Republican lawmaker calls for Kyle Rittenhouse, who is on trial for murder, to be elected to Congress
Nov 23, 2020 10:24:34 #
Why does this not surprise my, the 17 year old knows nothing about politics he knows how to pull a trigger so this Republican thinks he'd make a fine congressman. Figures
Tom Embury-Dennis
Mon, November 23, 2020, 4:42 AM CST
Anthony Sabatini, who sits in the state’s House of Representatives, on Saturday tweeted, “KYLE RITTENHOUSE FOR CONGRESS”.
It came a day after Rittenhouse, 17, was granted bail after being charged with allegedly shooting dead two people and leaving a third paralysed in August during protests against police violence in Kenosha, Wisconsin.
He was released on Friday after posting a $2m (£1.5m) bond and is due back in court next month for a preliminary hearing.
Rittenhouse has become a hero among many on the far right of the Republican Party, who opposed the national demonstrations against police violence and support the teenager’s claims he travelled from Illinois to Kenosha in order to protect local businesses there.
But the suggestion by Mr Sabatini, who earlier this year threatened protesters with gun violence himself and courted controversy in 2019 when it emerged he once wore blackface, was met with swift condemnation by opponents and v**ers in Florida.
“It’s time for Anthony Sabatini to resign. Let’s send a message to him and the Speaker of the FL House that W***e S*********ts wearing blackface, threatening violence, and applauding murderers have NO business being an elected official,” said Jessica Harrington, a Florida-based anti-gun activist.
Kristen Clarke, who leads civil rights organisation the Lawyers’ Committee, said Mr Sabatini’s comment was “a reminder about the hard work that lies ahead to confront the ways in which violence has been promoted and embraced by elected officials”.
Rosa Brooks, a former official in the Obama administration, noted that “aside from the many other reasons this is nuts”, it is not even legally possible for Rittenhouse to sit in Congress, since the minimum age to do so is 25.
Tom Embury-Dennis
Mon, November 23, 2020, 4:42 AM CST
Anthony Sabatini, who sits in the state’s House of Representatives, on Saturday tweeted, “KYLE RITTENHOUSE FOR CONGRESS”.
It came a day after Rittenhouse, 17, was granted bail after being charged with allegedly shooting dead two people and leaving a third paralysed in August during protests against police violence in Kenosha, Wisconsin.
He was released on Friday after posting a $2m (£1.5m) bond and is due back in court next month for a preliminary hearing.
Rittenhouse has become a hero among many on the far right of the Republican Party, who opposed the national demonstrations against police violence and support the teenager’s claims he travelled from Illinois to Kenosha in order to protect local businesses there.
But the suggestion by Mr Sabatini, who earlier this year threatened protesters with gun violence himself and courted controversy in 2019 when it emerged he once wore blackface, was met with swift condemnation by opponents and v**ers in Florida.
“It’s time for Anthony Sabatini to resign. Let’s send a message to him and the Speaker of the FL House that W***e S*********ts wearing blackface, threatening violence, and applauding murderers have NO business being an elected official,” said Jessica Harrington, a Florida-based anti-gun activist.
Kristen Clarke, who leads civil rights organisation the Lawyers’ Committee, said Mr Sabatini’s comment was “a reminder about the hard work that lies ahead to confront the ways in which violence has been promoted and embraced by elected officials”.
Rosa Brooks, a former official in the Obama administration, noted that “aside from the many other reasons this is nuts”, it is not even legally possible for Rittenhouse to sit in Congress, since the minimum age to do so is 25.
Nov 23, 2020 10:40:21 #
JFlorio
Loc: Seminole Florida
Michael10 wrote:
Why does this not surprise my, the 17 year old kno... (show quote)
Don't mess with Florida. You soy boys need to r**t somewhere else. We are allowed to defend our property. I don't believe Rittenhouse is guilty of any thing but possibly carrying a firearm illegally across state lines. He may have some mental issues, not sure. If he does he's already half way to being a politician.
Nov 23, 2020 11:12:59 #
Michael10 wrote:
Why does this not surprise my, the 17 year old kno... (show quote)
You can’t even get your heading correct.
He is not on trial for murder...
Nov 23, 2020 15:31:15 #
American Vet wrote:
You can’t even get your heading correct.
He is not on trial for murder...
He is not on trial for murder...
Yet
Nov 23, 2020 15:40:05 #
Michael10 wrote:
Yet
Like I said - he is not on trial for murder. Get your facts straight....unless, of course, you are a leftie - then you can make up stuff as you go along.
Nov 23, 2020 17:30:46 #
Michael10 wrote:
Why does this not surprise my, the 17 year old kno... (show quote)
And a democrat who went to jail because he was a sex offender and was disbarred for unethical conduct just won a senate seat in Virginia.
Anything else? How many of our congress critters are crooks? It ain’t just republicans.
Nov 23, 2020 21:50:55 #
Michael10 wrote:
Why does this not surprise my, the 17 year old kno... (show quote)
Rittenhouse ain't no Republican...
And wouldn't last a day in that swamp....
By the time he's 25 he'll have started his own movement
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