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 college's Turning Point USA chapter to speak at the campus. However, the event was met with backlash from a number of students who objected to Rittenhouse's presence.

The 21-year-old gained notoriety in August 2020 when, at the age of 17, he shot and killed two men—Joseph Rosenbaum, 36, and Anthony Huber, 26, as well as injuring 26-year-old Gaige Grosskreutz—at a protest in Kenosha, Wisconsin.

He said the three shootings, carried out with a semi-automatic AR-15-style firearm, were in self-defense. The Black Lives Matter (BLM) protest where the shootings took place was held after Jacob Blake, a Black man, was left paralyzed from the waist down after he was shot by a white police officer.

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[–] 229 points 2 years ago (60 children)

Even if you don't think it was murder, it's repulsive that he is trying to make a career out of killing two people.

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  • [–] 98 points 2 years ago (12 children)

    I don't think he gets many other job offers

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  • [–] 67 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    Racist murderer? Does that not sound like American cop material to you?

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  • [–] 12 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    just watch how many will refute being "racist" or a "murderer"

    not both; because that would be messed up

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  • [–] -3 points 2 years ago

    I'll have a go! He may well be racist but he killed white people, and was legally found to have acted in self-defence. So all we can really say is he's a killer. I'm not planning on being friends with the guy, but I do like a little precision in my speech.

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  • [–] 17 points 2 years ago (3 children)

    Who the fuck would listen to him? He's got all the charisma you'd expect a snot-nosed faux-crying-at-trial murderous teenager would have. Playing the "victim" of the "woke leftist mob" only gets you 15 minutes- just ask that dipshit AR-wielding ambulance chaser and his mustard-covered wife in Missouri how famous they are these days.

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  • [–] 30 points 2 years ago
    1. TPUSA is running the show, not Rittenhouse. They recruited him like an intelligence asset by showering him with praise and "favors" in a time where he was (deservedly) receiving national ire.

    2. People need to understand that the American right has a pervasive violent ideation. His actions are repulsive to you, but they are normal, necessary, and a sign of strength to the gun-owning right. Many, many Americans love what he did.

    These people Want. To. Kill. You.

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