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 collegeās Turning Point USA chapter to speak at the campus. However, the event was met with backlash from a number of students who objected to Rittenhouseās presence.
The 21-year-old gained notoriety in August 2020 when, at the age of 17, heĀ shot and killed two menāJoseph Rosenbaum, 36, and Anthony Huber, 26, as well as injuring 26-year-old Gaige Grosskreutzāat 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.
Iām feeling out the position. These people think he legitimately acted in self defense. Just like we might all believe she acted in self defense. My position isnāt about equating these two things, I even explicitly said so. Itās about whether its ārepulsiveā to invite someone because they acted in self defense.
Not OP but then yeah, itād be repulsive to invite her to events as a hero. Maybe if it were an abuse awareness thing or a support group itād be different. But if it were in the same way Rittenhouse was/is celebrated, thatād be fucked.
Fair enough, you would be consistent then.