well look who was wrong then and wrong now: https://t.co/p8Vm7A3yNx

— Thomas Massie (@RepThomasMassie) December 15, 2021

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Reason’s Robby Soave writes, “Kyle Rittenhouse, the 17-year-old who shot and killed two men during the riots in Kenosha, Wisconsin, last summer, was acquitted on Friday. Prosecutors had charged him with first-degree reckless homicide, first-degree intentional homicide, attempted first-degree intentional homicide, and two counts of first-degree recklessly endangering safety, but the jury was persuaded by Rittenhouse’s argument that he acted in self-defense.

The ACLU thinks that Kyle Rittenhouse’s civil liberties got too much protection https://t.co/9zcJoGz9vQ

— Robby Soave (@robbysoave) November 19, 2021

For anyone who had followed the trial closely, this outcome is unsurprising. The prosecution simply did not meet its burden of proof, and Rittenhouse’s defense team presented considerable evidence that he reasonably feared for his life each time he pulled the trigger. A witness testified that Joseph Rosenbaum, the first man shot by Rittenhouse, had threatened Rittenhouse’s life and was attempting to wrest control of Rittenhouse’s AR-15. The second man, Anthony Huber, struck Rittenhouse with a skateboard. And the third man—Gaige Grosskreutz, who survived—admitted on the stand that he had first pointed his own gun at Rittenhouse; Rittenhouse shot him in response to this perceived threat. As former Rep. Justin Amash (L–Mich.) put it: ‘The Rittenhouse case was a clear case of self-defense based on the evidence presented. The initial media narrative was false. Justice prevailed…’

More troubling is the response to the verdict from an organization that should know better: the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU). In a statement reacting to the verdict, ACLU-Wisconsin Interim Executive Director Shaadie Ali lamented the ‘deep roots of white supremacy’ in Kenosha that prevented Rittenhouse from being ‘held responsible for his actions.”

Read the entire column.

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The Hill reported in September 2020, “Rep. Thomas Massie (R-Ky.) on Thursday praised 17-year-old Kyle Rittenhouse, who is charged with homicide in the shooting deaths of two men in Kenosha, Wis., for showing ‘incredible restraint.’

Rittenhouse did so, Massie said on a radio show hosted by Tom Roten, by not firing all the rounds in his semi-automatic rifle during the incident on Aug. 27.

This article is from over a year ago:

“I would not convict him of a single one of these charges,” Massie said.

GOP lawmaker praises Kyle Rittenhouse’s ‘restraint’ for not emptying magazine during shooting | TheHill https://t.co/xKrgH0u8hI

— Thomas Massie (@RepThomasMassie) November 11, 2021

A local NBC affiliate reported on the remarks by the conservative lawmaker, who earlier this year was called out by President Trump when he sought to delay a vote on the CARES Act legislation approved by Congress in response to the coronavirus pandemic.

‘He also exhibited incredible restraint and presence and situational awareness,’ Massie reportedly said. ‘He didn’t empty a magazine into a crowd. There were people around him who could have caused him harm, but as soon as they showed any sign of retreat or nonaggression, he did not shoot them. He exhibited more restraint than a lot of the police videos I’ve seen.”

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