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March 28, 2024

Killer Kyle Rittenhouse is doing a tour of campuses around the country, sponsored by the Turning Point USA with Charlie Kirk.. Last week, when stopping at the University of Memphis, they were ready for him. A group of people were able to play the reserved seating to a tee and so there were several Black students present for his little speech. After giving his spin about how he killed two people in Kenosha, Wisconsin and then claiming to have been put through a "political trial," he was questioned about statements Kirk had made:

Killer Kyle started out sounding cocky and arrogant, which helped escalate things quickly:

In the video, Rittenhouse stood onstage at the University of Memphis as students confronted him about Kirk’s previous statements, Turning Point USA’s founder and executive director.

“Charlie Kirk has said a lot of racist things,” said a student addressing Rittenhouse from the audience.

“What racist things has Charlie Kirk said?” Rittenhouse snapped back. “We’re gonna have a little bit of a dialogue of what racist things that Charlie Kirk said.”

The student replied: “He says that we shouldn’t celebrate Juneteenth, we shouldn’t celebrate Martin Luther King Day—we should be working those days—he called Ketanji Brown Jackson an affirmative action hire, he said all this nonsense about George Floyd, and he said he’d be scared if a Black pilot was on a plane. Does that not seem racist?”

Kirk has been known for his outrageous rhetoric that toes the line of hatred and white supremacy.

“I don’t know anything about that,” Rittenhouse said from the stage, prompting jeers among the audience.

“Does that seem racist is a yes or no question, Kyle,” yelled another attendee.

“Well, after all the things I just told you, would you consider that hate speech?” the student asked Rittenhouse, who had a dog with him onstage.

“I’m not gonna comment on that,” Rittenhouse replied, eliciting further reaction from the crowd.

It was at this point where Killer Kyle's handlers ended the event and Killer Kyle beat a hasty retreat. It was so hasty that Rittenhouse didn't even give his poor "emotional support" dog, which was on stage with him, a chance to stand up before he was yanking on the dog's leash:

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But wait, there's more. There's always more.

Kirk and Killer Kyle could't even get their stories straight.

Kirk was painting it as that they were lucky to escape with their lives and accused the university of colluding with the protesters:

Turning Point USA founder Charlie Kirk accused liberals of hunting conservatives down "in the streets" after Kyle Rittenhouse was booed off stage at an event at the University of Memphis.

On his Thursday podcast, Kirk reacted to the protest against Rittenhouse at Wednesday's Turning Point event.

"I mean, we haven't seen this for a little while at Turning Point USA," he said. "We haven't seen this kind of where they hunt you down in the streets, blockade staffers from leaving, and dox the personal information of individual students, but we have experienced very similar instances like this."

"And so this is chilling stuff," he continued. "And the deeper question is, did the university collude with these activists? Because the university has to be neutral. The university is not allowed to favor one activist group over the other."

Rittenhouse, on the other hand, was in complete denial. He denied being booed, he denied running off the stage, he even denied having his even cut short:

Sure, Kyle went to a restaurant for a nice, relaxed meal - with his dog. No restaurant is going to allow a dog inside unless it's a legitimate service animal.

But as we learned three years ago when he shed his crocodile tears on the witness stand, Kyle is an old hand at being a bald-faced liar.

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