<p style="font-weight: 400;">The man who was caught on video firing a gun moments before <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/kyle-rittenhouse" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Kyle Rittenhouse</a> shot and killed two assailants during the 2020 riot in <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/kenosha" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Kenosha, WI.</a>, has been charged with armed robbery and other alleged crimes, according to a report.</p>
<p style="font-weight: 400;">Joshua Ziminski and his wife, Kelly Ziminski, both of whom took part in the August 25, 2020 riots that rocked the city, were charged Monday night with crimes including the armed robbery charge as well as armed burglary, false imprisonment, intimidation, and ID theft, the <a href="https://kenoshacountyeye.com/2022/09/13/kenosha-rioting-duo-including-man-who-shot-first-in-jail-holding-on-six-felonies-including-armed-robbery-burglary/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Kenosha County Eye reported</a>. Details of the crime spree were not immediately available, but The Daily Wire confirmed that both Ziminskis were booked Monday on multiple charges.</p>
<p style="font-weight: 400;">Ziminski was arrested following the riots on a gun charge as well as arson, for his alleged role in setting a trailer on fire during the riot. Video of the riot showed him firing a handgun in the air as Rittenhouse, who told reporters he was there to guard businesses from rioters, ran for his life. The then-17-year-old shot three people who chased and attacked him, including Joseph Rosenbaum, 36, and Anthony Huber, 26, who both died.</p>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">Well, well, well. Joshua Ziminski, the &quot;man&quot; who fired the first shot in Kenosha after teaming up with Joseph Rosenbaum to ambush a 17-year-old carrying a fire extinguisher has been charged with multiple violent felonies. <a href="https://twitter.com/ThisIsKyleR?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@ThisIsKyleR</a> <a href="https://t.co/nMBs3Sv6tu">https://t.co/nMBs3Sv6tu</a></p>
<p>&mdash; 📰 Media Accountability Project 🇺🇸 (@media_tmap) <a href="https://twitter.com/media_tmap/status/1569796693918633984?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 13, 2022</a></p></blockquote>
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<p style="font-weight: 400;">Rittenhouse was charged with counts of first-degree intentional and reckless homicide in the deaths, as well as for the wounding of Gaige Grosskreutz. But a jury found he was defending himself during the riot, which was sparked by the police shooting of an armed black man named Jacob Blake. The teen was facing life in prison with no chance at parole, but was acquitted on all charges last November.</p>
<p>Rittenhouse, who lived with his mom across the state border in Illinois, worked as a lifeguard in Kenosha, where his father lived. He had agreed to help provide security for local merchants on the night of the riots, and was armed with an AR-15-style rifle that he had bought. He was also acquitted of weapons charges in the case.</p>
<p>After his acquittal, Rittenhouse became a symbol of self-defense to many on the right, while his critics claimed he got away with murder.</p>
<p style="font-weight: 400;">Ziminski was charged several months after the riot and was freed on bail earlier this year, the outlet reported. He was awaiting trial when he was arrested Monday.</p>
<p style="font-weight: 400;">Ziminski, who has an upside-down crucifix, three teardrops, and the word “SIN” tattooed on his head, was originally supposed to go on trial in January for the riot-related charges, but the trial was delayed after he was accused of intimidating a freelance photographer who was set to testify in the case.</p>


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Man Who Fired First Shot As Rioters Chased Rittenhouse Arrested On New Charges

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<p>Kyle Rittenhouse on Thursday posted two viral tweets pushing back on calls for so-called common sense gun control measures in the wake of the tragic Uvalde, Texas, school shooting.</p>
<p>Rittenhouse fatally shot two rioters and injured a third while defending himself against attackers during a Black Lives Matter protest that devolved into a riot during the summer of 2020. The teen was facing life in prison with no chance at parole, but a jury found him not guilty.</p>
<p>&#8220;&#8216;The right of people to keep and bear arms shall NOT be infringed,&#8217; Joe,&#8221; Rittenhouse said via Twitter, seemingly making a reference to President Joe Biden and his speech concerning efforts to curb Americans&#8217; gun rights.</p>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">“The right of people to keep and bear arms shall NOT be infringed,” Joe.</p>
<p>&mdash; Kyle Rittenhouse (@ThisIsKyleR) <a href="https://twitter.com/ThisIsKyleR/status/1532544046383697920?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 3, 2022</a></p></blockquote>
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<p>&#8220;I am alive today because I was able to protect myself,&#8221; he added in a follow-up post.</p>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">I am alive today because I was able to protect myself.</p>
<p>&mdash; Kyle Rittenhouse (@ThisIsKyleR) <a href="https://twitter.com/ThisIsKyleR/status/1532544956237234196?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 3, 2022</a></p></blockquote>
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<p>Following last year&#8217;s verdict, Rittenhouse similarly asserted, “Self-defense is not illegal, and I believe they came to the correct verdict, and I’m glad that everything went well.”</p>
<p>Biden on Thursday called for &#8220;red flag&#8221; laws nationwide and a ban on &#8220;assault weapons.&#8221;</p>
<p class="css-at9mc1 evys1bk0">&#8220;We need to ban assault weapons and high capacity magazines. And if we can’t ban assault weapons, then we should raise the age to purchase them from 18 to 21,&#8221; the president <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2022/06/02/us/politics/biden-speech-transcript-gun-control.html">said</a>. &#8220;Strengthen the background checks, enact safe storage laws and &#8216;red flag&#8217; laws. Repeal the immunity that protects gun manufacturers from liability. Address the mental health crisis deepening the trauma of gun violence, and as a consequence of that violence.&#8221;</p>
<p class="css-at9mc1 evys1bk0">&#8220;These are rational, common-sense measures,&#8221; he claimed. &#8220;Here’s what it all means. It all means this: We should reinstate the assault weapons ban on high capacity magazines that we passed in 1994 with bipartisan support in Congress and the support of law enforcement.&#8221;</p>
<p>Following the Uvalde shooting, Daily Wire emeritus and bestselling author Ben Shapiro slammed cynical efforts from the Left to curb gun rights.</p>
<p>&#8220;&#8216;Common sense gun reform&#8217; is in reality what the Left wrongly believes &#8216;thoughts and prayers&#8217; is for the Right: an empty phrase denoting &#8216;I care&#8217; but without any actual problem-solving content,&#8221; Shapiro posted via social media.</p>
<p>&#8220;Not one of the &#8216;common sense gun reform&#8217; proposals the Left proposes would stop shootings like Uvalde. They know this. So instead, they make absurd claims suggesting that the mere fact of action of any type will magically reduce shootings (see, e.g., Sen. Murphy),&#8221; he added.</p>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">Not one of the &quot;common sense gun reform&quot; proposals the Left proposes would stop shootings like Uvalde. They know this. So instead, they make absurd claims suggesting that the mere fact of action of any type will magically reduce shootings (see, e.g., Sen. Murphy).</p>
<p>&mdash; Ben Shapiro (@benshapiro) <a href="https://twitter.com/benshapiro/status/1529469896697970688?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 25, 2022</a></p></blockquote>
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<p><strong>Related: <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/self-defense-is-not-illegalwe-made-it-through-the-hard-part-rittenhouse-speaks-after-not-guilty-verdict">‘Self-Defense Is Not Illegal…We Made It Through The Hard Part’: Rittenhouse Speaks After Not Guilty Verdict</a></strong></p>


