Trump Jr. On Kenosha Shooter: “We All Do Stupid Things At 17”
Donald Trump Jr. is speaking out on the teen thug who killed two innocent protestors and ended up wounding a third in Kenosha Wis. last month. Instead of condemning the crime, he’s called for due process for the 17-year-old.
“We’re waiting for due process. We’re not jumping to a conclusion,” Trump Jr. said during an interview Tuesday on the TV show Extra. “If I put myself in Kyle Rittenhouse[‘s shoes], maybe I shouldn’t have been there. He’s a young kid. I don’t want young kids running around the streets with AR-15s. … Maybe I wouldn’t have put myself in that situation – who knows? We all do stupid things at 17,” The Hill quotes.
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Host Rachel Lindsay then replied, “It’s a little beyond stupid.” “Really stupid – fine,” Trump Jr. conceded. “But we all have to let due process play out and let due process take its course.”
His comments on Rittenhouse came after he was questioned during the interview about his father’s controversial trip to Wisconsin following the police shooting of Jacob Blake, as well as the president’s failure to condemn Rittenhouse. As we previously reported, the teen was his with five criminal counts, including first-degree intentional homicide and first-degree reckless homicide, after he allegedly opened fire during protests for Blake, who was a shot in the back seven times last month in front of his children.
The attorneys representing Rittenhouse have since claimed that the teenager who traveled from Illinois was acting in self-defense at the protests.
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Donald Trump Jr. on Kyle Rittenhouse killing two protestors in Kenosha: "We all do stupid things at 17." pic.twitter.com/TacdtncQ5D
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