A month after his acquittal on murder charges, Kyle Rittenhouse was given a standing ovation at a conservative conference in Phoenix on Monday night, as panelists discussed events in Kenosha, Wisconsin, in 2020, when the teen shot three men. The event, called AmericaFest, was held by Turning Point USA, a young conservatives group. According to Eliahu, security officials “wrapped me up and removed me from the conference”. A Turning Point spokesperson said Eliahu “rushed Kyle a little too aggressively” and “he is for sure not coming back to AmericaFest”. Though the men Rittenhouse shot were also white, the trial was seen by many as a litmus test of the country’s racial divide.

Source: The Guardian December 22, 2021 00:23 UTC