{"id":1047385,"date":"2021-11-23T07:59:24","date_gmt":"2021-11-23T12:59:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1047385"},"modified":"2021-11-23T07:59:26","modified_gmt":"2021-11-23T12:59:26","slug":"kyle-rittenhouse-can-sue-lots-of-people-and-media-for-defamation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/kyle-rittenhouse-can-sue-lots-of-people-and-media-for-defamation\/","title":{"rendered":"Kyle Rittenhouse Can Sue Lots of People (and Media) for Defamation"},"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\">22<\/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%2Fkyle-rittenhouse-can-sue-lots-of-people-and-media-for-defamation%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=1047385&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-after-being-found-not-guilty-of-all-charges-640x335-1.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p class=\"subheading\">Kyle Rittenhouse\u2019s trial began long before he ever set foot in court.&nbsp;Rittenhouse was arguably&nbsp;pronounced&nbsp;guilty in the court of public opinion&nbsp;by corporate media, Democrat politicians and activists, and&nbsp;Hollywood celebrities. Even during and after the trial, when the full story became widely and publicly apparent, a sort of collusion took place to mystify the truth.<\/p>\n<p>Now acquitted of all charges, including several homicide charges, 18-year-old Rittenhouse has come to another crossroads: Will he spend more time in court to hold&nbsp;accountable&nbsp;the people and companies who defamed him?<\/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>If courts were to conclude that Rittenhouse is what is called a \u201climited public figure,\u201d Rittenhouse will have to prove that these companies and individuals acted with \u201cactual malice\u201d \u2014 that is, with reckless disregard for the truth.&nbsp;For some false allegations, he would have to show how they damaged his reputation. But specific claims where he was wrongly accused of a felony \u2014 factual errors \u2014 would no doubt damage his reputation.<\/p>\n<p>Since&nbsp;many high profile people voiced their thoughts before, during, and after the trial, it would be an&nbsp;<em>extremely<\/em>&nbsp;long article to list everyone who ever defamed Rittenhouse. That being said, here is a by no means exhaustive list of everyone he could sue for defamation.<\/p>\n<h2>Media and Tech Companies<\/h2>\n<p>In journalism, whether broadcast, digital, or print, due diligence is of the upmost importance, though seemingly often disregarded in the current era. In the Rittenhouse case, some of the biggest corporate media companies repeatedly <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/law-and-order\/2021\/11\/18\/pollak-ten-media-and-left-wing-myths-exploded-during-the-kyle-rittenhouse-trial\/\">got the facts of the case wrong or misrepresented them<\/a>, while insinuating guilt, sometimes a year before the trial even took place. \u201cHis mother drove him to the riots,\u201d \u201cThey were peaceful anti-racism protests,\u201d \u201cHe carried a gun illegally,\u201d \u201cHe carried a gun across state lines,\u201d \u201cHe traveled across state lines to a town he had no business being in\u201d \u201cHe is a white supremacist\u201d \u2014 the list goes on.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<p>But worse, and what a judge would consider in a defamation case, are assertions of domestic terrorism and murder \u2014 both felonies and factually incorrect, which means legally those assertions cannot be written off&nbsp; simply as \u201copinions.\u201d Rittenhouse could also sue companies for accusing him of \u201cvigilantism\u201d and more indirectly painting a narrative to make him look guilty, though he would have to prove how his reputation was damaged by those actions. It should be noted that defamation comes in two forms: slander, which is verbal, and in writing, which is libel.<\/p>\n<h3><strong>CNN&nbsp;<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>Almost assuredly, there are more than a few examples of reckless coverage from far-left CNN, but here are a few:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<ul>\n<li>On August 31, 2020, just a few days after the shootings, CNN <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2020\/08\/31\/politics\/trump-supporters-violence\/index.html\">published a story<\/a> on its website titled <span>\u201cTrump refuses to denounce violent actions by right-wing agitators.\u201d<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The article says. [emphasis added]:<\/p>\n<blockquote readability=\"10\">\n<p>Social media accounts believed to belong to Rittenhouse portray a young White man with an affinity for guns who supports \u201cBlue Lives Matter\u201d and Trump. Asked if he agreed with <strong>armed vigilantes like Rittenhouse taking to the streets<\/strong>, Trump said he\u2019d \u201clike to see law enforcement take care of everything,\u201d but <strong>didn\u2019t condemn vigilantism.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>At that point, no one knew, factually speaking, whether Rittenhouse was a vigilante or not, and it is therefore not something he should have been accused of or something a sitting president should slammed him in the media for not denouncing. The publication could have saved itself by saying, \u201calleged armed vigilantes like Kyle Rittenhouse,\u201d but did not do so [albeit, it would still be obviously biased].