Lefty media and pols have fallen into a Kyle Rittenhouse trap; They labeled him a "white supremacist" with no evidence at all. Nick Sandmann's lawyer Lin Wood knows a sitting duck when he sees it.

Kenosha shooter Kyle Rittenhouse already is turning into a nightmare for the progressives who immediately demonized him. The seventeen-year-old boy who traveled to Kenosha with his semi-automatic rifle to defend property from mob destruction appeared at first to be a perfect example of what novelist Tom Wolfe called “The Great White Defendant” in his satirical novel, The Bonfire of the Vanities. Kyle’s white (strike one), he carried a semi-automatic “assault rifle” (strike two), he loves the police (strike three), and even worse, he shot three people demonstrating against allegedly racist cops (by burning and looting businesses of people innocent of anything other than owning a business).

Those committed to the narrative cops hunting down innocent blacks, aka “systemic racism,” knew in their bones that he had to be a “white supremacist,” and said so right away.

Squad member Ayanna Presley:

A 17 year old white supremacist domestic terrorist drove across state lines, armed with an AR 15.

He shot and killed 2 people who had assembled to affirm the value, dignity, and worth of Black lives.

Fix your damn headlines. — Ayanna Pressley (@AyannaPressley) August 27, 2020

Although I am no constitutional scholar, this statement on Twitter probably does not fall under the Article 1 section 6 grant of immunity for statements in speech or debate.

She was not alone in taking to Twitter with a poisonous racialist label:

For the record, there is no evidence at all that Kyle Rittenhouse is in any way affiliated with any group espousing white nationalism or white supremacy, nor is there anything on the record that he has said or written indicating such a political stance.

For reasons it did not explain but likely related to these labels, GoFundMe removed accounts set up to fund a legal defense for Rittenhouse

Meanwhile, GoFundMe hosts an account for the family of Anthony Huber, who was shot and killed, and another for his “significant other.”

But young Rittenhouse will not be without support as he fights the six felony counts on which he has been indicted.

For a review of what the evidence so far shows, see: What really happened with those Kenosha shootings. It appears that in each of the three cases where he used his rifle, he was defending himself. See also these tweets from Andy Ngo with graphic evidence of the danger Rittenhouse faced.

SEE HERE:

https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2020/08/what_really_happened_with_those_kenosha_shootings.html

and here:

https://twitter.com/MrAndyNgo/status/1299086141329563648

Lin Wood, the superlawyer who has won settlements for Nick Sandmann, stepped up with an offer to defend Rittenhouse after GoFundMe denied hm the opportunity to raise money, and now there is a place where donations can be made. But Wood’s specialty is not criminal law, it is defamation cases, and the odds are good that he has ample scope for raising a lot of money for Rittenhouse

I expect Lin Wood already is gathering evidence for libel lawsuits over the hasty and ill-advised labeling of Rittenhouse as a white supremacist and white nationalist.

I think the same. Some of the things said about this kid are pretty outlandish based on what we know and have seen.

Furthermore, the video clearly shows that the victims were the aggressors and not the kid.

One of the headlines quoted used the term "White Nationalist". That term can have at least two definitions. He could be a "nationalist", as opposed to a "globalist" who happens to be white. On that basis, people like me are guilty as charged. Calling me white would be superfluous. It would be like calling me a "White Dodgers Fan"or a "White Phoenician" (which is also funny in a different way).

Of course the second definition, the one they seem to be implying but never got around to defining is "white nationalist" meaning nationalism in a nation ruled or dominated by whites because they are white. I would like to force a definition out of these race hustlers (of all races).

And just a couple weeks ago, perhaps half or more of the population of the United States could not have located Kenosha on a map, or even identify what state it was in. Now everybody knows it is a north suburb of Chicago, and EVERYBODY knows where Chicago is.

For you history buffs out there, that is where they used to manufacture Nash automobiles. Nash is long gone. But Kenosha was a union town, and of course, sort of a Democrat bastion in an area that was otherwise largely Republican.

Earlier in the time-line, we found out that the Kyle appears to have EMS training, and on video, before the shooting, he went to help injured rioters.

Not exactly “white supremacist” features. Another important item. Since it wasn’t blasted everywhere by the media, it seems that Kyle may not have a criminal record, unlike all 3 of the rioters he shot while defending his life. I believe that all three were violent offenders, at least 2 of which had felonies.

Mark

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