In 2020, Pressley tweeted that Rittenhouse is a 'white supremacist,' a tweet that's since come under criticism.
after he was found not guilty on Friday in last year's fatal shooting of two people in Kenosha, Wisconsin.that Rittenhouse is a"white supremacist domestic terrorist." She's faced some criticism for the tweet, given that Rittenhouse and the victims are white, and some have accused her of defaming Rittenhouse and creating the potential for an unfair trial.
After the verdict was rendered on Friday, Greene posted on Twitter that Pressley owes the 18-year-old an apology. "We will continue to maintain that in America, defendants are innocent until proven guilty. Kyle Rittenhouse has been found not guilty," Greene wrote on Twitter."His white skin doesn't make him a white supremacist and that AR-15 saved his life."reached out to Pressley for comment but did not receive a response in time for publication.
Rittenhouse, a former youth police cadet, traveled to Kenosha to allegedly help business owners protect their property during civil unrest. Riots broke out in the city after a white police officer there shotRepresentative Marjorie Taylor Greene said Representative Ayanna Pressley owes Kyle Rittenhouse an"apology" for a tweet calling him a white supremacist.
"We have seen so many black and brown youth killed, only to be put on trial posthumously, while the innocence of Kyle Rittenhouse was virtually demanded by the judge," Barnes said.
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