Less than 12 hours after his initial post on X, Kyle Rittenhouse retracted a comment he had made about writing a letter to Ron Paul because “Trump isn’t supportive enough of gun control.”
“Hello, I’m Kyle Rittenhouse, outreach director for Texas Gun Rights. A lot of people are upset that I said I endorse Ron Paul for President of the United States, but it’s true. I endorse Ron Paul,” Rittenhouse posted in a video on his X account.
In a video, Rittenhouse explained why he will not support Donald Trump for president.
“Unfortunately, Donald Trump had bad advisors that made him bad on the Second Amendment. That’s my problem. If you can’t completely compromise on the Second Amendment, I’m not voting for you and I’m going to run somebody else,” Rittenhouse vowed. “We need defenders of the Second Amendment, otherwise our rights are going to be eroded and eroded every day. I stand by my decision and I’m not going to back down.”
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“You have to stand up for your beliefs,” Rittenhouse said in response to the post.
He then made another post saying, “Uncompromising is uncompromising.”
But less than 12 hours later, Rittenhouse pinned a new post to the top of his X account, claiming that he had spoken to Trump’s team and was retracting his comments.
“Over the past 12 hours, I have had a series of constructive discussions with members of the Trump campaign and I am confident that Mr. Trump will be the strong ally gun owners need to protect their Second Amendment rights,” Rittenhouse said.
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“My comments last night were ignorant and counterproductive. I support Donald Trump 100 percent and call on all gun owners to join us in bringing him back to the White House,” he continued.
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Rittenhouse made national headlines after he shot and killed two people and wounded a third on the second night of riots in Kenosha on Aug. 25, 2020.
His lawyers argued that the 17-year-old was attacked from behind and fired the gun in self-defense. Gaige Grosskreutz, 27 years old, Joseph Rosenbaum (age 36) and Anthony Huber (age 26) After the riots 29-year-old black man shot dead by policeJacob Blake. Rosenbaum and Hoover are dead.
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Jurors in Kenosha, Wisconsin, A court found Rittenhouse innocent of all charges in 2021. If convicted and found guilty of first-degree intentional murder, Rittenhouse would have faced life in prison.
President Biden claimed he “did not watch the trial” but supported “the jury’s findings.”
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“The verdict in Kenosha will outrage and disturb many Americans, including me, but I must acknowledge what the jury has said. I ran on a promise to unite Americans, because I believe that what unites us is far greater than what divides us,” Biden said in a statement after the verdict. “I know our nation’s wounds will not heal overnight, but my commitment to doing all I can to ensure that all Americans are treated equally, fairly and with dignity under the law remains unwavering.”
“Violence and destruction of property have no place in our democracy,” he added.
Fox News’ Audrey Conklin, Giovanni Liedge and Peter Doocy contributed to this report.