<\/p>\n<p>CNN also emphasized Rittenhouse\u2019s support for law enforcement, which given the publication\u2019s audience and the current societal context of \u201cdefund the police,\u201d \u201cAll Cops Are Bastards,\u201d the Black Lives Matter movement and high profile police shootings, doing so would obviously make Rittenhouse look a certain way and insinuate some level of intent. The headline also by default lumps Rittenhouse in with \u201cright-wing agitators,\u201d again with no proof at the time that Rittenhouse was an agitator.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B3\" class=\"a8d adSo\"><\/figure>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<ul>\n<li><span>On November 12, 2021, CNN\u2019s Don Lemon hosted a segment in which he and his guests grossly mischaracterized the case and allowed several factual inaccuracies to air without correction \u2014 all of which made Rittenhouse seem guilty.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span>The <a href=\"https:\/\/transcripts.cnn.com\/show\/cnnt\/date\/2021-11-12\/segment\/02\">whole segment<\/a> was about vigilantism and is littered with talk of white supremacy and white nationalism. Lemon conflated the Jan. 6 Capitol riot, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/law-and-order\/2021\/11\/18\/defense-rests-in-ahmaud-arbery-case-closing-arguments-next-week\/\">Ahmaud Arbery trial<\/a>, and the Rittenhouse trial, and he and his guests mixed them all together in an effort to paint them all as examples of racism. There were also several overtures to murder, and Lemon never did due diligence by mentioning the possibility that Rittenhouse was attacked and possibly acted in self-defense.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Here is a bit of the transcript from the segment [emphasis added]:<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<p><span>\u201cLEMON: <\/span><b>The role of vigilantism, a key factor in the trials playing out in Wisconsin and in Georgia. But what does it have to do with January 6 and the rioters who stormed the Capitol?&nbsp;<\/b><span>Let\u2019s get right to it now. CNN political commentator Bakari Sellers and CNN legal analyst Elliot Williams are both here. Good evening to both of you. Happy Friday. Happy Friday.&nbsp;<\/span>Bakari, I want you to look at all the people at the center of these incidents: the January 6 insurrectionists, Kyle Rittenhouse, the three men charged with killing Ahmaud Arbery. What is the through line that you see?<\/p>\n<p>BAKARI:&nbsp;<b>&nbsp;I think, Don, you pointed out something in the word vigilantism.<\/b><span><strong> What you\u2019re seeing is that individuals are taking what they believe to be misdeeds in their own hands.<\/strong> You have people storm the Capitol because they felt like government wasn\u2019t doing their job.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>You had people in Kenosha or Rittenhouse in Kenosha allowing his mom to take him across state lines with AR-15, <\/b>which still blows my mind because, I mean, my mom asks me if I had McDonald\u2019s money. So, I can\u2019t even imagine asking her if she would take me across state lines with an AR-15. But that\u2019s a whole another story about where is his father and because government was not doing their job.&nbsp;<span>And in Georgia, you had individuals who thought Ahmaud Arbery was breaking into homes or trespassing, and government wasn\u2019t doing their job. <strong>And so, there is this through line where white men feel as if they have to take, you know, this vigilantism into their hands and this is what happens, bloodshed.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B4\" class=\"a8d adSo\"><\/figure>\n<h3>CBS<\/h3>\n<p>On November 11, 2021, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/politics\/2021\/11\/11\/cbs-news-kyle-rittenhouse-murderer\/\">CBS in a now-deleted tweet<\/a> said Rittenhouse admitted to murdering two men in self-defense.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cKyle Rittenhouse testified in his own murder trial yesterday, breaking down in tears as he told the jury he murdered two men at a Black Lives Matter protest last year in self-defense,\u201d the tweet read.<\/p>\n<p>The company seemingly realized its mistake, though undoubtedly hundreds, if not thousands of people saw the original post.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"8.747619047619\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Seriously.  If I accomplish NOTHING else with my tiny amount of internet audience I ask, no, I beg you to please STOP watching MSM. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/kBKZV7FBrK\">pic.twitter.com\/kBKZV7FBrK<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 TheQuartering (@TheQuartering) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TheQuartering\/status\/1459015281041420297?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 12, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<h3>MSNBC<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<ul>\n<li><span>On November 16, 2021, MSNBC\u2019s Joy Reid did a segment comparing the Rittenhouse trial and the Arbery trial and asked if the cases will serve as proof that white men can act as \u201cexecutioners.\u201d She also called Rittenhouse a \u201cteenage vigilante.