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Kyle Rittenhouse Goes Viral With 2nd Amendment Posts As President Joe Biden Pushes Curbing Gun Rights

Kyle Rittenhouse Goes Viral With 2nd Amendment Post As Gun Control Talks Heat Up In Response To Uvalde Shooting 

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<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Former President Barack Obama is now warning the American people about the danger that &#8220;disinformation&#8221; poses to the nation&#8217;s democracy, but one has to wonder just when exactly he’s going to call out his own side of the political aisle for perpetuating myths and outright lies about conservatives and other issues over the past eight years. There certainly are numerous examples for Obama to choose from.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">On Tuesday, Obama took time out of his post-presidency schedule to explain <a href="https://twitter.com/BarackObama/status/1516519230820212743?s=20&amp;t=-f-AGnPqWnH3Oq4_njEvdA">via Twitter</a> to the American people that, &#8220;In recent years, we&#8217;ve seen how quickly disinformation spreads, especially on social media.&#8221;</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">&#8220;This has created real challenges for our democracy,&#8221; he fretted.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">In his infinite wisdom, and despite nobody asking, he told the American people, &#8220;Part of the reason it’s hard to bring about change is that we live in a media environment that elevates falsehoods as much as truths, and divides people as much as it brings them together.&#8221;</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">But, fear not fellow comrades, the Obama Presidential Foundation is &#8220;working to empower and equip emerging leaders to tackle issues like the spread of disinformation.&#8221;</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Obama&#8217;s lectures became pretty passé quite some time ago, so it&#8217;s doubtful that anybody is even paying attention to his thoughts on the matter.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Regardless, for those who <i>are</i> keeping tabs on Obama, does anybody actually expect that the Obama Foundation will attempt to dispel pieces of &#8220;disinformation&#8221; like the belief amongst a number of progressives that Michael Brown was shot by Ferguson police officer Darren Wilson with his hands up in the air? Even columnists at <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/post-partisan/wp/2015/03/16/lesson-learned-from-the-shooting-of-michael-brown/">The Washington Post</a> understand</span><span style="font-weight: 400;"> that&#8217;s untrue, but it </span><span style="font-weight: 400;">would appear that few others understand it never happened, as the phrase, &#8220;Hands Up, Don&#8217;t Shoot,&#8221; has been featured in BLM rallies throughout America. This occurs </span><a href="https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/hands-up-dont-shoot-slogan-used-in-george-floyd-protests-stems-from-myth-debunked-by-obama-doj"><span style="font-weight: 400;">even five years after the fact</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> that Obama&#8217;s own Justice Department reported that Brown was threatening Wilson when he was shot to death.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Or maybe Barry O. will let his buddy President Joe Biden know that Kyle Rittenhouse, a teenager accused of traveling across state lines to kill black people, is not a white supremacist. Biden </span><a href="https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/kyle-rittenhouse-biden/"><span style="font-weight: 400;">heavily implied Rittenhouse was one in multiple advertisements</span></a> <span style="font-weight: 400;">while on the campaign trail in 2020, yet has not issued an apology for smearing an innocent American.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Will the 44th president address the myth that his </span><a href="https://www.cato.org/commentary/stop-saying-donald-trump-colluded-russia"><span style="font-weight: 400;">successor colluded with the Russian government</span></a> <span style="font-weight: 400;">to get elected in 2016? Maybe Obama will beat Special Counsel John Durham to the punch by revealing the truth behind the phony Steele Dossier, the Clinton campaign&#8217;s role in the entire affair, and divulging details of who else was involved in what appears to be a cover-up and scandal involving allegations that were, as Congressman Jim Jordan (R-OH) said on Monday, “</span><a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/in-other-words-it-was-made-up-jim-jordan-rips-trump-russia-conspiracy-after-latest-durham-filing"><span style="font-weight: 400;">it was made up</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">.”</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">At the very least, Obama could apologize to former Trump campaign advisor Carter Page for the fact that FBI agents made “</span><a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/breaking-ig-report-finds-fbi-fell-far-short-made-serious-errors-in-fisa-application-to-surveil-trump-campaign"><span style="font-weight: 400;">serious errors</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">” that allowed the FISA court to </span><a href="https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-russia/justice-department-says-it-should-not-have-continued-spying-on-former-trump-adviser-idUSKBN1ZM34W"><span style="font-weight: 400;">grant the DOJ permission</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> to spy on Page.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Speaking of presidential elections, will Obama spend any of his time focusing on the fact that social media censored one of the biggest stories of the 2020 presidential cycle — Hunter Biden&#8217;s infamous laptop? Of course, the </span><a href="https://nypost.com/2021/11/28/media-helped-hide-the-real-joe-biden-by-censoring-hunter-stories-devine/"><span style="font-weight: 400;">legacy media assisted</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> in the effort to shield the public from the story that potentially implicates Hunter&#8217;s father in myriad scandals centered around Joe Biden&#8217;s time in office as vice president. Sure, press outlets now acknowledge that Hunter&#8217;s laptop is real, but in 2020, when they were bragging that 51 former intelligence officials said it bore the hallmarks of “Russian disinformation,” nobody seemed too keen on ensuring that they were reporting the truth.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The Obama Presidential Center has yet to actually be constructed. The logistics of it all have hit <a href="https://news.wttw.com/2022/03/30/federal-judge-dismisses-lawsuit-against-obama-presidential-center-protect-our-parks-vows">some snags on account</a> of Obama allegedly strong-arming the people of the south side of Chicago to build the complex, despite concerns that it will lead to gentrification and jack up property rates.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">This means Obama will have plenty of time to travel the country for <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/barack-obama-narrates-new-netflix-nature-documentary-about-national-parks">more Netflix specials</a>, but maybe he&#8217;ll also reflect on the fact that practically the entire legacy media and his ideological allies spent time slandering Nicholas Sandmann in 2019 over a <a href="https://townhall.com/tipsheet/timothymeads/2019/01/20/so-called-adults-apoplectically-over-react-to-the-covington-high-school-kids-n2539329">totally bogus story</a> that the MAGA hat-wearing teenager was bullying a Native American elder at a pro-life march.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Sandmann, of course, fought back and appears to have </span><a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/breaking-covington-catholic-student-nick-sandmann-gets-settlement-from-cnn-after-275-million-lawsuit"><span style="font-weight: 400;">received a hefty settlement</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> from various outlets in the process. It would be nice if Obama included that example as one way to fight disinformation and protect the truth, but we won’t hold our breath.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">To his credit, Obama actually has <a href="https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2013/12/13/250694372/obamas-you-can-keep-it-promise-is-lie-of-the-year">apologized</a> for at least one piece of “disinformation” that earned him “Lie of the Year” from Politifact in 2013. After millions of people lost their health insurance plans despite being told, “if you like you health care plan, you can keep your health care plan” by Obama himself, the commander-in-chief told the American people, “</span><span style="font-weight: 400;">I am sorry that they are finding themselves in this situation based on assurances they got from me.”</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Despite that one moment of humility, a report from The New York Times <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2022/04/20/technology/barack-obama-disinformation.html">would indicate</a> that none of the aforementioned pieces of “fake news” in this article were the catalyst for Obama having a change of heart about the role social media </span><span style="font-weight: 400;">and false information plays in society. Based on the Times report, what got Obama to think differently was “</span><span style="font-weight: 400;">Russia’s flood of propaganda on social media sites like Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube to </span><span style="font-weight: 400;">stir confusion and chaos</span><span style="font-weight: 400;"> in the 2016 presidential election.”</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">As The Daily Wire has </span><a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/nate-silver-dismantles-russian-disinformation-james-barrett"><span style="font-weight: 400;">reported</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">, that “flood of information” went both ways, and considering that </span><a href="https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/opinion/the-conversation/sd-how-much-money-russians-spent-twitter-facebook-ads-20170928-htmlstory.html"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Russia spent roughly $300,000</span></a> <span style="font-weight: 400;">on its efforts on Facebook, there is little to no evidence that it swayed the election one way or the other. For context, former Democratic candidate Mayor Mike Bloomberg </span><a href="https://www.forbes.com/sites/lisettevoytko/2020/03/03/bloomberg-spent-60-million-on-facebook-ads-and-just-1600-on-american-samoa-the-only-primary-hes-won/?sh=37b5f44265dd"><span style="font-weight: 400;">spent $60 million</span></a> <span style="font-weight: 400;">on Facebook ads and was a monumental loser in the 2020 Democratic primary.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">On Thursday, Obama will apparently be giving a speech on the way we &#8220;consume information&#8221; to <a href="https://twitter.com/BarackObama/status/1516809485997723652?s=20&amp;t=-f-AGnPqWnH3Oq4_njEvdA">share</a> what he has learned after “sitting down with academics, researchers, industry leaders, and former regulators, and listening to young leaders&#8221; on the topic.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;"> Instead of doing that, maybe he better sit down with his Democratic colleagues and members of the legacy media to reflect on their gigantic mistakes over the last 8 years or so listed in this article.</span></p>
<p><i>The views expressed in this piece are the author&#8217;s own and do not necessarily represent those of The Daily Wire.</i></p>


