{"id":1019704,"date":"2021-11-16T13:14:28","date_gmt":"2021-11-16T18:14:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1019704"},"modified":"2021-11-16T13:27:31","modified_gmt":"2021-11-16T18:27:31","slug":"watch-gun-couple-mark-patricia-mccloskey-speak-out-in-support-of-rittenhouse-2a-outside-courthouse","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/watch-gun-couple-mark-patricia-mccloskey-speak-out-in-support-of-rittenhouse-2a-outside-courthouse\/","title":{"rendered":"WATCH: \u2018Gun Couple\u2019 Mark, Patricia McCloskey Speak Out In Support Of Rittenhouse, 2A Outside Courthouse"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">30<\/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%2Fwatch-gun-couple-mark-patricia-mccloskey-speak-out-in-support-of-rittenhouse-2a-outside-courthouse%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=1019704&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--><p>Famed \u201cgun couple\u201d Mark and Patricia McCloskey of St. Louis, traveled to Kenosha this week to support 18-year-old Kyle Rittenhouse, who\u2019s on trial for double homicide after he fatally shot two rioters and injured a third, last summer.<\/p>\n<p>Rittenhouse has pleaded not guilty on all charges, citing self-defense.<\/p>\n<p>Mr.\u00a0McCloskey said he is hoping for an acquittal on all counts for the teen, noting that he and his wife support Americans\u2019 Second Amendment right to defend themselves, particularly when the government fails to do so.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe haven\u2019t been in there to hear all the evidence,\u201d Mark McCloskey said, adding, \u201cFrom what we understand, from what I\u2019ve seen, I\u2019m hoping for an acquittal on all counts.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re just here to support people who exercise their Second Amendment rights to defend themselves, particularly when the government abdicates that duty and fail to protect their citizens,\u201d he continued.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI mean, we\u2019ve got programs to \u2018defund the police\u2019 all over the place,\u201d Mark McCloskey explained, \u201cbut if you defund the police and the government is not there to protect the citizens, citizens have to protect themselves.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>WATCH:<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">\u201cIf you defund the police, and the government is not there to protect the citizens, citizens have to protect themselves\u201d Mark McCloskey speaking outside the Kenosha courthouse today, as the Rittenhouse case nears a verdict <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Kenosha?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Kenosha<\/a><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">\u201cIf you defund the police, and the government is not there to protect the citizens, citizens have to protect themselves\u201d Mark McCloskey speaking outside the Kenosha courthouse today, as the Rittenhouse case nears a verdict <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Kenosha?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Kenosha<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/d4CkMBJ7Xi\">pic.twitter.com\/d4CkMBJ7Xi<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Brendan Gutenschwager (@BGOnTheScene) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BGOnTheScene\/status\/1460637912303865857?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 16, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Brendan Gutenschwager (@BGOnTheScene) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BGOnTheScene\/status\/1460637912303865857?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 16, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Last summer, the McCloskeys brandished their guns when\u00a0Black Lives Matter protesters trespassed through their neighborhood. In June, the couple\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/mark-and-patricia-mccloskey-plead-guilty-to-misdemeanors-agree-to-give-up-guns\">pleaded<\/a> guilty to misdemeanor offenses related to encounter, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/missouri-governor-pardons-mccloskeys-of-crimes-related-to-standoff-with-blm-protesters\">The Daily Wire<\/a> reported:<\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cMark McCloskey pleaded guilty to fourth-degree assault and was fined $750. Patricia McCloskey pleaded guilty to second-degree harassment and was fined $2,000. Both agreed to give up their guns used in the altercation.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Months later, Republican Missouri Governor Michael Parson <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/missouri-governor-pardons-mccloskeys-of-crimes-related-to-standoff-with-blm-protesters\">pardoned<\/a> the duo.