Kyle Rittenhouse abruptly departed the stage during an appearance at the University of Memphis on Wednesday, after he was confronted about comments made by Turning Point USA founder and president Charlie Kirk.
Rittenhouse was invited by the collegeās Turning Point USA chapter to speak at the campus. However, the event was met with backlash from a number of students who objected to Rittenhouseās presence.
The 21-year-old gained notoriety in August 2020 when, at the age of 17, heĀ shot and killed two menāJoseph Rosenbaum, 36, and Anthony Huber, 26, as well as injuring 26-year-old Gaige Grosskreutzāat a protest in Kenosha, Wisconsin.
He said theĀ three shootings, carried out with a semi-automaticĀ AR-15-style firearm, were in self-defense. TheĀ Black Lives Matter (BLM) protest where the shootings took place was held afterĀ Jacob Blake, a Black man, was left paralyzed from the waist down after he was shot by a white police officer.
Heās a mascot for the GOP - I doubt heād have that hard a time getting a job at Fox or some other misinformation distributor.
Who the fuck would listen to him? Heās got all the charisma youād expect a snot-nosed faux-crying-at-trial murderous teenager would have. Playing the āvictimā of the āwoke leftist mobā only gets you 15 minutes- just ask that dipshit AR-wielding ambulance chaser and his mustard-covered wife in Missouri how famous they are these days.
Isnāt that like every rightwing talking head under the age of 40? The red team eats that shit up.
Makes it all the more impressive that he aināt got what itās takes to be an entertainer for the right
Maybe he should get the tucker carlson hairdo. That might help his chances.
To be a fox news anchor, you have to have a personality. I mean, it can be one where you scream and yell, but you canāt walk off the stageābecause the show must go on. Heās annoying, even to his own, and a liability.
Until they have no use for you and then itās back to the streets