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Obama’s Warning About Disinformation Again. Let’s Take A Look At Some Examples, Shall We?

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<p>Kyle Rittenhouse on Tuesday night revealed that he intends on suing NBA star LeBron James.</p>
<p>&#8220;I think everyone wants to know &#8230; what are your plans for LeBron James?&#8221; journalist and host Drew Hernandez <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6g3Ff8K0x00&amp;feature=youtu.be">asked</a> Rittenhouse on the debut episode of &#8220;Frontlines.&#8221;</p>
<p>&#8220;He&#8217;ll be getting a letter, too,&#8221; the teenager responded.</p>
<p>&#8220;LeBron James will be getting a letter, too,&#8221; Hernandez emphasized to his viewers.</p>
<p>Rittenhouse replied, &#8220;Anybody who defamed me, or lied about me, we&#8217;re just gonna send them a letter and then deal with them in a courtroom.&#8221;</p>
<p>During the same appearance, Rittenhouse said he doesn&#8217;t necessarily support the political organization of Black Lives Matter, but does support the idea that &#8220;black lives matter.&#8221;</p>
<p>&#8220;I support black lives mattering,&#8221; Rittenhouse told Hernandez. &#8220;I support black lives matter &#8212; they <em>do</em> matter.&#8221;</p>
<p>WATCH:</p>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">BASED KYLE: <a href="https://twitter.com/ThisIsKyleR?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@ThisIsKyleR</a> denounces BLM and reveals he will be suing <a href="https://twitter.com/KingJames?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@KingJames</a> </p>
<p>Full: <a href="https://t.co/RjTsX1tSef">https://t.co/RjTsX1tSef</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/TPUSA?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@TPUSA</a> <a href="https://t.co/OCeQ8hLhEh">pic.twitter.com/OCeQ8hLhEh</a></p>
<p>&mdash; Drew Hernandez (@DrewHLive) <a href="https://twitter.com/DrewHLive/status/1496308548682268673?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 23, 2022</a></p></blockquote>
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<p>James in November mocked Rittenhouse for crying while testifying about a fatal encounter he had on August 25, 2020, with  <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/watch-prosecutor-lists-numerous-alleged-crimes-of-man-kyle-rittenhouse-fatally-shot-downplays-as-irrelevant">Joseph Rosenbaum</a>. (The jury later found Rittenhouse had acted in self-defense during the encounter.)</p>
<p>“What tears????? I didn’t see one,” James mocked the teenager. “Man knock it off! That boy ate some lemon heads before walking into court.”</p>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">What tears????? I didn’t see one. Man knock it off! That boy ate some lemon heads before walking into court. 🤣🤣🤣 <a href="https://t.co/LKwYssIUmD">https://t.co/LKwYssIUmD</a></p>
<p>&mdash; LeBron James (@KingJames) <a href="https://twitter.com/KingJames/status/1458619464329670657?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 11, 2021</a></p></blockquote>
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<p>Rittenhouse was overcome with emotion while testifying about he incident and the court had to take a ten minute recess, <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/breaking-kyle-rittenhouse-breaks-down-into-sobs-while-testifying-on-stand-recess-called">The Daily Wire</a> reported at the time:</p>
<blockquote><p><em>Rittenhouse, detailing the moments before he fired on Rosenbaum recalled Rosenbaum yelling “burn in hell” to him before Rittenhouse yelled “friendly, friendly, friendly!” in an attempt to calm Rosenbaum. But he was chased.</em></p>
<p><em>Rittenhouse described feeling “trapped” by Rosenbaum and another man, identified during the trial as Joshua Ziminski, who fired his pistol in the air. The teen said the man had the pistol pointed at him during the incident.</em></p>
<p><em>Before describing his actions to fire, Rittenhouse sobbed uncontrollably and a ten minute recess was called.</em></p></blockquote>
<p>James also made waves back in April for suggesting without evidence that an officer was racially motivated for fatally shooting 16-year-old <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/experts-makhia-bryant-shooting-legally-justified-officer-likely-saved-one-or-more-lives">Ma’Khia Bryant</a>, who was, at the time, attempting to stab another girl. Bryant and the other girl involved are both black; the officer is white.</p>
<p>In a now-deleted tweet, the L.A. Laker posted an image of the officer with the ominous caption, “YOU’RE NEXT. #ACCOUNTABILITY.”</p>
<p>After that was deleted, in another tweet, James wrote, “I’m so damn tired of seeing Black people killed by police. I took the tweet down because its [sic] being used to create more hate – This isn’t about one officer. [sic] it’s about the entire system and they always use our words to create more racism. I am so desperate for more ACCOUNTABILITY.”</p>
<p>Further, in May, James said black people in America are “literally hunted everyday/everytime” in reaction to the fatal shooting of 25-year-old black man Ahmaud Arbery.</p>
<p>“We’re literally hunted EVERYDAY/EVERYTIME we step foot outside the comfort of our homes!” James tweeted.</p>
<p>“Can’t even go for a damn jog man!” the NBA star continued. “Like [what the f***] man are you kidding me?!?!?!?!?!? No man fr ARE YOU KIDDING ME!!!!! I’m sorry Ahmaud (Rest In Paradise) and my prayers and blessings sent to the […] <span class="css-901oao css-16my406 r-1qd0xha r-ad9z0x r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0">heavens above to your family!!”</span></p>
