{"id":1032662,"date":"2021-11-19T15:14:15","date_gmt":"2021-11-19T20:14:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1032662"},"modified":"2021-11-19T15:14:20","modified_gmt":"2021-11-19T20:14:20","slug":"democrat-supports-not-guilty-verdict-calls-for-investigation-over-potentially-politically-motivated-charges-rittenhouse","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/democrat-supports-not-guilty-verdict-calls-for-investigation-over-potentially-politically-motivated-charges-rittenhouse\/","title":{"rendered":"Democrat Supports Not Guilty Verdict, Calls For Investigation Over Potentially Politically Motivated Charges: Rittenhouse"},"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\">28<\/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%2Fdemocrat-supports-not-guilty-verdict-calls-for-investigation-over-potentially-politically-motivated-charges-rittenhouse%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=1032662&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 dir=\"auto\" lang=\"en\">Former Democratic presidential candidate Tulsi Gabbard on Friday said the jury reached the \u201cright\u201d verdict by finding 18-year-old Kyle Rittenhouse not guilty on all counts and called for a \u201cserious investigation\u201d into the potentially political motivates for bringing the charges against the teen in the first place.<\/p>\n<p id=\"id__u9z1x359dic\" class=\"css-901oao r-18jsvk2 r-37j5jr r-1blvdjr r-16dba41 r-vrz42v r-bcqeeo r-bnwqim r-qvutc0\" dir=\"auto\" lang=\"en\">\u201cThe jury got it right\u2014finding Rittenhouse not guilty on all charges,\u201d Gabbard posted to social media. <\/p>\n<p class=\"css-901oao r-18jsvk2 r-37j5jr r-1blvdjr r-16dba41 r-vrz42v r-bcqeeo r-bnwqim r-qvutc0\" dir=\"auto\" lang=\"en\">\u201cThe fact that charges were brought before any serious investigation is evidence that the government was motivated by politics, which itself should be considered criminal,\u201d she slammed.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The jury got it right\u2014finding Rittenhouse not guilty on all charges. The fact that charges were brought before any serious investigation is evidence that the government was motivated by politics, which itself should be considered criminal.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Tulsi Gabbard \ud83c\udf3a (@TulsiGabbard) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TulsiGabbard\/status\/1461764867984035840?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 19, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Rittenhouse was charged with fatally shooting two men and injuring a third while defending himself during riot in Kenosha, Wisconsin. He was facing life in prison with no chance at parole.<\/p>\n<p>When the verdict was read, Rittenhouse became overcome with emotion and collapsed to his seat. His family, sitting behind him, cried tears of relief, too.<\/p>\n<p>WATCH:<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">WATCH: This is Kyle Rittenhouse reaction as all 5 not guilty verdicts were read. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/KyleRittenhouse?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#KyleRittenhouse<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Rittenhousetrial?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Rittenhousetrial<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Rittenhouseverdict?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Rittenhouseverdict<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/bngqpACL7X\">pic.twitter.com\/bngqpACL7X<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Kristen Barbaresi (@KristenBarbar) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/KristenBarbar\/status\/1461771208727347204?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 19, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Last week, Gabbard defended Rittenhouse during an appearance on Fox News, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/democrat-defends-rittenhouse-slams-political-lefts-reaction-to-judge-they-hate-america\">The Daily Wire<\/a> reported.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe government absolutely failed to fulfill this most basic responsibility of keeping their community safe,\u201d Gabbard said. \u201cKyle Rittenhouse shouldn\u2019t have gone and done what he did. But \u2026 you know, he\u2019s a foolish kid who, like others in the community felt like they had no other choice but to step up and to try to do their part to keep people safe.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>She also called out the media\u2019s quick reaction to the event, which has proven false. \u201cWe remember very clearly that immediately after this incident, this tragedy occurred with Kyle Rittenhouse, the mainstream media, pro-Antifa politicians were very quick to say this kid is a white supremacist terrorist,\u201d Gabbard told Fox.