{"id":1034615,"date":"2021-11-19T23:44:15","date_gmt":"2021-11-20T04:44:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1034615"},"modified":"2021-11-19T23:44:19","modified_gmt":"2021-11-20T04:44:19","slug":"squad-member-ayanna-pressley-on-rittenhouse-verdict-racism-white-supremacy-remain-the-bedrock-of-our-legal-system","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/squad-member-ayanna-pressley-on-rittenhouse-verdict-racism-white-supremacy-remain-the-bedrock-of-our-legal-system\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Squad\u2019 Member Ayanna Pressley On Rittenhouse Verdict: \u2018Racism &#038; White Supremacy Remain The Bedrock Of Our Legal System\u2019"},"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\">36<\/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%2Fsquad-member-ayanna-pressley-on-rittenhouse-verdict-racism-white-supremacy-remain-the-bedrock-of-our-legal-system%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=1034615&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>Far-left Democratic Congresswoman and Progressive \u201cSquad\u201d Caucus member Ayanna Pressley (D-MA) tweeted that \u201c[r]acism &amp; white supremacy remain the bedrock of our legal system,\u201d as the jury in the trial of Kyle Rittenhouse found him not guilty on all counts.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cRacism &amp; white supremacy remain the bedrock of our legal system,\u201d Pressley <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AyannaPressley\/status\/1461787057857220614\">tweeted<\/a> from her official Twitter account. \u201cMy heart breaks for the family &amp; loved ones of those whose lives were stolen, and the trauma our communities face today and every day.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe struggle for accountability, for justice, for healing goes on.\u201d<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Racism &amp; white supremacy remain the bedrock of our legal system.<\/p>\n<p>My heart breaks for the family &amp; loved ones of those whose lives were stolen, and the trauma our communities face today and every day.<\/p>\n<p>The struggle for accountability, for justice, for healing goes on.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Ayanna Pressley (@AyannaPressley) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AyannaPressley\/status\/1461787057857220614?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 19, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Pressley previously drew harsh criticism in 2020 after she and fellow \u201cSquad\u201d member Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN) called Rittenhouse a \u201cwhite supremacist\u201d and \u201cdomestic terrorist,\u201d respectively, on August 26, the day after Rittenhouse was attacked during the riots in Kenosha, Wisconsin.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cA 17 year old white supremacist domestic terrorist drove across state lines, armed with an AR 15,\u201d Pressley <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AyannaPressley\/status\/1298780540431224832?s=20\">tweeted<\/a> at the time. \u201cHe shot and killed 2 people who had assembled to affirm the value, dignity, and worth of Black lives. Fix your d*** headlines.\u201d<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">A 17 year old white supremacist domestic terrorist drove across state lines, armed with an AR 15.<\/p>\n<p>He shot and killed 2 people who had assembled to affirm the value, dignity, and worth of Black lives.<\/p>\n<p>Fix your damn headlines.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Ayanna Pressley (@AyannaPressley) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AyannaPressley\/status\/1298780540431224832?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 27, 2020<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Twitter users were quick to respond, posting screenshots of the tweet.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCori Bush, Joe Biden, Ayanna Pressley, Joy Reid, and others maliciously defamed Kyle with the intention of denying him a fair trial. They called him a \u2018white supremacist\u2019 and \u2018domestic terrorist,\u2019 without any evidence,\u201d Arizona Senate candidate <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/bgmasters\/status\/1461774022673375237\">Blake Masters<\/a> tweeted in a thread reacting to the Rittenhouse verdict.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Cori Bush, Joe Biden, Ayanna Pressley, Joy Reid, and others maliciously defamed Kyle with the intention of denying him a fair trial. They called him a \u201cwhite supremacist\u201d and \u201cdomestic terrorist,\u201d without any evidence <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/7LR94oTuZq\">pic.twitter.com\/7LR94oTuZq<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Blake Masters (@bgmasters) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/bgmasters\/status\/1461774022673375237?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 19, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cNever forget what they did to him,\u201d Conservative social media strategist <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/greg_price11\/status\/1461760741954961413?s=20\">Greg Price<\/a> tweeted, posting screenshots of Pressley\u2019s tweet, along with those of then-candidate Joe Biden, New York Representative Hakeem Jeffries, and several celebrities.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Never forget what they<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Far-left Democratic Congresswoman and Progressive \u201cSquad\u201d Caucus member Ayanna Pressley (D-MA) tweeted that \u201c[r]acism &#038; white supremacy remain the bedrock of our legal system,\u201d as the jury in the trial of Kyle Rittenhouse found him not guilty on all counts.