\u201d&nbsp;<\/span><span>The Title on MSNBC\u2019s YouTube clip of the segment is&nbsp; also titled \u201cJoy Reid: Two Cases Will Tell Us If Armed, Primarily White Men Can Be Judge, Jury, <strong>Executioner<\/strong>\u201d and seems to assume guilt. [emphasis added]<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Joy Reid: Two Cases Will Tell Us If Armed, Primarily White Men Can Be Judge, Jury, Executioner\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/10hwo_WSE1s?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<ul>\n<li>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<ul>\n<li><span>During the trial, MSNBC\u2019s Joe Scarborough falsely claimed Rittenhouse\u2019s mother of drove him \u201cacross state lines\u201d before <strong>\u201cunloading 60 rounds.\u201d<\/strong> Scarborough also said Rittenhouse&nbsp; <strong>\u201cappointed himself a militia member.\u201d<\/strong> He later corrected himself on Twitter saying he misspoke and meant to say he unloaded rounds in \u201c60 seconds.\u201d But the damage via broadcast was arguably already done.&nbsp;<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span>Twitter and television do not necessarily attract the same audience or demographic.<\/span><span>Scarborough\u2019s online \u201cretraction\u201d got a few hundred reactions at most compared to probably 500K to a million views on television.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"7.4810126582278\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">This is obviously wrong to anyone following the case for more than a minute. I meant to say he unloaded his rounds in about 60 seconds. Thanks for pointing this out. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/opGKvw6VEL\">https:\/\/t.co\/opGKvw6VEL<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Joe Scarborough (@JoeNBC) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JoeNBC\/status\/1460188004434255873?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 15, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<ul>\n<li>On Saturday after Rittenhouse\u2019s acquittal,&nbsp;&nbsp;MSNBC\u2019s Tiffany Cross took aim at Reps. Matt Gaetz [R-FL] and Paul Gosar [R-AZ] for suggestions Rittenhouse could be a congressional intern. The MSNBC \u201cCross Connection\u201d host then referred to Rittenhouse as a \u201clittle murderous white supremacist\u201d in her critique.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>She <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/clips\/2021\/11\/21\/msnbcs-cross-rittenhouse-a-little-murderous-white-supremacist\/\">said:<\/a>&nbsp;[emphasis added]\n<blockquote readability=\"10\">\n<p>The fact that white supremacists roam the halls of Congress freely and celebrate this<strong> little murderous white supremacist<\/strong>, and the fact that he gets to walk the streets freely, it lets you know these people have access to instituting laws, they represent the legislative branch of this country.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<h3><b>Daily Beast<\/b><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<ul>\n<li><span>On August 27, 2020, the <em>Daily Beast<\/em>&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thedailybeast.com\/teen-vigilante-kyle-rittenhouse-killed-unarmed-kenosha-protester-who-threw-plastic-bag-at-him-court-docs-say?ref=scroll\">published<\/a> an article titled&nbsp;<\/span><strong>\u201cTeen Vigilante Killed Unarmed Kenosha Protester Who Threw a Plastic Bag at Him: Court Docs\u201d <\/strong>[emphasis added.]<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The article&nbsp;<span>characterizes Rittenhouse as a vigilante without evidence and then grossly under-represents the threat to Rittenhouse in the headline by pretending the only threat was a \u201cplastic bag.\u201d The writer mentioned that Rosenbaum tried to grab Rittenhouse\u2019s gun halfway down in the story.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><b>New York Times<\/b><\/h3>\n<p><span>This one is more indirect, but the <em>New York Times<\/em> is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nationalreview.com\/corner\/new-york-times-buried-kenosha-reporting-until-after-election-says-ex-reporter\/\">accused of burying a story<\/a> until after the 2020 election which detailed the extent of the violence during the Kenosha riots. It could be argued that the alleged intentional repression of facts, which would influence the way the public sees the Rittenhouse case, is extremely damaging. The void created by a lack of correct information arguably allowed a lie to spread that Rittenhouse went to Kenosha to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/commentisfree\/2021\/nov\/19\/kyle-rittenhouse-verdict-acquitted-protest\">terrorize peaceful protestors<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><span><strong>ABC News<\/strong>&nbsp;<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span>In October of 2020, ABC News <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/the-media\/2020\/10\/13\/abc-news-calls-kyle-rittenhouse-alleged-white-supremacist-cites-joe-bidens-false-claim\/\">referred<\/a> to Rittenhouse as an \u201calleged white supremacist,\u201d&nbsp;despite the fact that the 18-year-old has no known ties to white supremacism.