I said a year ago that Rittenhouse showed incredible restraint: 'I would not convict him of a single one of these charges'

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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