{"id":1052474,"date":"2021-11-24T15:43:37","date_gmt":"2021-11-24T20:43:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1052474"},"modified":"2021-11-24T15:43:41","modified_gmt":"2021-11-24T20:43:41","slug":"whiskey-goes-woke-company-doesnt-want-rittenhouse-rye-used-to-celebrate-kenosha-verdict","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/whiskey-goes-woke-company-doesnt-want-rittenhouse-rye-used-to-celebrate-kenosha-verdict\/","title":{"rendered":"Whiskey Goes Woke: Company Doesn\u2019t Want \u2018Rittenhouse Rye&#039; Used to Celebrate Kenosha Verdict"},"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\">26<\/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%2Fwhiskey-goes-woke-company-doesnt-want-rittenhouse-rye-used-to-celebrate-kenosha-verdict%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=1052474&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\/pexels-cottonbro-4694569-inset-640x335-1.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p>Heaven Hill Brands, a large company behind several well-known spirits, went full woke this week, expressing disappointment upon learning that some customers were using its&nbsp;Rittenhouse Straight Rye Whiskey to celebrate the not guilty verdict of 18-year-old Kyle Rittenhouse.<\/p>\n<div readability=\"95.168743325027\">\n<p>\u201cWe have been disheartened to learn that some individuals and businesses have been using our Rittenhouse Straight Rye Whiskey brand to celebrate the Kyle Rittenhouse case verdict, despite the profound loss of life from those events,\u201d Heaven Hill Brands said on social media this week, referencing <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/entertainment\/2021\/11\/23\/stephen-colbert-if-kyle-rittenhouse-didnt-break-the-law-we-should-change-the-law\/\">Joseph Rosenbaum<\/a>, a pedophile sex offender, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wisconsinrightnow.com\/2021\/03\/12\/kenosha-shooting\/\">Anthony Huber<\/a>, who pled guilty to charges of strangulation, suffocation, and domestic abuse; both men were fatally shot by Rittenhouse in self-defense.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere is no link between our Rittenhouse Rye brand, which was started post-prohibition to commemorate Rittenhouse Square, and this case,\u201d the company assured.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt is our strongly held belief that in serious matters such as this, where lives were lost and people deeply affected, there is no cause for celebration, but instead deep reflection on how we can make the world a more peaceful and respectful place for all,\u201d it added.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"10.355172413793\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">1\/3 We have been disheartened to learn that some individuals and businesses have been using our Rittenhouse Straight Rye Whiskey brand to celebrate the Kyle Rittenhouse case verdict, despite the profound loss of life from those events.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Heaven Hill Brands (@heavenhill) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/heavenhill\/status\/1462504159538819075?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 21, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"9.1326530612245\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">3\/3 there is no cause for celebration, but instead deep reflection on how we can make the world a more peaceful and respectful place for all.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Heaven Hill Brands (@heavenhill) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/heavenhill\/status\/1462504276861804548?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 21, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The statement did not appear to be well received by social media users, who criticized the company for getting involved.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhy are you commenting on this? An innocent man was acquitted. That\u2019s a good thing. Spare me your faux concern for those would be murderers,\u201d one <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Knamorgan55\/status\/1463218563481845769\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">said<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou will be happy to know then that I will not buy your Rittenhouse Straight Rye Whiskey and I will be sure to tell everyone I know not to buy Rittenhouse Straight Rye Whiskey\u2026 I prefer my whiskey not to come with a list of banned uses\u2026\u201d another <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/kvangs\/status\/1463293817281388549\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">chimed<\/a> in.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMaybe consider getting into the hard seltzer market if you\u2019re that concerned with your image among the anti-self-defense crowd,\u201d another <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/zengreaser\/status\/1463357527228354561\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">suggested<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The jury <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/law-and-order\/2021\/11\/19\/verdict-kyle-rittenhouse-found-not-guilty-on-all-charges\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">delivered<\/a> the not guilty verdict for Kyle Rittenhouse, who faced two charges of murder, one charge of attempted murder, and two charges of reckless endangerment, on Friday.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking to Tucker Carlson in an interview that aired Monday, Rittenhouse <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/news\/rittenhouse-tells-fox-news-not-a-racist-person-backs-blm\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">said<\/a> he believed they came to the correct verdict because the case was not about him; rather, it was about the fundamental right of self-defense.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI thought they came to the correct verdict because it wasn\u2019t Kyle Rittenhouse on trial in Wisconsin \u2014 it was the right to self-defense on trial,\u201d the 18-year-old said. \u201cAnd if I was convicted\u2026 no one would ever be privileged to defend their life against attackers.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Heaven Hill Brands, a large company behind several well-known spirits, went full woke this week, expressing disappointment upon learning that some customers were using its\u00a0Rittenhouse Straight Rye Whiskey to celebrate &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"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-1052474","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\/1052474","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\/15"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1052474"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1052474\/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=1052474"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1052474"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1052474"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}