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>According to an <a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20201009213203\/https:\/\/abcnews.go.com\/US\/kyle-rittenhouse-extradition-dangerous-due-political-climate-lawyers\/story?id=73520336\">archived version of the report:<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote readability=\"12\">\n<p><span>Rittenhouse, an <strong>alleged white supremacist<\/strong> accused of killing two protesters in Kenosha, Wisconsin, in the wake of an officer-involved shooting, appeared via Zoom for an Illinois hearing where his attorney contested the teen\u2019s extradition to Wisconsin to face homicide and other charges in connection with the August shootings.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Since then, ABC News seemingly <a href=\"https:\/\/abcnews.go.com\/US\/kyle-rittenhouse-extradition-dangerous-due-political-climate-lawyers\/story?id=73520336\">edited the piece<\/a> to take out the language, though there is no editor\u2019s note addressing the change. Instead, the newer version of the article includes a statement from Rittenhouse\u2019s lawyer saying accusations of white supremacy are unfounded.<\/p>\n<p>The update reads:<\/p>\n<blockquote readability=\"24\">\n<p>In their petition, Rittenhouse\u2019s lawyers argued that \u201cmisinformation and false accusations \u2026 are polluting Rittenhouse\u2019s future jury pool and inspiring threats to his life.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Among the statements cited were an August tweet by Rep. Ayanna Pressley, D-Mass., referring to Rittenhouse as a \u201c17-year-old white supremacist\u201d and a video released by the Joe Biden campaign which included Rittenhouse\u2019s image in a way his attorneys say \u201cfalsely portray[ed] Rittenhouse as a white supremacist intent on committing harm, without a shred of evidence to support those claims.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In a statement issued in August, defense attorney John Pierce said: \u201cKyle is not a racist or a white supremacist. He is a brave, patriotic, compassionate law-abiding American who loves his country and his community. He did nothing wrong. He defended himself, which is a fundamental right of all Americans given by God and protected by law.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<h3><strong>Facebook<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>In a comment to Breitbart News, a Facebook spokesman confirmed that the company is removing posts \u201cin support\u201d of Rittenhouse, because the incident is considered a \u201cmass murder\u201d by the company.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019ve designated the shooting in Kenosha a mass murder and are removing posts in support of the shooter, including this one,\u201d said the spokesman.<\/p>\n<p>The company <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/tech\/2021\/11\/19\/facebook-and-twitter-silent-on-whether-kyle-rittenhouse-support-is-still-banned\/\">has not said<\/a> whether it has changed its policy since Rittenhouse was acquitted on all charges.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Notable Democrat Politicians<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Several Democrat House members called Rittenhouse a \u201cdomestic terrorist\u201d and a \u201cmurderer,\u201d even after he was acquitted. While House and Senate members are protected by legislative immunity during official speeches on the floor of the House or Senate, committee hearings, and similar official settings. What they say is not protected during press conferences, in the media, or on social media.<\/p>\n<h3>Rep. Ayanna Pressley [D-MA]<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<ul>\n<li><span>On August 26, 2020, the day after the shootings and well before the trial and verdict, Pressley took to Twitter to call Rittenhouse a \u201cterrorist.\u201d<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span>\u201cA 17 year old <strong>white supremacist domestic terrorist<\/strong> drove across state lines, armed with an AR15. He shot and killed two people who had assembled to affirm the value, dignity, and worth of Black lives. Fix your damn headlines,\u201d she tweeted. [emphasis added]&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"13.244604316547\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">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<\/blockquote>\n<h3>Rep. Ilhan Omar [D-MN]<\/h3>\n<p><span>On August 27, 2020, Omar tweeted, saying Rittenhouse \u201cexecuted two people,\u201d calling him a domestic terrorist.&nbsp;<\/span><span>She said: [emphasis added]<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote readability=\"9\">\n<p><span><strong>A domestic terrorist executed two people<\/strong>, and according to Tucker and his supporters this is \u201cmaintaining order.\u201d<\/span><span><strong>Their murderous rants<\/strong> have inspired many <strong>mass shooters<\/strong> and now they aren\u2019t even trying to distance themselves from it, they are excusing it.&nbsp;<\/span><span>God help us.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"14.206489675516\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">A domestic terrorist executed two people, and according to Tucker and his supporters this is \u201cmaintaining order.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Their murderous rants have inspired many mass shooters and now they aren\u2019t even trying to distance themselves from it, they are excusing it. <\/p>\n<p>God help us. