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FrodosNewPet

(495 posts)
Sun Nov 21, 2021, 09:15 PM Nov 2021

Kyle Rittenhouse Tells Tucker Carlson He's 'Not a Racist Person' and Supports BLM: 'This Case Has No

Source: MEDIAite

By Sarah Rumpf Nov 21st, 2021, 5:36 pm

Kyle Rittenhouse was interviewed by Fox News’ Tucker Carlson, his first media appearance since he was found not guilty of all five charges against him in his murder trial. In a clip from that interview released by Fox News, Rittenhouse insisted that his actions “had nothing to do with race,” and expressed support for the Black Lives Matter movement and peaceful demonstrations.

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Mark Richards, one of Rittenhouse’s defense attorneys, told CNN’s Chris Cuomo that he “didn’t approve of it” and “threw [the film crew] out of the room several times,” but he was “not always the boss” on decisions like that, apparently driven in part by the effort to crowdfund Rittenhouse’s legal defense.

In the clip that aired on Fox News on Sunday, Rittenhouse responds to critics who accused him of acting out of some kind of racial animus. Multiple commentators on MSNBC, for example, have called Rittenhouse a racist or White supremacist and MSNBC host Tiffany Cross called him a “little murderous White supremacist” on Sunday.

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“I’m not a racist person,” Rittenhouse said. “I support the BLM movement. I support peacefully demonstrating.”

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Read more: https://www.mediaite.com/tv/kyle-rittenhouse-tells-tucker-carlson-hes-not-a-racist-person-and-supports-blm-this-case-has-nothing-to-do-with-race/

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Kyle Rittenhouse Tells Tucker Carlson He's 'Not a Racist Person' and Supports BLM: 'This Case Has No (Original Post) FrodosNewPet Nov 2021 OP
And yet felt somehow compelled to travel with an AR and shoot demonstrators. Don't add up kid. Evolve Dammit Nov 2021 #1
That is because... FarPoint Nov 2021 #4
What better place to spew lies than Faux News? For largely old, white audience. Nazi salute time, Evolve Dammit Nov 2021 #7
And now straight to Fox News. GoodRaisin Nov 2021 #32
I call bullshit. No way do I believe he truly thinks and feels that way. LonePirate Nov 2021 #2
Unless he had a jailhouse change of heart, yeah, it DOES look unlikely FrodosNewPet Nov 2021 #12
IDK what the right verdict is FrodosNewPet Nov 2021 #3
That's OK, I hate the little MF'er enough for both of us. Enter stage left Nov 2021 #6
Me too. "I hate the little MF'er..." Budi Nov 2021 #10
My sainted grandmother told me to NEVER say I hate someone. . . AverageOldGuy Nov 2021 #21
Your Grandmother was a wise woman...but she didn't see the last 5+ years... Enter stage left Nov 2021 #23
I haven't been following it, but it seemed to me racism wasn't the primary driver captain queeg Nov 2021 #5
Yup, basically a teen with visions of glory who had a friend who got him a gun. dhol82 Nov 2021 #13
Nothing says "I support the BLM movement" like crossing state lines with a rifle to confront and kil Budi Nov 2021 #8
At least one of the victims, Rosenbaum, was screaming the n-word. NYC Liberal Nov 2021 #25
I always found it hard to believe that Rosenbaum gave a damn about BLM Polybius Nov 2021 #31
The victims were BLM supporters, radius777 Nov 2021 #34
He did not cross state lines with a rifle janterry Nov 2021 #35
Freepers aren't exactly happy about Kyle's comment. Kaleva Nov 2021 #9
I imagine the venn diagram overlap between AR-15 owners and BLM supporters is wiggs Nov 2021 #11
True. dhol82 Nov 2021 #14
Suuuuuure WHITT Nov 2021 #15
I was waiting for someone to post this pic. Boomerproud Nov 2021 #24
THIS is why I call him a racist and white supremacist. It's all the evidence I need. keopeli Nov 2021 #29
Why do we let them spoil a normal "ok sign"? jimfields33 Nov 2021 #33
There are plenty of pictures of Democratic leaders using the OK sign OnlinePoker Nov 2021 #38
Gaslighting. mn9driver Nov 2021 #16
What will the Freepers think though? FrodosNewPet Nov 2021 #17
Kyle is probably much more worried about the civil lawsuits he is facing. mn9driver Nov 2021 #18
And civil suits . . . AverageOldGuy Nov 2021 #22
Hmmmm. AverageOldGuy Nov 2021 #19
And I'm the fucking pope. sakabatou Nov 2021 #20
Was the little puke able to keep a straight face? BobTheSubgenius Nov 2021 #26
You brought a fucking gun......or did you forget that..... turbinetree Nov 2021 #27
watch him squeal when civil suit's climb all over him ! what then , go fund me shit ? monkeyman1 Nov 2021 #28
Racists: they always lie, and then wink to other racists afterward. C Moon Nov 2021 #30
Just like trump all you have to do is lie! The Jungle 1 Nov 2021 #36
Working both sides of the street and running scared.......... Bengus81 Nov 2021 #37
Did they discuss his Proud Boys connections... Harker Nov 2021 #39
I have not seen the whole thing, but I would bet against it. FrodosNewPet Nov 2021 #40
I'd bet against it, too. Harker Nov 2021 #41
DOES HE KNOW.. toughtony Nov 2021 #42

