Kyle Rittenhouse’s attorney doesn’t like the aftermath of his client’s acquittal
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Mark Richards, Kyle Rittenhouse’s defense attorney, couldn’t believe the reaction from the American right after his client was acquitted and is speaking out about it, especially after learning that politicians were fundraising by using Rittenhouse as a new Republican American hero. “There’s a lot of people trying to profit on this, and I don’t think people should,” Richards told Insider, adding. “They’re raising money on it and you have all these Republican congressmen saying come work for me. They want to trade on his celebrity and I think it’s disgusting.”
As for Donald Trump Jr.’s presumption that the Rittenhouse verdict is a victory for American gun owners and that he wants to send the acquitted teen a brand-new assault rifle, Richards was pretty blunt in his assessment. “He’s an idiot. I don’t have to expand on that because it speaks for itself,” Richards said.
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Republican leaders want to offer the world to Kyle Rittenhouse
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Representative Paul Gosar, who was just censured by the House for posting a violent video depicting the murder of Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (via CBS), agreed with Gaetz, tweeting, “Justice was served for #KyleRittenhouse and he is fully exonerated. As I said last year, obviously self-defense. I will arm wrestle @mattgaetz to get dibs for Kyle as an intern.”
Not to be outdone, Donald Trump Jr, the former president’s son who has no official governmental role, later tweeted a suggestion that Rittenhouse should be rewarded with a weapon. “Gun Owners of America is sending Kyle Rittenhouse an AR-15. Sign the card in support of Kyle. Americans have a fundamental right to defend themselves and to keep and bear arms. The verdict in the Kyle Rittenhouse trial is a recognition of those rights,” Trump wrote in a tweet that has since been deleted (via Insider).
Kyle Rittenhouse’s attorney doesn’t like the aftermath of his client’s acquittal
Mark Richards, Kyle Rittenhouse’s defense attorney, couldn’t believe the reaction from the American right after his client was acquitted and is speaking out about it, especially after learning that politicians were fundraising by using Rittenhouse as a new Republican American hero. “There’s a lot of people trying to profit on this, and I don’t think people should,” Richards told Insider, adding. “They’re raising money on it and you have all these Republican congressmen saying come work for me. They want to trade on his celebrity and I think it’s disgusting.”
As for Donald Trump Jr.’s presumption that the Rittenhouse verdict is a victory for American gun owners and that he wants to send the acquitted teen a brand-new assault rifle, Richards was pretty blunt in his assessment. “He’s an idiot. I don’t have to expand on that because it speaks for itself,” Richards said.
As for Donald Trump Jr.’s presumption that the Rittenhouse verdict is a victory for American gun owners and that he wants to send the acquitted teen a brand-new assault rifle, Richards was pretty blunt in his assessment.
“He’s an idiot. I don’t have to expand on that because it speaks for itself,” Richards said.