<p>James added the hashtags “<span class="r-18u37iz"><a class="css-4rbku5 css-18t94o4 css-901oao css-16my406 r-1n1174f r-1loqt21 r-1qd0xha r-ad9z0x r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0" role="link" href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/StayWoke?src=hashtag_click" data-focusable="true">#StayWoke</a>” and</span> “<span class="r-18u37iz"><a class="css-4rbku5 css-18t94o4 css-901oao css-16my406 r-1n1174f r-1loqt21 r-1qd0xha r-ad9z0x r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0" role="link" href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/ProfiledCauseWeAreSimplyBlack?src=hashtag_click" data-focusable="true">#ProfiledCauseWeAreSimplyBlack</a>.”</span></p>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">We’re literally hunted EVERYDAY/EVERYTIME we step foot outside the comfort of our homes! Can’t even go for a damn jog man! Like WTF man are you kidding me?!?!?!?!?!? No man fr ARE YOU KIDDING ME!!!!! I’m sorry Ahmaud(Rest In Paradise) and my prayers and blessings sent to the&#8230;.. <a href="https://t.co/r1PNxs8Vgn">pic.twitter.com/r1PNxs8Vgn</a></p>
<p>&mdash; LeBron James (@KingJames) <a href="https://twitter.com/KingJames/status/1258156220969398272?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 6, 2020</a></p></blockquote>
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<p>Rittenhouse in December joined The Blaze TV’s “You Are Here&#8221; and discussed James&#8217; mocking tweet.</p>
<p>“I was a Lakers fan, too, before he said that,&#8221; Rittenhouse <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/kyle-rittenhouse-says-f-you-lebron">said</a>. “I was really pissed off when he said that because I liked LeBron &#8230; and then I’m like, you know what, f*** you, LeBron.”</p>
<p><strong>Related: <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/rittenhouse-spox-makes-offer-hits-back-at-lebron-james-for-mocking-teen-for-crying">Rittenhouse Spox Makes Offer, Hits Back At LeBron James For Mocking Teen For Crying</a></strong></p>
<p><strong>Related: <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/lebron-mocks-rittenhouses-tears-that-boy-ate-some-lemon-heads-before-walking-into-court">LeBron Mocks Rittenhouse’s Tears: ‘That Boy Ate Some Lemon Heads Before Walking Into Court’</a></strong></p>
<p><strong>Related: <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/lebron-james-blasted-after-mocking-kyle-rittenhouse-you-cried-because-you-got-a-cramp">LeBron James Blasted After Mocking Kyle Rittenhouse: ‘You Cried Because You Got A Cramp’</a></strong></p>
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Kyle Rittenhouse, LeBron James

WATCH: Kyle Rittenhouse Reveals He Intends To Sue LeBron James

LeBron James

<p>Kyle Rittenhouse joined &#8220;Tucker Carlson Tonight&#8221; on Monday to announce his new initiative &#8220;The Media Accountability Project&#8221; — a group that will be used to hold &#8220;members of the media accountable&#8221; for lies and defamation similar to what Rittenhouse endured before, during, and after his homicide trial in Kenosha, Wisconsin, in 2021. Rittenhouse was ultimately found not guilty on all charges after he was accused of murdering two men during a riot in 2020.</p>
<p>&#8220;So for over a year, media outlets in this country lied about Kyle Rittenhouse in an effort to have put behind bars for the rest of his life. They called him a white supremacist, which he is not. They told us he crossed state lines with an AR-15, which he did not, and therefore he was a terrorist,&#8221; Carlson explained before showing a montage of MSNBC guests like Reverend Al Sharpton and others accusing Rittenhouse of embodying white supremacy.</p>
<p>&#8220;White supremacy – no one he shot was not white, everyone involved in the story was white, of course, but it&#8217;s white supremacy,&#8221; Carlson said sarcastically. &#8220;They&#8217;re lying to put the kid in prison for the rest of his life. What they just told you there are lies. Rittenhouse&#8217;s mother didn&#8217;t drive him across state lines with an AR-15; he borrowed the gun from a friend in Wisconsin. He lived about 15 minutes from Wisconsin. He worked in Wisconsin. So, the question is, after a full year of watching these people lie in order to imprison a kid for the rest of his, who&#8217;s going to hold the liars accountable?&#8221; Carlson pondered before introducing Rittenhouse.</p>
<p>&#8220;Kyle, thank you so much for coming on tonight. I can&#8217;t think of many people who&#8217;ve been at the receiving end of this much sinister lying from so-called news organizations as you have. How are you going to respond?&#8221; Carlson asked.</p>
<p>&#8220;Well Tucker thank you for having me,&#8221; Rittenhouse said. &#8220;Me and my team have decided to launch the &#8216;Media Accountability Project&#8217; as a tool to help fundraise and hold the media accountable for the lies they said and deal with them in court.&#8221;</p>
<p>&#8220;Interesting, so the idea is — maybe like the Covington Catholic kids — you will be suing news organizations that maliciously lie about people who are in the news?&#8221; Carlson inquired.</p>
<p>&#8220;Yes, sir. We&#8217;re going to be holding them accountable, Tucker,&#8221; Rittenhouse affirmed.</p>
<p>&#8220;I guess I have to ask kind of a dumb question, why isn&#8217;t there a group like this that exists already since the media so often not observers, they&#8217;re players, they&#8217;re participants in the news? Why hasn&#8217;t somebody done this before?&#8221; the host asked.</p>
<p>&#8220;That&#8217;s a good question, Tucker, and I&#8217;m not sure, to be honest,&#8221; Rittenhouse answered. &#8220;But I don&#8217;t want to see anybody else have to deal with what I went through, so I want to hold them accountable for what they did to me, so I don&#8217;t want to see anybody else have to go through what I went through.&#8221;</p>
<p>Rittenhouse&#8217;s comments can be seen here:</p>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">BREAKING: Kyle Rittenhouse Announces Defamation LAWSUITS Against Corporate Media And Whoopi Goldberg (!!!) <a href="https://t.co/xqRxJy9ojd">pic.twitter.com/xqRxJy9ojd</a></p>
<p>&mdash; Benny (@bennyjohnson) <a href="https://twitter.com/bennyjohnson/status/1495939388387254272?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 22, 2022</a></p></blockquote>
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Rittenhouse Tucker

