Kyle Rittenhouse Awaits His Invitation to Speak at The 2024 Republican National Convention

I am not surprised that a jury saw fit to acquit Kyle Rittenhouse of all charges against him. The trial was a fait d'accompli from the moment Judge Bruce Schroeder not only declared Rittenhouse's victims couldn't be called victims, but could be called arsonists, looters and rioters. Judge Schroeder was anything but an impartial jurist. He might as well have barred MSNBC from the proceedings  Oh, wait. It would not surprise me if Schroeder soon retires from the bench and becomes a Fox News contributor.

As for young Rittenhouse, he doesn't have to wait that long as he will be interviewed by Tucker Carlson on Monday night. Instead of awaiting a prison sentence he awaits his invitation to speak at the 2024 Republican National Convention. Florida GOP Congressman Matt Gaetz wants to hire Rittenhouse to be an intern. Recently censured Arizona Republican Paul Gosar is willing to arm wrestle Gaetz for Rittenhouse's services. Killing two people and maiming a third makes you "one of the good ones" in the eyes of Marjorie Taylor-Greene. Not to be outdone, Madison Cawthorn declares, "be armed, be dangerous and be moral." 

Wisconsin Republican gubernatorial hopeful Rebecca Kleefish praised the verdict while tweeting with a presumably straight face, "As your Governor, I will always stand for law and order." Evidently Kleefish's idea of law and order is permitting out of state juveniles to enter Wisconsin with AR-15s to shoot and kill people Kleefish doesn't like. 

And then there's former President Trump who also praised the verdict stating, "If that's not self defense, nothing is." Trump is evidently as unfamiliar with self-defense as he is with the peaceful transfer of power. As the ever wise Melissa Quinn Amour put it, "Welp, every crazy-ass kid with a gun was just told he can go anywhere in the U.S. and create a situation where he gets to kill people under the guise of self-defense. Unbelievable."

I mean this behavior is now being incentivized at the highest levels. If you're a disaffected kid all one need do to garner the praise of the former President of the United States and nearly the entire Republican Party is to grab an AR-15 and shoot and kill a few BLM or Antifa supporters or a Democratic Congressman or two or perhaps bomb DNC headquarters. And praise is only the beginning. There is the possibility of jobs, fame and fortune and "fight off conservative chicks with a bat." For Rittenhouse, an invitation to speak at the 2024 Republican National Convention is only the tip of the iceberg which could sink the ship that is American democracy.