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-252503 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Mark-and-Patricia-McCloskey-977x576.jpg\" alt=\"Armed homeowners Mark T. and Patricia N. McCloskey stand in front their house as they confront protesters marching to St. Louis Mayor Lyda Krewson's house on June 28, 2020. (Laurie Skrivan\/St. Louis Post-Dispatch\/TNS)\" width=\"977\" height=\"576\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-252503\" \/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-252503\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>Laurie Skrivan\/St. Louis Post-Dispatch\/TNS via Getty Images<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Speaking to Fox News, the pair <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/us\/mccloskeys-spotted-in-kenosha-to-support-rittenhouse-as-trial-nears-close\">reiterated<\/a> their support for Rittenhouse.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe feel for Mr. Rittenhouse,\u201d Mark McCloskey said. \u201cWe feel he acted in self-defense.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe think he\u2019s been politically prosecuted, as were we, and we\u2019re hoping that the jury find him not guilty on all counts and that he can go home a free man,\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Famed \u201cgun couple\u201d Mark and Patricia McCloskey of St. Louis, traveled to Kenosha this week to support 18-year-old Kyle Rittenhouse, who\u2019s on trial for double homicide after he fatally shot two rioters and injured a third, last summer.Rittenhouse has pleaded not guilty on all charges, citing self-defense.Mr.\u00a0McCloskey said he is hoping for an acquittal on all counts for the teen, noting that he and his wife support Americans\u2019 Second Amendment right to defend themselves, particularly when the government fails to do so.\u201cWe haven\u2019t been in there to hear all the evidence,\u201d Mark McCloskey said, adding, \u201cFrom what we understand, from what I\u2019ve seen, I\u2019m hoping for an acquittal on all counts.\u201d\u201cWe\u2019re just here to support people who exercise their Second Amendment rights to defend themselves, particularly when the government abdicates that duty and fail to protect their citizens,\u201d he continued.\u201cI mean, we\u2019ve got programs to \u2018defund the police\u2019 all over the place,\u201d Mark McCloskey explained, \u201cbut if you defund the police and the government is not there to protect the citizens, citizens have to protect themselves.\u201dWATCH:\u201cIf you defund the police, and the government is not there to protect the citizens, citizens have to protect themselves\u201d Mark McCloskey speaking outside the Kenosha courthouse today, as the Rittenhouse case nears a verdict #Kenosha pic.twitter.com\/d4CkMBJ7Xi\u2014 Brendan Gutenschwager (@BGOnTheScene) November 16, 2021Last summer, the McCloskeys brandished their guns when\u00a0Black Lives Matter protesters trespassed through their neighborhood. In June, the couple\u00a0pleaded guilty to misdemeanor offenses related to encounter, The Daily Wire reported:\u201cMark McCloskey pleaded guilty to fourth-degree assault and was fined $750. Patricia McCloskey pleaded guilty to second-degree harassment and was fined $2,000. Both agreed to give up their guns used in the altercation.\u201dMonths later, Republican Missouri Governor Michael Parson pardoned the duo.Laurie Skrivan\/St. Louis Post-Dispatch\/TNS via Getty ImagesSpeaking to Fox News, the pair reiterated their support for Rittenhouse.\u201cWe feel for Mr. Rittenhouse,\u201d Mark McCloskey said. \u201cWe feel he acted in self-defense.\u201d\u201cWe think he\u2019s been politically prosecuted, as were we, and we\u2019re hoping that the jury find him not guilty on all counts and that he can go home a free man,\u201d he continued.\u201c[Rittenhouse is] a young man,\u201d Mr. McCloskey added. \u201cHe was doing the best he could to help his country and to save businesses up here in Kenosha, and as his reward, he\u2019s having the rest of his life threatened.\u201dSome suspected the jury in the Rittenhouse trial would start deliberations on Monday evening, but the judge sent the jury home and asked them to return back by 9 a.m. Tuesday morning.Rittenhouse on Tuesday morning notably picked his final 12 jurors by pulling assigned numbers out of a raffle-style drum.With 18 jurors left, the defendant was asked to randomly pull six scraps of paper from all the assigned numbers of the jurors. The six he drew were asked to be alternates, who will likely not be used, the judge said, but could be in theory.\u00a0The leftover 12 will decide the fate of Rittenhouse.Related:\u00a0Missouri Governor Pardons McCloskeys Of Crimes Related To Standoff With BLM\u00a0ProtestersRelated:\u00a0WATCH: Kyle Rittenhouse Picks His Final 12 Jurors By Pulling Numbers Out Of A Raffle-Style\u00a0DrumRelated:\u00a0WATCH: Prosecutor Lists Numerous Alleged Crimes Of Man Kyle Rittenhouse Fatally Shot, Downplays As\u00a0IrrelevantThe Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. 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