Kyle Rittenhouse Announces New Project ‘To Hold The Media Accountable’

Fox News

Tucker Carlson

<p>Kyle Rittenhouse sat down with Daily Wire host Candace Owens this week for an exclusive interview &#8212; and all things were on the table, including the teen&#8217;s life before, during, and after trial, and what Rittenhouse has coming in the future, particularly for those who famously smeared him as a “murderer,” “vigilante,” and “white supremacist.&#8221;</p>
<p>Rittenhouse told Owens he was just a &#8220;normal kid&#8221; who wanted to &#8220;help people&#8221; before his life was turned upside down in the summer of 2020.</p>
<p>&#8220;I was a lifeguard, I was a swim instructor, and I was a firefighter EMT cadet, and a police explorer, so I just wanted to help people before all this. And I still wanna help people,&#8221; he told Owens.</p>
<p>Rittenhouse fatally shot two male attackers in Kenosha, Wisconsin, at a protest that had evolved into a riot on August 25, 2020. In November, he was found not guilty on all charges related to the incident.</p>
<p>Democrats and their allies in the media worked to smear the then-17-year-old as a racist out for blood, before, and even after the acquittal.</p>
<p>&#8220;It&#8217;s been hard&#8221; since the night of the attacks,&#8221; Rittenhouse told Owens, &#8220;definitely been waking up at night with cold sweats.&#8221; But at the time, he said, he &#8220;didn&#8217;t realize how big the case actually was until a few months later.&#8221;</p>
<p>Then the media attacks became unavoidable, Rittenhouse disclosed. I was called &#8220;a white supremacist, a vigilante, and those just aren&#8217;t true.&#8221;</p>
<p>Notably, now-President Joe Biden ran a presidential campaign ad that falsely implies Rittenhouse is a “<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/rittenhouse-spokesman-slams-biden-for-ad-implying-teen-a-white-supremacist">white supremacist</a>.”</p>
<p>The Daily Wire’s <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/kyle-rittenhouses-attorney-demands-biden-remove-ad-claiming-client-is-a-white-supremacist-threatens-defamation-lawsuit">Ashe Schow</a> reported on the Biden ad in question in September 2020:</p>
<blockquote><p><em>… Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden released a digital ad on his official Twitter account that included President Donald Trump’s debate remarks about white supremacists. As the debate transcript plays, images from Charlottesville, Virginia, are shown. Thirty-seven seconds into the ad, as debate moderator Chris Wallace is discussing white supremacy and mentions Kenosha, Wisconsin, an image of 17-year-old Kyle Rittenhouse is displayed.</em></p>
<p><em>Biden’s tweet explains, “There’s no other way to put it: the President of the United States refused to disavow white supremacists on the debate stage last night.”</em></p></blockquote>
<p>Owens noted that all involved in the incident were white, emphasizing the bizarre framing of Rittenhouse as a &#8220;white supremacist.&#8221;</p>
<p>&#8220;There&#8217;s going to be some accountability, Candace,&#8221; Rittenhouse assured the &#8220;Candace&#8221; host.</p>
<p>In the past, he has hinted at forthcoming legal action against those who&#8217;ve smeared him as a racist vigilante.</p>
<p>&#8220;I would never have voted for Joe Biden,&#8221; Rittenhouse continued, referring to Biden&#8217;s attack. &#8220;I would have voted for Trump [if I was of voting age]; Trump was right, he supported me from the beginning and he helped tell the truth of what happened.&#8221;</p>
<p>For now, Rittenhouse is enrolled in college and plans to ultimately pursue a degree in law. He also said he&#8217;s taking classes to become a pilot and spending lots of time snowboarding.</p>
<p><em>Daily Wire <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/subscribe">members</a> can WATCH the full episode <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/episode/episode-44-kyle-rittenhouse-foreign-affairs-with-jack-posobiec">here</a>. </em></p>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">I joined <a href="https://twitter.com/RealCandaceO?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@RealCandaceO</a> today on her show, tune into <a href="https://twitter.com/realDailyWire?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@realDailyWire</a> tomorrow to watch! <a href="https://t.co/Qjuh39n3DC">pic.twitter.com/Qjuh39n3DC</a></p>
<p>&mdash; Kyle Rittenhouse (@ThisIsKyleR) <a href="https://twitter.com/ThisIsKyleR/status/1485766747793895424?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 25, 2022</a></p></blockquote>
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<p><strong>Related: <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/thats-when-i-knew-they-didnt-have-a-case-rittenhouse-details-critical-moments-of-trial">‘That’s When I Knew They Didn’t Have A Case’: Rittenhouse Details Critical Moments Of Trial</a></strong></p>
<p><strong>Related: <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/prosecutors-laptop-had-video-compression-software-handbrake-rittenhouse-links-to-withheld-evidence">Prosecutor’s Laptop Had Video Compression Software Handbrake, Rittenhouse Links To Withheld Evidence</a></strong></p>
<p><strong>Related: <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/kyle-rittenhouse-demonized-by-press-worked-as-janitor-fry-cook-to-help-support-mom-sisters">Kyle Rittenhouse, Demonized By Press, Worked As Janitor, Fry Cook To Help Support Mom, Sisters</a></strong></p>


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Kyle Rittenhouse Sits Down With Candace Owens, Discusses Future Plans: ‘There’s Going To Be Some Accountability’

