{"id":1041823,"date":"2021-11-21T21:59:54","date_gmt":"2021-11-22T02:59:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1041823"},"modified":"2021-11-21T21:59:58","modified_gmt":"2021-11-22T02:59:58","slug":"reese-witherspoon-a-world-where-kyle-rittenhouse-goes-free-isnt-safe-for-any-of-us","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/reese-witherspoon-a-world-where-kyle-rittenhouse-goes-free-isnt-safe-for-any-of-us\/","title":{"rendered":"Reese Witherspoon: A World Where Kyle Rittenhouse Goes Free Isn&#039;t &#039;Safe for Any of Us&#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\">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%2Freese-witherspoon-a-world-where-kyle-rittenhouse-goes-free-isnt-safe-for-any-of-us%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=1041823&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\/reese-witherspoon-gun-hot-pursuit-640x335-1.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p class=\"subheading\">Oscar-winner Reese Witherspoon is yet another Hollywood celebrity to blast the not-guilty verdicts in the Kyle Rittenhouse trial, saying that the Illinois teenager doesn\u2019t deserve to go free while deceptively conflating him with mass shooters.<\/p>\n<p>In a Twitter thread posted Saturday, the <em>Legally Blonde<\/em> and <em>Walk the Line<\/em> actress lamented a Wisconsin jury\u2019s acquittal of Kyle Rittenhouse on all charges. In a rhetorical sleight of hand, the actress inaccurately lumped Rittenhouse in with perpetrators of \u201csenseless gun violence,\u201d leaving out the fact that Rittenhouse acted in self-defense.<\/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<p>She then repeated what has become a favorite talking point among left-wingers and anti-gun activists, noting that Rittenhouse crossed \u201cstate lines,\u201d which is not a crime and is not relevant to his right to defend his life from rioters who tried to take his gun, hit him with a skateboad, and pointed a pistol at him.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNo one should be able to purchase a semi-automatic weapon, cross state lines and kill 2 people, wound another and go free. In what world is this safe \u2026 for any of us?\u201d she wrote.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"10.146118721461\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">No one should be able to purchase a semi-automatic weapon, cross state lines and kill 2 people, wound another and go free. In what world is this safe \u2026 for any of us ?<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Reese Witherspoon (@ReeseW) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ReeseW\/status\/1462141606367150084?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 20, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<p>Witherspoon, who stars in Apple TV+\u2019s series <em>The Morning Show<\/em>, ignored the fact that one of the men who Rittenhouse defended himself from had <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/radio\/2021\/11\/12\/exclusive-ann-coulter-leftist-message-on-kyle-rittenhouse-is-we-are-supposed-to-just-stand-there-and-be-murdered\/\">sexually abused<\/a> pre-teen boys. The teen\u2019s assailants attacked him&nbsp; during last year\u2019s Black Lives Matter riots in Kenosha, Wisconsin, which saw large parts of the city burn to the ground.<\/p>\n<p>The actress then promised to never vote for U.S. representatives and judges who support Rittenhouse.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"5.3793103448276\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MomsDemand?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@MomsDemand<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Everytown?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@Everytown<\/a>   thank you for the work you do. It is vital.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Reese Witherspoon (@ReeseW) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ReeseW\/status\/1462141608439128069?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 20, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>She concluded: \u201cAnd to the families and friends who are grieving.. I\u2019m holding you in my heart.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"8.1257142857143\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">And to the families and friends who are grieving.. I&#8217;m holding you in my heart. And I will never stop advocating for justice.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Reese Witherspoon (@ReeseW) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ReeseW\/status\/1462141609659699201?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 20, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Witherspoon has been a vocal anti-gun activist, calling for more gun control following the mass shootings in El Paso, Texas, and Dayton, Ohio, in 2019.<\/p>\n<p>Other stars who have blasted the Rittenhouse verdict include Mark Ruffalo and Disney+\u2019s <em>The Mandalorian<\/em> star Pedro Pascal, who both <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/entertainment\/2021\/11\/21\/the-mandalorian-star-pedro-pascal-eulogizes-murdered-criminals-who-attacked-kyle-rittenhouse\/\">bizarrely paid tribute<\/a> to the two&nbsp;men who threatened and attacked Rittenhouse, insisting they were \u201cmurdered.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Celebrities including Sophia Bush, Alyssa Milano, Bette Midler, and Josh Gad <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/entertainment\/2021\/11\/19\/kyle-rittenhouse-not-guilty-verdict-breaks-hollywood-i-weep-for-this-country\/\">have also lamented<\/a> Rittenhouse\u2019s acquittal, with some calling it a victory for \u201cwhite supremacy.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Follow David Ng on Twitter&nbsp;<a class=\"x5l\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/HeyItsDavidNg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener external\">@HeyItsDavidNg<\/a>. Have a tip? Contact me at&nbsp;<a class=\"c-link x5l\" href=\"mailto:dng@breitbart.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener external\">dng@breitbart.com<\/a><\/strong><\/em>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Oscar-winner Reese Witherspoon is yet another Hollywood celebrity to blast the not-guilty verdicts in the Kyle Rittenhouse trial, saying that the Illinois teenager doesn\u2019t deserve to go free while deceptively &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":22,"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-1041823","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\/1041823","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\/22"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1041823"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1041823\/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=1041823"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1041823"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1041823"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}