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 collegeā€™s Turning Point USA chapter to speak at the campus. However, the event was met with backlash from a number of students who objected to Rittenhouseā€™s presence.

The 21-year-old gained notoriety in August 2020 when, at the age of 17, heĀ shot and killed two menā€”Joseph Rosenbaum, 36, and Anthony Huber, 26, as well as injuring 26-year-old Gaige Grosskreutzā€”at 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.

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      8 months ago

      Because heā€™s a pussy, and they wouldnā€™t let him carry his rifle on stage to shoot people in ā€˜self-defenseā€™.

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        8 months ago

        ALRIGHT PUSSY PUSSY PUSSY WE HAVE WHITE PUSSY WE HAVE BLACK PUSSY WE HAVE THIS PUSSY (sadly) WE HAVE BIG PUSSY WE HAVE SMALL PUSSY

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      8 months ago

      Probably an emotional support dog. It looked like a golden retriever. I donā€™t think itā€™s a stretch to imagine him having some PTSD from such unnecessary killings.

      I think itā€™s sad how theyā€™re trying to pimp him out.