Candace Owens

The Daily Wire

<p>A UCLA professor who is a self-described “Egyptologist” included a passage in a book she authored claiming Kyle Rittenhouse shot two black men, and when she was harshly criticized for her mistake, apologized but insisted that “America has a race problem,” a “deep-seeded obsession with patriarchal power,” and is plagued by “white supremacy” and “misogyny.”</p>
<p>Professor Kara Cooney tweeted:</p>
<blockquote><p><em>On p. 341 of THE GOOD KINGS I state that Kyle Rittenhouse shot two Black men when instead he shot two white men. That was my mistake, and I apologize. The response has been a hateful stew of ridicule and denial that America has a race problem at all.</em></p></blockquote>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">On p. 341 of THE GOOD KINGS I state that Kyle Rittenhouse shot two Black men when instead he shot two white men. That was my mistake, and I apologize. The response has been a hateful stew of ridicule and denial that America has a race problem at all.</p>
<p>&mdash; Kara Cooney (@KaraCooney) <a href="https://twitter.com/KaraCooney/status/1478780278726221824?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 5, 2022</a></p></blockquote>
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<p>“If one mistake in a little known book about ancient Egypt elicits this much howling, it is to avoid discussing our larger problem, to avoid seeing our deep-seeded obsession with patriarchal power,” she continued. “So yeah, tiny detail of the book with a big mistake about a massive American issue. And that’s on me. But the white supremacy is still a problem. And the misogyny is still a problem.”</p>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">So yeah, tiny detail of the book with a big mistake about a massive American issue. And that’s on me. But the white supremacy is still a problem. And the misogyny is still a problem.</p>
<p>&mdash; Kara Cooney (@KaraCooney) <a href="https://twitter.com/KaraCooney/status/1478780280970248194?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 5, 2022</a></p></blockquote>
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<p>Cooney was <a href="https://twitchy.com/brettt-3136/2022/01/05/professor-subjected-to-a-hateful-stew-of-ridicule-for-writing-in-her-book-that-kyle-rittenhouse-shot-two-black-men/">heavily criticized</a> on social media, with comments such as:</p>
<blockquote><p><em>I completely made up facts to support my fragile and fictitious worldview BUT YOUR REACTION TO THAT LIE IS THE REAL PROBLEM HERE!!!!</em></p>
<p><em>Someone who writes a book, doesn’t watch the trial, doesn’t do an investigation then claims “whoops, just a mistake” hopefully will hear from Kyle’s lawyer soon!</em></p>
<p><em>I was held to a higher standard than this for papers I wrote in high school. You aren&#8217;t a victim here.</em></p>
<p><em>If you and your publishers put out a book &#8220;mistaking&#8221; an easily verifiable detail of a major case from this past year how can you or your publishers be trusted to put out information about ancient history</em></p>
<p><em>How much can you really claim to care about this issue when you got such an obvious detail wrong? Did you not watch the case at all? The footage? How can you reconcile your alleged understanding of this problem with your ignorance about such a simple fact?</em></p></blockquote>
<p>In December, Rittenhouse told Glenn Beck he <a href="https://dailywire.com/news/rittenhouse-wants-conversation-with-biden-over-white-supremacist-suggestion/">wanted</a> to have a “conversation” with President Joe Biden for suggesting that Rittenhouse was a “white supremacist.” He stated, “I would like to sit down with the president and have a conversation with him and tell him the facts of what happened.”</p>
<p>Rittenhouse was referring to a <a href="https://twitter.com/JoeBiden/status/1311268302950260737">tweet</a> Biden released during his 2020 presidential campaign that contained a video showing Rittenhouse carrying his AR-15 in Kenosha. Biden tweeted of former President Trump, “There’s no other way to put it: the President of the United States refused to disavow white supremacists on the debate stage last night.”</p>
<p>Rittenhouse later told Tucker Carlson of Fox News, “Mr. President, if I could say one thing to you, I would urge you to go back and watch the trial and understand the facts before you make a statement.” After Carlson interjected, “That’s not a small thing to be called that,” Rittenhouse continued, “No, it’s, it’s actual malice, defaming my character for him to say something like that. It’s actually quite hysterical how nobody can go back and look at the facts of the case. ‘He crossed state lines,’ false. ‘He’s a white supremacist,’ false. None of that is true. And the lies that they can just get away with spreading is just sickening. And it’s a disgrace to this country.”</p>
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Jury Deliberates In Kyle Rittenhouse Trial

UCLA Prof’s Book States Rittenhouse Killed Two Black Men. Then She Insists U.S. Has ‘Race Problem.’

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Ron DeSantis

<p>Tina Knowles-Lawson, mother to superstar Beyoncé Knowles, said this week that actor Jussie Smollett should be treated with &#8220;compassion&#8221; during sentencing, claiming that teenager Kyle Rittenhouse &#8220;walked free after killing two people&#8221; because the jury &#8220;showed compassion.&#8221;</p>
<p>Smollett was convicted last week on five counts of disorderly conduct for lying to police about a hate crime hoax in 2019. Despite conviction, the actor maintains he is the victim of a racist, anti-gay hate crime and has not apologized.</p>
<p>Rittenhouse was found to have acted in self-defense when he was attacked in Kenosha, Wisconsin, last year at a Black Lives Matter protest-turned-riot.</p>
<p>&#8220;We will see the outcome of this for this Black man,&#8221; Knowles-Lawson posted to Instagram, citing an article from CNN.</p>
<p>&#8220;I am not condoning what Mr. Smollet was found guilty of, I am just asking will he get the same compassion and understanding of knowingly lying to police,&#8221; she wrote. &#8220;Kyle Rittenhouse walked free after killing two people because the jury had compassion?&#8221;</p>
<p>During the same post, the 67-year-old brought up the case of Amy Cooper, who called the police after she said she felt threatened by a man in Central Park, who happens to be black. After the media framed the encounter as a racist, the woman, who is white, eventually had charges against her <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/16/nyregion/amy-cooper-charges-dismissed.html">dismissed</a>.</p>
<p>Below is the full caption from Knowles-Lawson:</p>
<blockquote><p><em>The article goes on to say both were wrong but Jussie faces possible prison time and Amy Cooper The woman who called the police and lied about the black man that was Bird watching in Central Park was trying to attack her. Leading to the potential arrest of the man where in the history of black men In Custody could have led to his death !! Amy Cooper got off with public service . We will see the outcome of this for this Black man . Will he get the same compassion as Amy Cooper? I am not condoning what Mr Smollet was found guilty of . I am just asking will he get the same compassion and understanding of knowingly lying to police . Kyle Rittenhouse walked free after killing two people because the jury had compassion ?</em></p></blockquote>
<p>Smollet, back in January 2019, claimed he was targeted and attacked by apparent supporters of then-President Donald Trump in an anti-gay, anti-black hate crime. His alleged attackers, whom he allegedly described as white males who yelled “This is MAGA country,” were brothers Abimbola and Olabinjo Osundairo. Notably, the brothers are both black men who knew the “Empire” star before the incident and have claimed Smollett orchestrated the “hoax.” <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/here-are-all-top-democrats-tweets-about-jussie-amanda-prestigiacomo">The Daily Wire</a> detailed Smollett’s claim at the time:</p>
<blockquote><p><em>Smollett contends he was targeted by two Trump supporters, who verbally and physically accosted him as he was walking home from a Subway sandwich shop in downtown Chicago on January 29. The actor says the men called him a “f*****” and a “n*****,” tied a noose around his neck, poured bleach on him, and kicked him in the ribs.</em></p></blockquote>
<p>A jury on Thursday found Smollett guilty on five counts of disorderly conduct related to the incident. He has not yet been sentenced, but is facing up to three years in prison on each count, NBC Chicago <a href="https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/jussie-smollett-verdict-what-he-was-found-guilty-of-and-whats-next-in-the-legal-saga/2704278/">reported</a>.</p>
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Beyoncé’s Mom Wants ‘Compassion’ For Smollett: Rittenhouse ‘Walked Free After Killing Two People’