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Mzp6ZiZv01\">https:\/\/t.co\/Mzp6ZiZv01<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Ilhan Omar (@IlhanMN) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/IlhanMN\/status\/1299014953530253315?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 27, 2020<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<h3>Rep. Cori Bush [D-MO]<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<ul>\n<li><span>On Oct. 26, 2021, Bush called Rittenhouse a \u201cwhite supremacist murderer.\u201d<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span>\u201cThe <strong>white supremacist murderer<\/strong> is \u2018just a kid\u2019, but the victims who were standing up for Black lives are \u2018rioters\u2019, \u2018looters\u2019, and \u2018arsonists\u2019.&nbsp;<\/span><span>That\u2019s how much this injustice system values Black lives. T<\/span><span>hat\u2019s how deeply rooted white supremacy is in our society,\u201d she said. [emphasis added]<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"14.09756097561\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The white supremacist murderer is &#8216;just a kid&#8217;, but the victims who were standing up for Black lives are &#8216;rioters&#8217;, &#8216;looters&#8217;, and &#8216;arsonists&#8217;.<\/p>\n<p>That&#8217;s how much this injustice system values Black lives.<\/p>\n<p>That&#8217;s how deeply rooted white supremacy is in our society. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/3aJOMB9LN2\">https:\/\/t.co\/3aJOMB9LN2<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Cori Bush (@CoriBush) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CoriBush\/status\/1453452288702435333?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 27, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<ul>\n<li>Then, after Rittenhouse was acquitted of all charges on November 19, Bush doubled down and called him a \u201cmurderer\u201d again.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span>She tweeted: [emphasis added]<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote readability=\"7\">\n<p><span>The judge. The jury. The defendant.&nbsp;<\/span><span>It\u2019s white supremacy in action.<\/span><span>This system isn\u2019t built to hold white supremacists accountable. It\u2019s why Black and brown folks are brutalized and put in cages while <strong>white supremacist murderers<\/strong> walk free.&nbsp;<\/span><span>I\u2019m hurt. I\u2019m angry. I\u2019m heartbroken.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"14.234234234234\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The judge. The jury. The defendant.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s white supremacy in action.<\/p>\n<p>This system isn\u2019t built to hold white supremacists accountable. It\u2019s why Black and brown folks are brutalized and put in cages while white supremacist murderers walk free.<\/p>\n<p>I\u2019m hurt. I\u2019m angry. I\u2019m heartbroken.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Cori Bush (@CoriBush) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CoriBush\/status\/1461776152255774722?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 19, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<h3><b>Rep.&nbsp; Eric Swalwell [D-CA]<\/b><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<ul>\n<li>Congressman Swalwell, who is accused of allegedly<a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/politics\/2021\/07\/26\/exclusive-classified-report-biden-could-release-provides-intricate-detail-on-eric-swalwell-relationship-with-fang-fang\/\"> having an affair with a Chinese spy<\/a>, conflated Rittenhouse with Trump supporters in September 2020 and then asserted that \u201cTrumpism has become terrorism.\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span>\u201cThe President is encouraging Americans to take up arms and commit violence against unarmed people. <strong>Trumpism has become terrorism<\/strong>,\u201d he wrote. [emphasis added]<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"7.2775119617225\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The President is encouraging Americans to take up arms and commit violence against unarmed people. Trumpism has become terrorism. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/W7JvY7wqHy\">https:\/\/t.co\/W7JvY7wqHy<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Rep. Eric Swalwell (@RepSwalwell) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RepSwalwell\/status\/1301606512629030913?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 3, 2020<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<h3><b>Rep. Jamaal Bowman [<\/b><b>D-NY]<\/b><\/h3>\n<p>A day after the shootings, Bowman tweeted about Rittenhouse, saying both Joe Biden and Kamala Harris, who were campaigning at the time, needed to condemn \u201cdomestic terrorists looking to incite a race war.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><span>He said: [emphasis added]&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote readability=\"7\">\n<p><span>We need @JoeBiden and @KamalaHarris to condemn the armed militias that killed two people in Kenosha yesterday while working in tandem with local police.&nbsp;<\/span><span><strong>These militias are domestic terrorists looking to incite a race war.<\/strong> \u201cProtecting private property\u201d is cover for their agenda.