Charlie Kirk, founder of Turning Point USA, and Jack Posobiec, senior editor of Human Events and a far-right propagator of the Pizzagate conspiracy theory, celebrated Rittenhouse’s acquittal on “The Charlie Kirk Show” Friday. Kirk announced that Rittenhouse would come on to the show in the coming days for an exclusive interview, along with Posobiec.
“Self-defense is a moral and biblical value,” Kirk told his audience.
Posobiec meanwhile encouraged Rittenhouse to “sue the pants off” of everyone, particularly national news outlets and Facebook. On Twitter, he shared an article from Revolver News, which read, “All hail Kyle Rittenhouse, Champion of Antioch, Savior of Kenosha, Slayer of Pedophiles! All hail the conquering hero!” and he promised to send “an entire package of MyPillow products to Kyle Rittenhouse’s mother” (because there’s never a time not to market Mike Lindell’s pillows).
Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, a far-right conspiracy theorist who has made racist videos, called on Rep. Ilhan Omar to apologize to Rittenhouse and Carlson. “Tucker bravely reports truth unlike the state controlled media lies, who cheered on the real domestic terrorists that you financially supported w/bail bond,” she tweeted.
J.D. Vance, the author of “Hillbilly Elegy” turned right-wing candidate for Senate in Ohio, was happy with the acquittal but called the trial and media attention paid to it “mob rule in a banana republic.”
“God is on our side,” Lauren Witzke—a flat-Earth, QAnon-believing conspiracy theorist with ties to white nationalists and antisemites—wrote on Gab. “The world needs more model young men like him that keep their communities safe from the mob.”
“Cheers everyone and congratulations to Kyle Rittenhouse for his freedom,” she added.
The white supremacist outlet VDARE called Rittenhouse a “hero.” On Twitter, the account stated: “This much is true: Kyle Rittenhouse is the hero we’ve been waiting for throughout the turbulent summer of 2020, where a Black Lives Matter/Antifa/Bolshevik revolution has our country on the brink of total chaos.”
In the Proud Boys Telegram channel, members celebrated Kyle’s acquittal and shared memes about his release. One user posted an image of Proud Boys holding a sign “Kyle Rittenhouse did nothing wrong,” while another posted a gif of a Black man lying on the ground while a white man kicked in his face.