Jussie Smollett

<p>Acquitted teenager Kyle Rittenhouse on Wednesday evening talked to Blaze Media&#8217;s Steven Crowder, detailing what he went through while testifying on the stand in his own homicide trial.</p>
<p>The 18-year-old revealed that he suffered a &#8220;PTSD (Post-traumatic stress disorder) episode&#8221; when he broke down in tears and a recess needed to be called before he could finish his testimony. Host Steven Crowder, who has panic attacks himself, said he could recognize this happen in real time.</p>
<p>&#8220;Look- I had an anxiety attack; I had a PTSD episode on the stand,&#8221; Rittenhouse said, responding to critics&#8217; claims that his emotion on the stand was &#8220;fake.&#8221;</p>
<p>&#8220;That&#8217;s what I said when it happened,&#8221; Crowder told the teen. &#8220;I&#8217;ve had panic attacks.&#8221;</p>
<p>Rittenhouse revealed that he had panic attacks for the first time in his life when he went to jail, awaiting trial. Diagnosed with PTSD, the 18-year-old has had more since then &#8212; including one on the stand &#8212; but has been able to lessen the severity of the attacks by working with his therapist and developing strategies like &#8220;tactical breathing.&#8221;</p>
<p>Crowder underscored the difference between &#8220;social anxiety&#8221; and panic attacks, noting that the latter includes &#8220;a physiological response.&#8221;</p>
<p>The host said that when he watched Rittenhouse break down on the stand, he recognized that he was indeed having a panic attack, noting that he knew critics would &#8220;say that he&#8217;s faking.&#8221;</p>
<p>&#8220;It&#8217;s very upsetting, because &#8212; I don&#8217;t care what people say, I&#8217;ve long lived past that &#8212; but I&#8217;m like, it took everything I had to fight back, because I didn&#8217;t wanna cry on national TV,&#8221; Rittenhouse told Crowder.</p>
<p>During the same interview, Crowder made it a point to tell Rittenhouse, who is just 18, to not feel any obligation to do any or all media requests. &#8220;You don&#8217;t owe anyone anything,&#8221; he told the teen.</p>
<p>The host also told Rittenhouse not to feel any &#8220;guilt&#8221; about defending himself and emphasized that he doesn&#8217;t believe Rittenhouse shouldn&#8217;t have been in Kenosha that night, contrary to popular political option.</p>
<p>Notably, Rittenhouse has stressed that he doesn&#8217;t believe he should be &#8220;celebrated&#8221; as a &#8220;hero,&#8221; since, at the end of the day, two lives were lost. The teen also said that he doesn&#8217;t feel guilt because he knows he only did what he had to do to survive.</p>
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<p class="cue style-scope ytd-transcript-body-renderer" role="button">&#8220;I understand what you&#8217;re saying, [not] to be celebrated, but what I talked about on air is, you were there trying to do the right thing,&#8221; Crowder said. &#8220;That&#8217;s why I never took a step back, like, yeah, he shouldn&#8217;t have been there. No. I understand why you were there, and actually commend you for being there because you were there for a long time cleaning up and helping.&#8221;</p>
<p class="cue style-scope ytd-transcript-body-renderer" role="button">&#8220;You weren&#8217;t one of these people &#8230; there taking and harming lives like the people who attacked you,&#8221; he continued. &#8220;They all, and &#8230; you didn&#8217;t know it at the time, but they all spent a lifetime harming other people.&#8221;</p>
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‘Took Everything I Had’ Not To ‘Cry’: Rittenhouse Reveals He Had ‘PTSD Episode’ While Testifying

<p>Acquitted teenager Kyle Rittenhouse has been fully reinstated on the social media platforms Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram, after being <a href="https://www.npr.org/2021/12/01/1060635724/meta-facebook-instagram-kyle-rittenhouse">banned</a> by Big Tech until last month amidst his trial.</p>
<p>The teen on Monday confirmed his new accounts on the platforms during a <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/rittenhouse-has-changed-his-mind-about-career-choice-influenced-by-piece-of-s-prosecutors-like-binger">conversation</a> on Blaze Media&#8217;s &#8220;You Are Here.&#8221;</p>
<p>&#8220;<span class="css-901oao css-16my406 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0">To put a stop to all the fake </span><span class="r-18u37iz"><a class="css-4rbku5 css-18t94o4 css-901oao css-16my406 r-1cvl2hr r-1loqt21 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0" role="link" href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/KyleRittenhouse?src=hashtag_click">#KyleRittenhouse</a></span><span class="css-901oao css-16my406 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0"> social media accounts. Kyle now has official Facebook, Instagram, TikTok, and Twitter accounts,&#8221; an account for Rittenhouse&#8217;s legal fund wrote. &#8220;Instagram has been verified and is now live.&#8221;</span></p>
<p>&#8220;Yes and you can follow me on Facebook @ThisIsKyleRittenhouse,&#8221; the 18-year-old confirmed.</p>
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<p>&mdash; Kyle Rittenhouse (@ThisIsKyleR) <a href="https://twitter.com/ThisIsKyleR/status/1468074366739042304?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 7, 2021</a></p></blockquote>
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<p>In his first post on Instagram, Rittenhouse published a video of himself with his service dog Milo. It was revealed during the trial that the teenager suffers from Post-traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) since the night he was attacked in Kenosha, Wisconsin, last year. At the time of the trial, he said he was still in therapy.</p>
<p>&#8220;Kyle’s best friend is his service dog, Milo,&#8221; the post is captioned. &#8220;Kyle and Milo first met on a cold, snowy day in January &#8211; they have been inseparable ever since.&#8221;</p>
<p>&#8220;For nearly a year, Milo has been a source of unconditional love, strength and security for Kyle,&#8221; it reads. &#8220;This is the day they met.&#8221;</p>
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<p>Rittenhouse was acquitted by a jury last month on all charges against him related to the deadly riot.</p>
<p>Appearing in a teaser clip for a documentary from Fox News host Tucker Carlson, the teen said immediately following the acquittal that the jury “reached the right verdict.”</p>
<p>“Self-defense is not illegal, and I believe they came to the correct verdict, and I’m glad that everything went well. &#8230; It’s been a rough journey, but we made it through it,” he told the camera crew. “We made it through the hard part.”</p>
<p>He also revealed that he has nightmares about the incident, <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/kyle-rittenhouse-demonized-by-press-worked-as-janitor-fry-cook-to-help-support-mom-sisters">The Daily Wire</a> reported:</p>
<blockquote><p><em>“It’s the stuff that keeps you up at night, like once you do get to sleep, your dreams are about what happened and you’re waking up in a dark cold sweat,” the teenager revealed to Carlson’s crew.</em></p>
<p><em>Rittenhouse said he has dreams about the deadly night “every single night.”</em></p>
<p><em>“It’s quite scary actually, because the dreams feel so real. And they’re not the same at all, they’re all different. They’re the different scenarios that run through your heard during the day, like, what could have happened,” he detailed.</em></p>
<p><em>“I’m alive, but what could have happened, like what if I wasn’t alive, or what if I did let Mr. Rosenbaum steal my gun? It’s those types of dreams … almost every outcome is either me getting seriously injured or hurt or dead. Those are just the dreams I have on a daily basis.”</em></p></blockquote>
<p><strong>Related: <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/rittenhouse-has-changed-his-mind-about-career-choice-influenced-by-piece-of-s-prosecutors-like-binger">Rittenhouse Has Changed His Mind About Career Choice, Influenced By ‘Piece Of S*** Prosecutors’ Like Binger</a></strong></p>
<p><strong>Related: <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/rittenhouse-reveals-what-was-on-his-mind-as-prosecutors-lunchbox-and-little-finger-made-outrageous-claims">Rittenhouse Reveals What Was On His Mind As Prosecutors ‘Lunchbox’ And ‘Little Finger’ Made Outrageous Claims</a></strong></p>
<p><strong>Related: <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/thats-when-i-knew-they-didnt-have-a-case-rittenhouse-details-critical-moments-of-trial">‘That’s When I Knew They Didn’t Have A Case’: Rittenhouse Details Critical Moments Of Trial</a></strong></p>