FarPoint

(14,273 posts)
4. That is because...
Sun Nov 21, 2021, 09:22 PM
Nov 2021

This is totally fake and made up....He is a known racist ...raise as a white nationalist by his dear mother .....

Evolve Dammit

(21,287 posts)
7. What better place to spew lies than Faux News? For largely old, white audience. Nazi salute time,
Sun Nov 21, 2021, 09:29 PM
Nov 2021

right Laura and Tucker?

FrodosNewPet

(495 posts)
12. Unless he had a jailhouse change of heart, yeah, it DOES look unlikely
Sun Nov 21, 2021, 09:50 PM
Nov 2021
https://www.thedailybeast.com/kyle-rittenhouse-boozes-with-proud-boys-flashes-white-power-sign

Blake Montgomery Reporter/Editor
Published Jan. 13, 2021 11:06PM ET

Prosecutors are seeking to increase the restrictions on Kyle Rittenhouse’s $2 million bond agreement after he visited a bar in Mount Pleasant, Wisconsin, to drink and take photos with the Proud Boys. Rittenhouse, a cause célèbre on the right, is charged with first-degree intentional homicide over the deaths of two protesters and the injury of a third during the summer 2020 Black Lives Matter demonstrations. His lawyers argue he shot in self-defense. Wisconsin law allows those underage to drink in the presence of a parent, and 18-year-old Rittenhouse arrived at Pudgy’s Pub on Jan. 5 with his mother. There, according to prosecutors, he was “loudly serenaded” by the Proud Boys with a song from Aladdin and posed for photos while flashing a “white power” sign, making an OK with one hand. He sported a shirt reading “Free as f--k.” Prosecutors filed a motion Wednesday to amend his bond to prohibit him from drinking alcohol, visiting establishments where alcohol is served, and socializing with known militia or white supremacist groups.

FrodosNewPet

(495 posts)
3. IDK what the right verdict is
Sun Nov 21, 2021, 09:19 PM
Nov 2021

Sorry. I cannot bring myself to HATE Kyle Rittenhouse. Merely feel bad for what this whole situation has brought our nation to.

In any case, we MUST do better going forward.

AverageOldGuy

(3,081 posts)
21. My sainted grandmother told me to NEVER say I hate someone. . .
Sun Nov 21, 2021, 10:28 PM
Nov 2021

. . . so I'll just say there will be a huge celebration in my home when the little bastard gets what he dished out.

Enter stage left

(4,128 posts)
23. Your Grandmother was a wise woman...but she didn't see the last 5+ years...
Sun Nov 21, 2021, 10:31 PM
Nov 2021

My bet is she would have changed her mind.

captain queeg

(11,780 posts)
5. I haven't been following it, but it seemed to me racism wasn't the primary driver
Sun Nov 21, 2021, 09:25 PM
Nov 2021

To me the issue is all the guns and how available and wide spread they are. And attitudes about guns in the US.

dhol82

(9,619 posts)
13. Yup, basically a teen with visions of glory who had a friend who got him a gun.
Sun Nov 21, 2021, 09:58 PM
Nov 2021

He’s a little shit who got into a situation he didn’t understand or was able to deal with.
If he had been another color, he would be dead by now.

 

Budi

(15,325 posts)
8. Nothing says "I support the BLM movement" like crossing state lines with a rifle to confront and kil
Sun Nov 21, 2021, 09:42 PM
Nov 2021



"Nothing says “I support the BLM movement” like crossing state lines with a rifle to confront and kill people who support BLM."

The Hill
@thehill
"I’m not a racist person. I support the BLM movement," Kyle Rittenhouse, who was recently acquitted for murder, told Tucker Carlson.

🖕🏼😳

NYC Liberal

(20,430 posts)
25. At least one of the victims, Rosenbaum, was screaming the n-word.
Sun Nov 21, 2021, 11:02 PM
Nov 2021

I highly doubt he was a BLM supporter either.