\u201cRacism &#038; white supremacy remain the bedrock of our legal system,\u201d Pressley tweeted from her official Twitter account. \u201cMy heart breaks for the family &#038; loved ones of those whose lives were stolen, and the trauma our communities face today and every day.\u201d\u201cThe struggle for accountability, for justice, for healing goes on.\u201dRacism &#038; white supremacy remain the bedrock of our legal system.My heart breaks for the family &#038; loved ones of those whose lives were stolen, and the trauma our communities face today and every day.The struggle for accountability, for justice, for healing goes on.\u2014 Ayanna Pressley (@AyannaPressley) November 19, 2021Pressley previously drew harsh criticism in 2020 after she and fellow \u201cSquad\u201d member Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN) called Rittenhouse a \u201cwhite supremacist\u201d and \u201cdomestic terrorist,\u201d respectively, on August 26, the day after Rittenhouse was attacked during the riots in Kenosha, Wisconsin.\u201cA 17 year old white supremacist domestic terrorist drove across state lines, armed with an AR 15,\u201d Pressley tweeted at the time. \u201cHe shot and killed 2 people who had assembled to affirm the value, dignity, and worth of Black lives. Fix your d*** headlines.\u201dA 17 year old white supremacist domestic terrorist drove across state lines, armed with an AR 15.He shot and killed 2 people who had assembled to affirm the value, dignity, and worth of Black lives.Fix your damn headlines.\u2014 Ayanna Pressley (@AyannaPressley) August 27, 2020Twitter users were quick to respond, posting screenshots of the tweet.\u201cCori Bush, Joe Biden, Ayanna Pressley, Joy Reid, and others maliciously defamed Kyle with the intention of denying him a fair trial. They called him a \u2018white supremacist\u2019 and \u2018domestic terrorist,\u2019 without any evidence,\u201d Arizona Senate candidate Blake Masters tweeted in a thread reacting to the Rittenhouse verdict.Cori Bush, Joe Biden, Ayanna Pressley, Joy Reid, and others maliciously defamed Kyle with the intention of denying him a fair trial. They called him a \u201cwhite supremacist\u201d and \u201cdomestic terrorist,\u201d without any evidence pic.twitter.com\/7LR94oTuZq\u2014 Blake Masters (@bgmasters) November 19, 2021\u201cNever forget what they did to him,\u201d Conservative social media strategist Greg Price tweeted, posting screenshots of Pressley\u2019s tweet, along with those of then-candidate Joe Biden, New York Representative Hakeem Jeffries, and several celebrities.Never forget what they did to him pic.twitter.com\/4F1Djiq8ig\u2014 Greg Price (@greg_price11) November 19, 2021\u201cIf I were #KyleRittenhouse I would sue everyone who called me a white supremacist and a murderer, including and especially the politicians like @AyannaPressley and @IlhanMN and the pundits at @CNN and @MSNBC,\u201d author and filmmaker Dinesh D\u2019Souza tweeted.If I were #KyleRittenhouse I would sue everyone who called me a white supremacist and a murderer, including and especially the politicians like @AyannaPressley and @IlhanMN and the pundits at @CNN and @MSNBC\u2014 Dinesh D\u2019Souza (@DineshDSouza) November 19, 2021\u201cPerhaps the most famous accusations came not from the media but from elected representatives,\u201d tweeted independent journalist Drew Holden in a thread documenting the false narratives established by the media and public figures. \u201c@AyannaPressley called Rittenhouse a \u2018white supremacist domestic terrorist\u2019 while @IlhanMN just went with \u2018domestic terrorist.\u2019\u201d\u201cI ask earnestly: is this not libelous?\u201d Holden concluded.Perhaps the most famous accusations came not from the media but from elected representatives.@AyannaPressley called Rittenhouse a \u201cwhite supremacist domestic terrorist\u201d while @IlhanMN just went with \u201cdomestic terrorist.\u201dI ask earnestly: is this not libelous? pic.twitter.com\/cKIG3yCaVu\u2014 Drew Holden (@DrewHolden360) November 19, 2021A jury found Kyle Rittenhouse not guilty on all counts Friday after he fatally shot two men and injured another during the Jacob Blake riots on the night of August 25, 2020. The Daily Wire reported: Rittenhouse, who is now 18, lives in Antioch, a northern suburb of Chicago about 15 miles from Kenosha. On August 25 of last year when he was 17, Rittenhouse decided to patrol the downtown Kenosha area alongside other armed men in order to protect a used car dealership from looting and vandalism. The city had devolved into rioting over the police shooting of Jacob Blake, a black man, by a white Kenosha police officer.Rittenhouse took a medical kit and armed himself with a Smith &#038; Wesson M&#038;P15, which is an AR-15 style semi-automatic rifle that police say his friend illegally bought for him.While guarding the used car dealership, he was chased by protesters and ended up fatally shooting two people, Joseph Rosenbaum and Anthony Huber, and injuring a third, Gaige Grosskreutz. The defendant and the three men he shot are all white.He was arrested and charged with five felony charges and one misdemeanor charge. The most serious charge was intentional homicide, Wisconsin\u2019s top murder charge, which carries a mandatory sentence of life in prison. The others were reckless homicide, attempted homicide, two counts of reckless endangerment, and being a minor illegally in possession of a firearm.On Monday, the judge dismissed the misdemeanor firearm charge, which was considered the easiest charge for the state to prove. Previously, Rittenhouse was also charged with violating curfew, but that charge was dismissed last week by the judge as well.The 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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