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"10.670658682635\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">We need <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JoeBiden?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@JoeBiden<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/KamalaHarris?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@KamalaHarris<\/a> to condemn the armed militias that killed two people in Kenosha yesterday while working in tandem with local police. <\/p>\n<p>These militias are domestic terrorists looking to incite a race war. \u201cProtecting private property\u201d is cover for their agenda.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Jamaal Bowman (@JamaalBowmanNY) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JamaalBowmanNY\/status\/1298612939327442944?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 26, 2020<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<h3>Now-President Joe Biden<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<ul>\n<li>As Breitbart News <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/law-and-order\/2021\/11\/19\/pollak-joe-biden-can-be-sued-for-defaming-kyle-rittenhouse\/\">previously reported<\/a>,&nbsp;Biden could face a civil defamation suit from newly-acquitted Rittenhouse for calling him a \u201cwhite supremacist\u201d last year \u2014 without evidence, and before Biden was able to enjoy the immunities of presidential office.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"7.1142857142857\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">There\u2019s no other way to put it: the President of the United States refused to disavow white supremacists on the debate stage last night. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Q3VZTW1vUV\">pic.twitter.com\/Q3VZTW1vUV<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Joe Biden (@JoeBiden) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JoeBiden\/status\/1311268302950260737?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 30, 2020<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Rittenhouse\u2019s mother Wendy criticized Biden for doing so, accusing him of defaming her son.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI was so angry for a while at him and what he did to my son, he defamed him,\u201d Rittenhouse\u2019s mother&nbsp;<a class=\"x5l\" href=\"https:\/\/news.yahoo.com\/kyle-rittenhouses-mom-says-biden-103745693.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener external\">said<\/a>&nbsp;in an interview with Fox News host Sean Hannity.<\/p>\n<p>Biden has not back-peddled his statement, and his administration dug him a deeper hole by saying the president condemns \u201cvigilantes\u201d armed with \u201cassault weapons\u201d as the trial wrapped up in Wisconsin.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat I can reiterate for you is the president\u2019s view that we shouldn\u2019t have, broadly speaking, vigilantes patrolling our communities with assault weapons,\u201d White House press secretary Jen Psaki <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/politics\/2021\/11\/15\/white-house-condemns-vigilantes-as-kyle-rittenhouse-trial-wraps-up\/\">said<\/a> during a daily briefing.<\/p>\n<h2>Other Notable Democrats and Celebrities<\/h2>\n<h3>Stacey Abrams<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<ul>\n<li><span>During a November 23, 2020 interview on MSMNC, failed Georgia governor candidate Abrams <a href=\"https:\/\/www.msnbc.com\/transcripts\/transcript-beat-ari-melber-november-23-2020-n1260629\">said<\/a> Rittenhouse committed \u201cmurder.\u201d&nbsp;<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span>Abrams said:<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote readability=\"15\">\n<p><span>So, I believe that, where possible, no-cash bail should be used. But I do believe in retaining a system that says that, if someone is dangerous, there should be the ability to hold them. <\/span><b>And I think Kyle Rittenhouse is proof-positive that, when someone is willing to cross state lines to commit murder,<\/b><span> that is a signal that we need to absolutely have a system of justice that actually understands that justice matters in each instance.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<h3><b>Colin Kaepernick<\/b><\/h3>\n<p><span>Following Rittenhouse\u2019s acquittal, Kaepernick, a former NFL football player who is infamous for taking a knee during the National Anthem, accused Rittenhouse of \u201cterroristic acts.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cWe just witnessed a system built on white supremacy validate the <strong>terroristic acts of a white supremacist<\/strong>.&nbsp;<\/span><span>This only further validates the need to abolish our current system. White supremacy cannot be reformed,\u201d he said. [emphasis added]&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"11.22433460076\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">We just witnessed a system built on white supremacy validate the terroristic acts of a white supremacist. <\/p>\n<p>This only further validates the need to abolish our current system. White supremacy cannot be reformed.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Colin Kaepernick (@Kaepernick7) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Kaepernick7\/status\/1461781712275443721?