Congressman Matt Gaetz said he’d offer Rittenhouse a job if he can’t find one.
Several conservative publishers have already contacted him for book deals.
He has interview requests actively from Sean Hannity, Tucker Carlson & more.
I expect this guy to basically be the right wing David Hogg and this is a big problem I see with conservatives and glorifying people who guilty or not, don’t deserve it.
A big example being disgraced detective Mark Fuhrman.
Fuhrman destroyed the OJ case lying about never saying the N word and a little research showed he not only said it, but was a pretty awful guy with racism.
Clearly OJ was guilty and Fuhrman in that case did nothing wrong, but the reaction from the right towards Fuhrman is the issue.
Regular appearances on Sean Hannity.
Talk radio career
Book deals
The guy got OJ Simpson off and managed to become a right wing figure.
I’ve looked at the Kyle Rittenhouse case a lot this week and do ultimately believe the innocent verdict was correct.
I also do have some sympathy for the guy, because I don’t believe his opponents have the proper information.
He did follow the law in how he obtained the gun.
He did have grounds for self defense.
The people he shot were undeniably bad people.
I also would bet if we surveyed college age left leaning people, at least 30% of them would be unaware the people he shot were white, based on the narrative.
That said though, the guy clearly shouldn’t have been there.
Riot or not, businesses shouldn’t arm 17 year olds to run around riot zones with guns.
We also have a tape of him punching a girl and another tape of him saying he wished he was armed during a riot earlier.
This isn’t a dude to idolize, but conservatives are about to do that.
Ultimately, I look at every movement or cause as a game of associations.
For Mark Fuhrman, I’ve seen the guy on Sean Hannity and went “No wonder black people don’t vote Republican”.
In this case, Rittenhouse isn’t nearly as bad, but when in 2 years, I’ll see him making a guest appearance on Tucker Carlson, my reaction will be “No wonder people don’t respect these guys”.
Just a thought.