The debate around Kyle Rittenhouse has been raging hardcore for the last 24 hours. It all started when he broke X with this controversial post endorsing Ron Paul and attacking Donald Trump on the Second Amendment.
Official statement from @ThisIsKyleR on the 2024 presidential race. pic.twitter.com/nNBtwBH6pD
— Dudley Brown (@dudleywbrown) August 2, 2024
It is true that Ron Paul is an American icon.
There aren’t many people in this world that I get excited to meet but meeting @RonPaul was an incredible pleasure. pic.twitter.com/g41YuP2ThE
— Kyle Rittenhouse (@ThisIsKyleR) August 2, 2024
However, many in MAGA world who gave money to Rittenhouse’s defense and backed him to the hilt when not even Fox News dared utter his name were justifiably livid.
Oh well, Kyle I regret to inform you that I will no longer be one of your guests on September 12 at the TXGR event. I reckon you can write in someone else. This was not the way, bud. pic.twitter.com/8FjZM1a6Sg
— Chad Prather (@WatchChad) August 2, 2024
After all, President Trump himself was with Rittenhouse all the way.
Well, all is well that ends well, as it turns out. The Trump team reached out to Kyle, and the young lad came back to his senses.
Over the past 12 hours, I've had a series of productive conversations with members of the Trump's team and I am confident he will be the strong ally gun owners need to defend our Second Amendment rights.
My comments made last night were ill-informed and unproductive. I'm 100%…
— Kyle Rittenhouse (@ThisIsKyleR) August 2, 2024
You’ve got to hand it to the Trump team for their outreach. However, we do wonder: was this all a very clever PR stunt by Kyle to generate a ton of noise? If so, it may have ended up helping the Trump campaign in the end.
Not many will remember, but Revolver News was the only news outlet that backed Rittenhouse from the very beginning. We did Yeoman’s work, investigating his self-defense shooting and bringing the facts to light. Our very first articles on the case went mega-viral on Facebook back in the day, which helped Kyle raise over $2 million for his defense.
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