The New York Times report that we told you about earlier on the movements of Kyle Rittenhouse before and up to the shooting which certainly suggests the 17-year-old has a possible self-defense claim is not sitting well some libs right now.
Former Hillary Staffer Zac Petkanas, in a now-deleted tweet, accused the “Trump team pushing conspiracy theory that the white supremacist who murdered two people was acting in self defense” (he means, we think, the retweet by Andrew Surabian, not the comment by Robby Soave, editor of Reason):
https://twitter.com/Zac_Petkanas/status/1298991607534874626
Like with his former boss, deleting something, like an email, doesn’t make the problem go away:
Democrat ops and Hillary advisors are now calling the New York Times a conspiracy. pic.twitter.com/YBBnlP7Q6A
— Stephen L. Miller (@redsteeze) August 27, 2020
And not to be outdone, Slate’s Mark Joseph Stern called NR’s David Harsanyi a psychopath for saying “it looks like self defense (though there may be more evidence we aren’t aware of yet)”:
Now we’re here. The psychopaths have constructed their narrative; it’s time to promote it.
Disarming a vigilante who’s illegally brandishing an assault weapon is the real violence.
Shooting people who are trying to disarm you is self-defense.
That’s how you justify murder. pic.twitter.com/Ql3a6SsmdV
— Mark Joseph Stern (@mjs_DC) August 27, 2020
This “vile coward” won’t even tag Harsanyi to debate him:
He's just a vile coward. He constantly smears me from behind a block.
— David Harsanyi (@davidharsanyi) August 27, 2020
And note how Stern DIDN’T READ the rest of the thread:
Probably illegal for him to have the gun at 17.
— David Harsanyi (@davidharsanyi) August 27, 2020
Also, the kid should not have been in a riot-zone in the first place, but there is zero evidence to this point that Rittenhouse was a "vigilante."
— David Harsanyi (@davidharsanyi) August 27, 2020
Also, I am not a lawyer! This is just my layman opinion.
— David Harsanyi (@davidharsanyi) August 27, 2020
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Related:
'Prosecutors might want to rethink Murder1': NYT praised for detailed report on Kyle Rittenhouse's movements before and up to the shootings https://t.co/zh9EDOvBry
— Twitchy Team (@TwitchyTeam) August 27, 2020
