Kyle Rittenhouse Backtracks On Saying He Won't Vote For Trump After MAGA Uproar [UPDATE]
UPDATE: 4:50 p.m. — Following right-wing backlash, Kyle Rittenhouse has said that he now intends to support Donald Trump.
On Friday afternoon, he shared a mea culpa online stating that after “a series of productive conversations with members of the Trump’s team and I am confident he will be the strong ally gun owners need to defend our Second Amendment rights.”
He added: “My comments made last night were ill-informed and unproductive. I’m 100% behind Donald Trump and encourage every gun owner to join me in helping send him back to the White House.”
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Things got weird in MAGA world this week after conservative cult hero Kyle Rittenhouse said he would not be voting for Donald Trump in the 2024 White House race.
In a social media video shared early Friday by gun rights activist Dudley Brown, Rittenhouse said he couldn’t support the GOP presidential nominee, known for his “Make America Great Again” movement, because he is “bad on the Second Amendment.”
“If you cannot be completely uncompromisable on the Second Amendment, I will not vote for you,” Rittenhouse said in the video. “We need champions for the Second Amendment or our rights will be eaten away and eroded each day.”
Rittenhouse, who attempted to launch a media career after his 2021 acquittal in the shooting deaths of two people and wounding of a third amid racial justice protests in Wisconsin, added that “I support my decision and I have no take-backs.”
Although Rittenhouse didn’t post the video directly to his own social media pages, he shared Brown’s post and wrote a handful of additional remarks, such as “You must stand by your principles,” “No compromise means no compromise” and “We must hold ALL politicians to the same standards.”
But this was a bridge too far for many MAGA supporters, who were angered by what was seen as an act of disloyalty to their fearless leader.
Oh, they were pissed!
BYE forever✌️ I can stomach a lot of things - but backstabbing millions who supported you at your lowest point. Then turning on Trump right after he got shot. Can't stomach it - won't put up with it - forgotten forever. pic.twitter.com/7TJGfbwk4R
— Catturd ™ (@catturd2) August 2, 2024
Dear Kyle Rittenhouse:
How fucking dare you turn against President Trump after all he did for your dumb ass?
Trump thought you was "really a nice young man.”
Nice young men don’t betray their friends.
He stood by you when the world was against you.
Where the fuck you get…— Lavern Spicer 🇺🇸 (@lavern_spicer) August 2, 2024
I regret ever supporting Kyle.
He’s flat out lying about Trump and so are you, Dudley.
There are only two choices: Trump or Kamala.
Kyle chose to betray his nation and those that supported him. Sad!
Going to be amusing when he tries to grovel back to Mar-a-Lago in a few…— Steven 🇺🇸 (@SirStevenKJ) August 2, 2024
Meanwhile, other social media users seemed perfectly content to just watch the conservative meltdown.
“MAGA is so mad at Kyle Rittenhouse now they are pulling up his birth certificate to see if he was born a woman, Black, or Indian,” one observer joked.
One of the greatest “How It Started / How It’s Goings” in the history of Twitter. pic.twitter.com/SYDqaYlVIn
— Ron Filipkowski (@RonFilipkowski) August 2, 2024
Kyle Rittenhouse: I killed two people!
MAGA: Yay, We love you Kyle!
Kyle Rittenhouse: I'm not voting for Trump.
MAGA: YOU MURDERER!!!! 🤬🤬🤬— Alex Cole (@acnewsitics) August 2, 2024
Not Catturd blocking Rittenhouse. Oh, how the mighty has fallen. I love this for them. pic.twitter.com/ZXr07LvnlR
— Nurses Against Dick Pics. 🪷🇺🇦 (@ClaudetteGGibs1) August 2, 2024