Kyle Rittenhouse Reinstated On Social Media Platforms, Starts Posting

<p>Attempts from far-left activists and students to get Kyle Rittenhouse booted from Arizona State University have failed, the teenager revealed Monday during an appearance on Blaze TV&#8217;s &#8220;You Are Here.&#8221;</p>
<p>Asked about what schools he&#8217;s looking at for college, Rittenhouse enthusiastically responded, &#8220;ASU, Arizona State University &#8212; I&#8217;ll be there in the spring!&#8221;</p>
<p>&#8220;Weren&#8217;t there people protesting that?&#8221; Blaze Media&#8217;s Sara Gonzales asked the 18-year-old.</p>
<p>&#8220;Yeah, but they failed,&#8221; Rittenhouse responded.</p>
<p>When the protesters were mocked for falsely claiming the teen &#8220;murdered&#8221; &#8220;black people,&#8221; Rittenhouse replied, &#8220;Look, everybody has the right to protest, no matter how silly it is.&#8221;</p>
<p>Officials at Arizona State University said last week that Rittenhouse &#8220;was not currently enrolled at the university, though he was taking online classes, as activists called for his removal from the school,&#8221; <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/arizona-state-university-says-kyle-rittenhouse-took-online-classes-but-not-enrolled-amid-student-protests">The Daily Wire</a> reported.</p>
<p>“Kyle Rittenhouse has not gone through the admissions process with Arizona State University and is not enrolled in the Edson College of Nursing and Health Innovation,” the school said. “ASU can confirm that Mr. Rittenhouse enrolled as a non-degree seeking ASU Online student for the session that started Oct. 13, 2021, which allows students access to begin taking classes as they prepare to seek admission into a degree program at the university.”</p>
<p>In a follow-up statement, ASU said Rittenhouse was not enrolled as a student at ASU: “Kyle Rittenhouse has not gone through the ASU admissions process. Our records show that he is not currently enrolled in any classes at ASU.&#8221;</p>
<p>In response, Rittenhouse family spokesman Dave Hancock told <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/us/arizona-state-university-kyle-rittenhouse-not-enrolled-student-demands">Fox News</a> that the teen&#8217;s professors &#8220;advised [him] to temporarily withdraw from classes but that he is planning on enrolling again.”</p>
<p>“Amid his most recent semester, Kyle’s professors at Arizona State University recommended a compassionate withdrawal of his online classes,&#8221; Hancock said. &#8220;Now that the trial is behind him, Kyle is eager to enroll in more classes. He is hopeful that attending Arizona State in person will soon be an option.&#8221;</p>
<p>It seems Rittenhouse has since re-enrolled and has been accepted.</p>
<p>A jury last month found the teen not guilty on all charges related to a fatal riot in Kenosha, Wisconsin, that took place last year. The teen was facing life in prison without the chance at parole.</p>
<p>During his appearance on Blaze TV, Rittenhouse repeatedly rejected the notion that he&#8217;s a &#8220;hero&#8221; or &#8220;heroic,&#8221; emphasizing that he wished he did not have to take anyone&#8217;s life.</p>
<p>The teen noted that he had no choice but to fatally shoot his attackers and believes it is a &#8220;God-given right&#8221; for anyone to defend themselves from danger.</p>
<p><strong>Related: <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/rittenhouse-reveals-what-was-on-his-mind-as-prosecutors-lunchbox-and-little-finger-made-outrageous-claims" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.dailywire.com/news/rittenhouse-reveals-what-was-on-his-mind-as-prosecutors-lunchbox-and-little-finger-made-outrageous-claims&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1638968057457000&amp;usg=AOvVaw2D60q-RBXbXWl9ZTC6F_NI">Rittenhouse Reveals What Was On His Mind As Prosecutors ‘Lunchbox’ And ‘Little Finger’ Made Outrageous Claims</a></strong></p>
<p><strong>Related: <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/arizona-state-university-says-kyle-rittenhouse-took-online-classes-but-not-enrolled-amid-student-protests">Arizona State University Says Kyle Rittenhouse Took Online Classes But ‘Not Enrolled’ Amid Student Protests</a></strong></p>
<p><strong>Related: <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/thats-when-i-knew-they-didnt-have-a-case-rittenhouse-details-critical-moments-of-trial" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.dailywire.com/news/thats-when-i-knew-they-didnt-have-a-case-rittenhouse-details-critical-moments-of-trial&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1638968057457000&amp;usg=AOvVaw3kGc0VwJY-WT_w7MyjqKyk">‘That’s When I Knew They Didn’t Have A Case’: Rittenhouse Details Critical Moments Of Trial</a></strong></p>


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