IMO all four people in this whole thing are shitty. KR went looking for trouble and the people he shot were too. A fucked up situation with no “good guys”.

Polybius

(20,999 posts)
31. I always found it hard to believe that Rosenbaum gave a damn about BLM
Mon Nov 22, 2021, 12:28 AM
Nov 2021

With his past, why would he?

radius777

(3,921 posts)
34. The victims were BLM supporters,
Mon Nov 22, 2021, 06:33 AM
Nov 2021

and young people of all races use the hip hop version of the n-word as a synonym for 'dude' or 'homeboy'.

The victims had checkered pasts but at least were on the side of justice. Rittenhouse went to target such folks, who didn't deserve to be killed.

wiggs

(8,516 posts)
11. I imagine the venn diagram overlap between AR-15 owners and BLM supporters is
Sun Nov 21, 2021, 09:47 PM
Nov 2021

vanishingly small

WHITT

(2,868 posts)
15. Suuuuuure
Sun Nov 21, 2021, 09:59 PM
Nov 2021


Rittenhouse flashing the 'White Power' symbol right after being released on bail after murdering two people.



Rittenhouse hangin' out with the Proud Boys.

Boomerproud

(9,019 posts)
24. I was waiting for someone to post this pic.
Sun Nov 21, 2021, 10:59 PM
Nov 2021

Email it to Tucker and see what happens. 😀

keopeli

(3,582 posts)
29. THIS is why I call him a racist and white supremacist. It's all the evidence I need.
Sun Nov 21, 2021, 11:56 PM
Nov 2021
 

jimfields33

(19,382 posts)
33. Why do we let them spoil a normal "ok sign"?
Mon Nov 22, 2021, 05:56 AM
Nov 2021

That pisses me off. I thought it was an upside down on sign. The woman at one hearing was showing it upside down. Which is it?

OnlinePoker

(6,034 posts)
38. There are plenty of pictures of Democratic leaders using the OK sign
Mon Nov 22, 2021, 09:54 AM
Nov 2021

I've seen pictures of the Clintons, Obama, AOC and others all using it. It's time this troll stops being sited as proof of racism. One of my best memories of my me and my mother involved it and, at 60, I refuse to stop using it as it might offend someone.

FrodosNewPet

(495 posts)
17. What will the Freepers think though?
Sun Nov 21, 2021, 10:09 PM
Nov 2021

He is their beloved, their young saint, and he called himself a SUPPORTER?

It's making my head swim in confusion.

mn9driver

(4,790 posts)
18. Kyle is probably much more worried about the civil lawsuits he is facing.
Sun Nov 21, 2021, 10:26 PM
Nov 2021

All of the things that were excluded from the criminal trial, including his obvious racism, will be admissible. I’m guessing that his brand new sensitivity is coming directly from his lawyer.

AverageOldGuy

(3,081 posts)
22. And civil suits . . .
Sun Nov 21, 2021, 10:30 PM
Nov 2021

. . . have a lower standard of proof, and, do not require a unanimous jury decision.

AverageOldGuy

(3,081 posts)
19. Hmmmm.
Sun Nov 21, 2021, 10:26 PM
Nov 2021
“I’m not a racist person,” Rittenhouse said. “I support the BLM movement. I support peacefully demonstrating.”

Well, I'm convinced. Aren't you??
 

The Jungle 1

(4,552 posts)
36. Just like trump all you have to do is lie!
Mon Nov 22, 2021, 09:12 AM
Nov 2021

There is nothing that the right says that can be believed. Truth is dead in the republican party.
Flabby boy is a racist. My bet is his life will spiral out of control just like zimmerman. F um.

Bengus81

(9,523 posts)
37. Working both sides of the street and running scared..........
Mon Nov 22, 2021, 09:28 AM
Nov 2021

He knows someone might just haul off and shoot HIM.

Harker

(17,005 posts)
39. Did they discuss his Proud Boys connections...
Mon Nov 22, 2021, 10:29 AM
Nov 2021

or run the film clip of him saying prior to committing murder that he'd like to fire rounds at some shoplifters?

FrodosNewPet

(495 posts)
40. I have not seen the whole thing, but I would bet against it.
Mon Nov 22, 2021, 10:59 AM
Nov 2021

Tucker Carlson is more dangerous and insidious than Trump himself could hope to be.

toughtony

(88 posts)
42. DOES HE KNOW..
Mon Nov 22, 2021, 03:36 PM
Nov 2021

there are videos of him standing and posing with white Supremists in a bar.. He is seen holding up a white power symbol with his tiny little fingers wearing a t-shirt that says "free as fuk"

Naw, he's not a racist.

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