{"id":1012257,"date":"2021-11-14T18:58:38","date_gmt":"2021-11-14T23:58:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1012257"},"modified":"2021-11-14T18:58:40","modified_gmt":"2021-11-14T23:58:40","slug":"billionaire-bill-ackman-calls-kyle-rittenhouse-a-civic-minded-patriot","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/billionaire-bill-ackman-calls-kyle-rittenhouse-a-civic-minded-patriot\/","title":{"rendered":"Billionaire Bill Ackman Calls Kyle Rittenhouse a &#039;Civic-Minded Patriot&#039;"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fbillionaire-bill-ackman-calls-kyle-rittenhouse-a-civic-minded-patriot%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1012257&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Kyle-Rittenhouse-on-trial-Getty-640x335-1.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p class=\"subheading\">Billionaire Bill Ackman on Thursday appeared to defend Kyle Rittenhouse and described the young man as a \u201ccivic-minded patriot.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201c<span class=\"css-901oao css-16my406 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0\">Last night, Neri and I watched several hours of .<\/span><span class=\"r-18u37iz\">#Kylerittenhouse<\/span><span class=\"css-901oao css-16my406 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0\"> direct testimony and cross examination. We came away believing that <\/span><span class=\"r-18u37iz\">#Kyle<\/span><span class=\"css-901oao css-16my406 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0\"> is telling the truth and that he acted in self defense,\u201d he <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BillAckman\/status\/1458917414800875520\">wrote<\/a> in a social media post:<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"9.6204620462046\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Last night, Neri and I watched several hours of .<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Kylerittenhouse?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Kylerittenhouse<\/a> direct testimony and cross examination. We came away believing that <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Kyle?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Kyle<\/a> is telling the truth and that he acted in self defense. We found him to be a civic-minded patriot with a history of<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Bill Ackman (@BillAckman) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BillAckman\/status\/1458917414800875520?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 11, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><span class=\"css-901oao css-16my406 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0\">\u201cWe found him to be a civic-minded patriot with a history of&nbsp;helping his community as an EMT and fireman in training, in his removing hate graffiti earlier that day from a local school, and ultimately in volunteering to protect a business during the night of August 25th in Kenosha,\u201d Ackman <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BillAckman\/status\/1458917415723618318\">continued<\/a>:<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"11.241635687732\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">helping his community as an EMT and fireman in training, in his removing hate graffiti earlier that day from a local school, and ultimately in volunteering to protect a business during the night of August 25th in Kenosha.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Bill Ackman (@BillAckman) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BillAckman\/status\/1458917415723618318?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 11, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<p>He <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BillAckman\/status\/1458917416793223170\">explained<\/a> that his first impressions of Rittenhouse were \u201cmaterially different from those we had previously formed based on media reports and opinion pieces that we had consumed\u201d:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"10.42987804878\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Our first hand impressions of Kyle were materially different from those we had previously formed based on media reports and opinion pieces that we had consumed. I have always been frustrated to read an inaccurate press report about a subject I know well, yet somehow I continue to<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Bill Ackman (@BillAckman) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BillAckman\/status\/1458917416793223170?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 11, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Ackman also <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BillAckman\/status\/1458917417883738120\">said<\/a> media and political bias were \u201cdividing our country and destroying lives,\u201d adding that \u201cWhile we have not heard the entire trial, based on our assessment of Kyle on the stand, we believe that he will be found innocent&nbsp;by the jury.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"11.376146788991\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">believe other articles in the same newspaper about subjects I know less well. Media and political bias are dividing our country and destroying lives. While we have not heard the entire trial, based on our assessment of Kyle on the stand, we believe that he will be found innocent<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Bill Ackman (@BillAckman) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BillAckman\/status\/1458917417883738120?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 11, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"11.344051446945\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">by the jury. Often times, communities react negatively and even violently after a jury verdict where they are surprised by the outcome based on what they have previously read in the newspaper, seen on TV or more likely been served on social media. I encourage you<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Bill Ackman (@BillAckman) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BillAckman\/status\/1458917418789707776?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 11, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B3\" class=\"a8d adSo\"><\/figure>\n<p>Rittenhouse, the 18-year-old on trial for murder in Kenosha, Wisconsin, amid the Black Lives Matter riots on August 25, 2020, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/law-and-order\/2021\/11\/10\/shock-kyle-rittenhouse-takes-stand-in-his-own-defense\/\">took<\/a> the stand in his own defense last week during the ongoing trial.<\/p>\n<p>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Kyle Rittenhouse trial: Defendant takes the stand in his own defense | FOX6 News Milwaukee\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/BX7Wem7DzLc?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/p>\n<p>Breitbart News reported:<\/p>\n<blockquote readability=\"22\">\n<p>It is rare for defendants to take the stand in their own defense, because of the risk that they might be led into damaging testimony by the tactics of prosecution attorneys. It was unknown at the start of the day whether he would do so.&nbsp;However, after the defense presented other witnesses, Rittenhouse took the stand, and said he had done so with the advice of counsel.<\/p>\n<p>The prosecution had rested its case earlier in the week, after laying out the basic elements of the crimes with which Rittenhouse is accused.&nbsp;On cross-examination, however, several prosecution witnesses admitted that Rittenhouse had only fired his rifle after being pursued; one \u201cvictim,\u201d Gaige Grosskreutz, admitted he had pointed his own gun at Rittenhouse.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>In a subsequent post on Thursday, Ackman <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BillAckman\/status\/1458917423902511106\">said<\/a>, \u201cKyle Rittenhouse\u2019s life is at risk\u201d:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"8.2883720930233\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Kyle Rittenhouse\u2019s life is at risk. Justice demands a fair trial. Society would benefit greatly if politics did not enter the court room and convict innocent people.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Bill Ackman (@BillAckman) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BillAckman\/status\/1458917423902511106?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 11, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\u201cJustice demands a fair trial. Society would benefit greatly if politics did not enter the court room and convict innocent people,\u201d he concluded.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Billionaire Bill Ackman on Thursday appeared to defend Kyle Rittenhouse and described the young man as a \u201ccivic-minded patriot.\u201d \u201cLast night, Neri and I watched several hours of .#Kylerittenhouse direct &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":45,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1012257","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1012257","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/45"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1012257"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1012257\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1012257"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1012257"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1012257"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}