Kyle Rittenhouse on Thursday appeared as a guest speaker on Fox News, blaming the University of Memphis for recent chaotic campus events.
Rittenhouse appeared on “The Ingraham Angle” to talk about the Turning Point USA event he spoke at Wednesday night. Video footage later posted online showed a group of Black Lives Matter (BLM) protesters chasing some protesters as they left. Fox host Laura Ingraham asked about reports that surfaced that Rittenhouse was abruptly removed from the stage after speaking for 30 minutes. (Related: All hell breaks loose at campus event featuring Rittenhouse)
“It was very interesting,” Rittenhouse said. “I need to talk to you for a second.” I spoke for a few minutes, but no one was listening to me, so I said, “Okay, let’s get into the Q&A.” I spoke to these people for about 30 minutes, going back and forth with questions and answers. They didn’t seem to want to listen, but some of them were able to have some pretty good conversations with me. [but] No one really cared. Everyone just wanted to make a fuss, be rude, and cause chaos. ”
“I was really disappointed in the university because Turning Point USA has had a ticketing system in place for some time,” he said. “They’re using it to vet people, to see if they’ve been to that campus, to get attendance, to make sure that what happened yesterday doesn’t happen. , the University of Memphis scraps Turning Point USA’s ticketing system and installs its own, alerting protesters before anyone else that this is a ticketing system and allowing protesters to reserve all tickets first. I’m in a room with a crowd of people who don’t like me, except for maybe three or four people. did.”
Charlie Kirk, Founder and Executive Director of Turning Point USA, spoke after the event. called They took the university out online, going to “incredibly long lengths” to “disrupt” the event. Kirk listed a list of issues the organization had with schools, and said one of the issues they encountered was that the university changed its ticketing system on the day of the event, which it said was “fair and equitable.” He claimed that the purpose was to “secure” a ticket system that would allow for a better ticket system. “Process.
