President Trump on Monday was asked about Kyle Rittenhouse, the 17-year-old who shot and killed two men and wounded a third in self defense during the Kenosha riots last week.
Rittenhouse was hit with 6 charges last week, including one count of first degree intentional homicide.
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The President handled the “gotcha question” about Rittenhouse from the liberal reporter perfectly.
“He was trying to get away from them, I guess, it looks like and he fell and then they very violently attacked him,” Trump said. “It’s something that we’re looking at right now and it’s under investigation.”
Trump said the BLM-Antifa mob probably would have killed young Rittenhouse.
“I guess he was in very big trouble — he probably would have been killed,” Trump said.
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WATCH:
President Trump is asked to comment on Kyle Rittenhouse:
“He was trying to get away from them and he fell and then they violently attacked him… It’s something that we’re looking at right now.” pic.twitter.com/mxw9b6HwHA
— Daily Caller (@DailyCaller) August 31, 2020
President Trump is correct.
Kyle Rittenhouse shot 36-year-old Joseph Rosenbaum after Rosenbaum chased the teen, threw something at him and tried to take away his firearm.
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According to the criminal complaint, the medical examiner found that Rosenbaum was shot in the groin, back and hand. He also suffered a superficial graze wound on his left thigh and a graze wound to the side of his head.
Rosenbaum was also a convicted sex offender involving a crime with a minor.
Joseph Rosenbaum
26-year-old Anthony Huber beat Kyle Rittenhouse with a skateboard before he was shot dead.
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Rittenhouse was being chased by a BLM mob when he tripped and fell. At this point, Huber bashed him in the back of the head/neck with a skateboard. Rittenhouse defended himself and shot Huber in the chest. Huber immediately dropped and died.
Huber beats Rittenhouse with a skateboard
26-year-old Gaige Grosskreutz had his arm partially blown off after he aggressively rushed at 17-year-old Kyle Rittenhouse, who had just tripped and fallen while being chased by the BLM mob.
Grosskreutz had a gun in his hand when he ran up to Rittenhouse, so in self defense, the 17-year-old discharged his weapon, blew off part of Grosskreutz’s arm, saving his own life.
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Rittenhouse was about to get a bullet to the head, but he acted quickly and shot Grosskreutz in self defense.
WATCH (GRAPHIC):
It looks like Kyle Rittenhouse was about to get a bullet in the head from a handgun from this angle. pic.twitter.com/8yyWKzcpa1
— Chris Sandoval 🇺🇸 (@firstcitizensam) August 27, 2020
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A friend of Gaige’s said that his only regret was not being able to kill 17-year-old Rittenhouse.
“So the kid shot gaige as he drew his weapon and gaige retreated with his gun in hand. I just talked to Gaige Grosskreutz too his only regret was not killing the kid and hesitating to pull the gun before emptying the entire mag into him. Coward,” a friend of Grosskreutz wrote in a chat.
Gaige Grosskreutz