<\/p>\n<p>President Joe Biden, as a presidential candidate, posted an ad about white supremacy that pictured Kyle Rittenhouse.<\/p>\n<p>The Daily Wire\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/kyle-rittenhouses-attorney-demands-biden-remove-ad-claiming-client-is-a-white-supremacist-threatens-defamation-lawsuit\">Ashe Schow<\/a> reported on the Biden ad in question in September 2020:<\/p>\n<p><em>\u2026 Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden released a digital ad on his official Twitter account that included President Donald Trump\u2019s debate remarks about white supremacists. As the debate transcript plays, images from Charlottesville, Virginia, are shown. Thirty-seven seconds<\/p>\n<p><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Former Democratic presidential candidate Tulsi Gabbard on Friday said the jury reached the \u201cright\u201d verdict by finding 18-year-old Kyle Rittenhouse not guilty on all counts and called for a \u201cserious investigation\u201d into the potentially political motivates for bringing the charges against the teen in the first place.\u201cThe jury got it right\u2014finding Rittenhouse not guilty on all charges,\u201d Gabbard posted to social media. \u201cThe fact that charges were brought before any serious investigation is evidence that the government was motivated by politics, which itself should be considered criminal,\u201d she slammed.\u00a0The jury got it right\u2014finding Rittenhouse not guilty on all charges. The fact that charges were brought before any serious investigation is evidence that the government was motivated by politics, which itself should be considered criminal.\u2014 Tulsi Gabbard \ud83c\udf3a (@TulsiGabbard) November 19, 2021Rittenhouse was charged with fatally shooting two men and injuring a third while defending himself during riot in Kenosha, Wisconsin. He was facing life in prison with no chance at parole.When the verdict was read, Rittenhouse became overcome with emotion and collapsed to his seat. His family, sitting behind him, cried tears of relief, too.WATCH:WATCH: This is Kyle Rittenhouse reaction as all 5 not guilty verdicts were read. #KyleRittenhouse #Rittenhousetrial #Rittenhouseverdict pic.twitter.com\/bngqpACL7X\u2014 Kristen Barbaresi (@KristenBarbar) November 19, 2021Last week, Gabbard defended Rittenhouse during an appearance on Fox News, The Daily Wire reported.\u201cThe government absolutely failed to fulfill this most basic responsibility of keeping their community safe,\u201d Gabbard said. \u201cKyle Rittenhouse shouldn\u2019t have gone and done what he did. But \u2026 you know, he\u2019s a foolish kid who, like others in the community felt like they had no other choice but to step up and to try to do their part to keep people safe.\u201dShe also called out the media\u2019s quick reaction to the event, which has proven false. \u201cWe remember very clearly that immediately after this incident, this tragedy occurred with Kyle Rittenhouse, the mainstream media, pro-Antifa politicians were very quick to say this kid is a white supremacist terrorist,\u201d Gabbard told Fox.President Joe Biden, as a presidential candidate, posted an ad about white supremacy that pictured Kyle Rittenhouse.The Daily Wire\u2019s Ashe Schow reported on the Biden ad in question in September 2020:\u2026 Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden released a digital ad on his official Twitter account that included President Donald Trump\u2019s debate remarks about white supremacists. As the debate transcript plays, images from Charlottesville, Virginia, are shown. Thirty-seven seconds into the ad, as debate moderator Chris Wallace is discussing white supremacy and mentions Kenosha, Wisconsin, an image of 17-year-old Kyle Rittenhouse is displayed.Biden\u2019s tweet explains, \u201cThere\u2019s no other way to put it: the President of the United States refused to disavow white supremacists on the debate stage last night.\u201dDavid Hancock, spokesman for Rittenhouse, slammed President Biden last week over the video.\u201cDon\u2019t forget, the candidate for the U.S. presidency himself last year prior to the election called Kyle Rittenhouse a white supremacist,\u201d Hancock told Fox News host Laura Ingraham. \u201cJoe Biden called him a white supremacist; that is appalling. I can\u2019t even gauge how wrong that is.\u201dRelated:\u00a0\u2018Justice Is Alive\u2019: Social Media Erupts In Reaction To Not Guilty Rittenhouse\u00a0VerdictRelated:\u00a0\u2018No Way\u2019 What He\u2019s \u2018Saying Is True\u2019: Defense Attorney Takes It To Prosecution Over Video\u00a0RevelationRelated:\u00a0New Video \u2018Absolutely Calls For A Mistrial With Prejudice,\u2019 Says Top Self-Defense Lawyer: Rittenhouse\u00a0TrialThe 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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