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 19, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<h3>Pedro Pascal<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<ul>\n<li>On Saturday, Star Wars star Pedro Pascal jumped to his Twitter account to memorialize two of the men who threatened and attacked Rittenhouse, insisting they were \u201cmurdered.\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\u201cJoseph Rosenbaum, 36, and Anthony Huber, 27, murdered August 25th, 2020,\u201d he said, posting a photo of the two men\u2019s faces. \u201cRest In Peace.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"10.5\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Joseph Rosenbaum, 36, and Anthony Huber, 27, murdered August 25th, 2020. Rest In Peace. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/TzhmWyZJeB\">pic.twitter.com\/TzhmWyZJeB<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Pedro Pascal he\/him (@PedroPascal1) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/PedroPascal1\/status\/1462130966533578755?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 20, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<h3>Actress Rosanna Arquette<\/h3>\n<p>Arquette, who once compared U.S. law enforcement to the \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/entertainment\/2021\/04\/26\/rosanna-arquette-to-law-enforcement-it-looks-to-us-you-are-gestapo\/\">Gestapo<\/a>,\u201d called Rittenhouse a \u201cmurderer.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"6.6534653465347\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Kyle Rittenhouse is a murderer. The End .<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 \u270c\ud83c\udffcrosanna arquette (@RoArquette) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RoArquette\/status\/1458463104732254216?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 10, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<h3>Actor Chad Lindberg<\/h3>\n<p>Universal\u2019s&nbsp;<em>The Fast and the Furious<\/em>&nbsp;actor Chad Lindberg called Rittenhouse a \u201cmurderer\u201d and a \u201cterrible fucking actor.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"5.6296296296296\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Kyle Rittenhouse is a murderer and terrible fucking actor\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/XJSZ47q7wr\">https:\/\/t.co\/XJSZ47q7wr<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 ChadLindberg (@ChadLindberg) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ChadLindberg\/status\/1458494725627858945?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 10, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>For a list of other celebrity takeaways, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/entertainment\/2021\/11\/11\/hollywood-elites-attack-kyle-rittenhouse-fck-that-kid-terrible-fking-actor\/\">click here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h2>Next Steps<\/h2>\n<p>The idea that Rittenhouse could specifically sue media companies for defamation began to gain momentum after Nicholas Sandmann <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/politics\/2021\/11\/16\/nick-sandmann-to-kyle-rittenhouse-i-am-here-for-you\/\">penned a column<\/a> in the <em>Daily Mail<\/em> exploring that very possibility. Sandmann himself <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/the-media\/2020\/01\/07\/cnn-settles-lawsuit-with-covington-catholic-student-nick-sandmann\/\">settled a $275 million lawsuit against CNN<\/a> in 2020 over the network\u2019s coverage of a confrontation involving himself and his classmates and a Native American man during a school trip to Washington, DC.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe attacks on Kyle came from the national news media, just as they came for me,\u201d Sandmann wrote. He later continued:<\/p>\n<blockquote readability=\"12\">\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Kyle should also be prepared for a long trial which will be present in his mind for years. I personally am still involved in six media lawsuits as January approaches marking three years since the confrontation took place at the March for Life. So, if Kyle is prepared to take on another burden in his early life, with the acceptance that it might result in nothing, I answer, give it a shot and hold the media accountable.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Following Rittenhouse\u2019s acquittal \u201c#defamation\u201d was even trending on Twitter, with thousands of users calling for accountability.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">According to a <em>Townhall<\/em> r<a href=\"https:\/\/townhall.com\/tipsheet\/spencerbrown\/2021\/11\/19\/is-cnn-about-to-make-kyle-rittenhouse-rich-n2599385\">eport<\/a>, Rittenhouse\u2019s spokesman, David Hancock, hinted that \u201caccountability in the form of lawsuits might be coming.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe potential exists for quite a lot of lawsuits,\u201d Hancock said. \u201cThe false reporting cannot be overlooked.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><em>A <a href=\"https:\/\/mobile.twitter.com\/DrewHolden360\/status\/1461774496948527110\">Twitter thread<\/a> from journalist Drew Holden and several Breitbart News reports were helpful in making this story possible.&nbsp;<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Katherine Hamilton is a political reporter for Breitbart News. 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