin during protests in August 2020 was "probably not the best idea." Rittenhouse, then 17, took an AR-15-style rifle with him and shot three people; Joseph Rosenbaum and Anthony Huber were killed. On a Monday night episode of the podcast "You Are Here," Rittenhouse said he can't change the decision to travel to Kenosha, NBC reports. "But I defended myself and that's what happened," he said. Rittenhouse was found not guilty of all charges, including homicide, last month.

Rittenhouse pushed back at praise from the interviewer for the killings. "Of all the people that you shot at, you killed probably two of the worst on the planet," said Sydney Watson. Rosenbaum and Huber had criminal records. "Congratulations," Watson told the teenager, per the Hill. "Good job, you." Rittenhouse answered, "It's nothing to be congratulated about." Rittenhouse has said he went to Kenosha to protect property during the protests against police violence against Black people. "Like, if I could go back, I wish I would never have had to take somebody’s life," he told Watson.

https://www.newser.com/story/314230/kyle-rittenhouse-going-to-kenosha-wasnt-the-best-idea.html?utm_source=part&utm_medium=uol&utm_campaign=rss_top
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When the killer is less disreputable than the interviewer iemanja Dec 2021 #1
A little remorse even is a good sign. As opposed to the Crumbleys who think they are the victims Walleye Dec 2021 #2
What? rittenhouse and his pos parents are just like Crumbleys. rockfordfile Dec 2021 #28
Well, good for him. BlackSkimmer Dec 2021 #3
I think he is just trying to avoid Mary in S. Carolina Dec 2021 #26
Well, that's a start. A HERETIC I AM Dec 2021 #4
Property represents a part of your life that you spent working for it Calculating Dec 2021 #11
Post removed Post removed Dec 2021 #16
and thank you for that bullshit contribution. Goodbye. a kennedy Dec 2021 #25
Seriously? Mary in S. Carolina Dec 2021 #27
Yet KR lied about the property owner asking him to protect it. keithbvadu2 Dec 2021 #21
That's the first decent thing I've heard him say. Haggard Celine Dec 2021 #5
he's said that he's pro BLM and is pushing back on the "hero for killing". GOP will turn on him Demovictory9 Dec 2021 #6
Yeah, they'll be calling him a little socialist before we know it. Haggard Celine Dec 2021 #7
He has too many trashy people around him including his mother JI7 Dec 2021 #8
I never bought the narrative Zeitghost Dec 2021 #9
I think he understands that he's got a tough road ahead as an accused murderer Demovictory9 Dec 2021 #10
I had envisioned him puffed up and gloating. NH Ethylene Dec 2021 #12
he is no Zimmerman Demovictory9 Dec 2021 #13
OK, but maybe stop the media tour tishaLA Dec 2021 #14
yeah crud Dec 2021 #15
Don't know, but I read the interview in the WaPo, and he didn't just resist Hortensis Dec 2021 #18
"two of the worst on the planet"? maxsolomon Dec 2021 #17
I immediately thought of two other names - closer to home, if you know what I mean! bullwinkle428 Dec 2021 #20
He said he was destroying the AR-15 he used in the shooting as well NickB79 Dec 2021 #19
That kid might find he has a tiger by the tail. nolabear Dec 2021 #22
Something about a shirt with 'Free as Fu_k' printed on it. keithbvadu2 Dec 2021 #23
Fuck that murderer Ferrets are Cool Dec 2021 #24
And I'm guessing people will actually believe him. Torchlight Dec 2021 #29
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