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There are so many factual inaccuracies in this article it's hard to know where to begin. Kyle may not have lived in Kenosha, but he worked there and his father lived there. He had every right to consider it "his" community and want to defend it.

He didn't "borrow a weapon of war". The gun was being kept in Kenosha by his friend until he turned 18. Without getting into Kenosha's legal code, it was legal for him to carry it when he did. (Because of the length of the barrel it was classified as a "hunting rifle."

He did not "end the lives of two innocent people because he felt threatened". Rosebaum was a mental patient who was charged with interfering with 5 boys. He was also clearly off his head that night and kept shouting "Shoot me! Shoot me!" as the video shows. Huber first tried to brain Kyle with his skateboard, a potentially lethal weapon, and then wrest the rifle away from him, which of course would have left him defenseless and at the mercy of several attackers. Kyle had no choice but to use the rifle.

As for him being "the darling of the far right", he can hardly be held responsible for what others think of him. And intelligence? He's a normal 18 year old. He thinks boobs are great. So what? He wasn't acquitted for his intelligence. And as for Biden, I don't know why he wants to talk to a senile old man. He'll get no sense out of Biden.

Oh yes, and as for him being unable to prove defamation because he's a public figure, he was not a public figure when the defamation took place, so that's moot.

"Kyle Rittenhouse is a murderer. Of that, there should be NO doubt." Well, there was obviously doubt in at least 12 people's minds. And they at least examined all the evidence.

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