www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/apr/24/republicans-embrace-extreme-gun-culture
He was found not guilty of homicide in November 2021.
The now 20-year-old Rittenhouse, who told the crowd in Idaho that the government was seeking to “take our guns” and “take the rest of our freedoms”, has become a darling of the far right since the shooting, appearing on Fox News and other rightwing media.
The embrace and lauding of someone like Rittenhouse is dangerous, said Stephen Piggott, a researcher at Western States Center who focuses on white nationalist, paramilitary and anti-democracy groups.
“Elected officials and media personalities should really be denouncing political violence, not embracing it,” Piggott said.
“For a GOP [group] to not only host and organize a fundraiser with him, and a shooting range event, call that event Trigger Time, I think really is the very epitome of glorifying political violence.”
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