Trump says Rittenhouse visited him at Mar-a-Lago
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Via: sister-mary-agnes-ample-bottom • 4 years ago • 205 commentsBy: Brian Rokus
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Former President Donald Trump said he was recently visited at his Palm Beach, Florida, resort by Kyle Rittenhouse, the teenager who was acquitted last week on all charges after fatally shooting two people and wounding a third during protests in Kenosha, Wisconsin, last summer.
He called. He wanted to know if he could come over, say hello, because he was a fan," Trump said during an interview with Fox News' Sean Hannity that aired Tuesday night.
Trump said Rittenhouse, 18, had left Mar-a-Lago "a little while ago," and Hannity had earlier said that his interview with Trump took place on Monday. During the interview, Fox showed a picture of Rittenhouse posing with Trump.
"He came over with his mother. Really a nice young man. ... That was prosecutorial misconduct. He should have not have had to suffer through a trial for that. He was going to be dead," the former President said.
The comments were in line with ones Trump had made while in office.
A 12-juror panel deliberated more than 25 hours in the closely watched case, ultimately acquitting Rittenhouse on Friday of first-degree intentional homicide and four other felony charges in a verdict that cannot be appealed.
The two-week trial -- which captured America's attention and was in many ways emblematic of the divided nation -- featured testimony from more than 30 witnesses, including Rittenhouse himself, and video clips from the night of the shootings during unrest sparked by the police shooting of Jacob Blake, a Black man. The verdict opened a fresh debate over state laws on self-defense and the concept of vigilantism.
The politicization of the case comes amid an already tense political environment ahead of the 2022 elections and even the 2024 presidential race.
Trump, who appears to be preparing another run for the White House, has been praising Rittenhouse as the "poster boy" for the right to self-defense.
President Joe Biden, meanwhile, told reporters on Friday that he stood by the not-guilty verdict, saying the jury system of trial in the United States works and must be respected.
"Look, I stand by what the jury has concluded," he said. "The jury system works, and we have to abide by it." In a statement later that day Biden acknowledged that the verdict "will leave many Americans feeling angry and concerned, myself included," but reiterated that "the jury has spoken."
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Oh. Brother.
Geico MTG actually wants him to receive the medal and is spearheading the nomination. Then I should receive for something out of my past.
melania needed some fresh meat.
See visual on your comment @3.
She figured that out the first time she shagged that gelatinous, wobbling mound of blubber.*
*The above comment was accompanied by an involuntary yuck-shimmy. My use of the term 'gelatinous' gave me a visual too real to comprehend.
all the thumpers on her secret service detail are confined to missionary...
All she would get is cheap meat filler from that turd.
So, a 17yo with an illegally owned AR-15 drives across a state line to shoot protestors.
After killing 2 and wounding 1 He goes to trial and is found not guilty. HUH?????
The right wing now treats him like a hero and he goes to see Trump. HUH??????
We can expect a lot more of this.
It’s funny how much the left hangs its hat on this state line thing.
He lives 15 minutes from kenosha. If he lived five miles north I guess it would have been okay.
Of course it makes no difference, which is why it’s so funny the “state line” filler is added to each condemnation of rittenhouse.
it’s a running joke.
I guess Kyle and his mother just happened to be in the neighborhood of Palm Beach Florida as they make their victory tour.
Better rittenhouse than Jacob Blake.
So he just happened to have donald's phone number and called him up...
Translation : One of Trump's assistants called Rittenhouse's mother and invited them.
Donald can't tell the truth for shit.
The invitation was simply a photo op for the magats. Either that or Trump needs a new caddy.
Both?
Yep
His so called "victims" were criminal scum....sad to see they have supporters/enablers here aboouts.
Jacob Blake's actions resulted in his getting shot. The shooting was justified
Did he know that at the time? Did you?
Since nobody knew of their past at the time, this is one of the most ridiculous lines of defense I have heard.
Rittenhouse said he supports BLM. That must be making a few people on here choke.
hat must be making a few people on here choke.
I would think so. Considering their bigotry led them to smear a 17 year old as a white supremacist.
He probably thinks BLM stands for Black Lives..MEH.
.Black lives matter don't even think black lives matter
Unless it fits a liberal narrative that involves looting and burning.
You hearing dog whistles again?
Why is it only far leftists hear dog whistles?
The only people who hear racist dog whistles are racists.
Some on here don't understand the difference between fan club and being ridiculed.
When leftists mention dog whistles, they only mean racist ones. That's why it is understood only THEY hear them. Anytime looting and rioting are in order, whistles are sent out throughout the country......and they react in earnest.
It's a pavlovian response I tell ya, you know the whole salivating, drooling and dripping from the mouth thing....
So are you saying when a pair of sneakers are dangled in front of a leftist/liberal, you can damn well bet a Foot Locker is going to be looted?
Wanna guess what happened to 19.2.8??
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Them being on ignore, I don't hear the dogs whistle.
Sooo gay. Why are people trying so hard to blow him? His life’s only accomplishment is not being convicted of a double homicide, and for some reason some seem hellbent on making him out to be some kind of hero. Fuck that kid.
A hero is a sandwich. In that little turd's case, it is all bologna.
I just LOVE how a certain group here on NT bitch whine and complain that Trump needs to just go away and claim that Trump is trying to stay relevant. Then this very same group here on NT that bitch whine and complain that Trump needs to just go away and claim that Trump is trying to stay relevant seed everything they can about him.
Trump wants to have a nationally televised debate between himself and whoever on the subject of the "stolen" election.
Does that sound like someone who is trying to fade away?
It would. You do realize you are one of those I referenced in my statement. [deleted]