Kentucky congressman defends teen accused in protest deaths

[Judi Lynn]

Source: Associated Press

BRUCE SCHREINER
, Associated Press
Sep. 4, 2020
Updated: Sep. 4, 2020 5:17 p.m.

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — A Kentucky congressman said a teenager charged with fatally shooting two people with a semi-automatic rifle during the unrest in Wisconsin showed “incredible restraint" and acted in self-defense.

Rep. Thomas Massie also told a radio interviewer on Thursday that if he were on the jury, he would vote to acquit the teenager if the evidence was based on video he had seen of the melee.

Massie, a libertarian-leaning Republican, defended the Illinois teen, Kyle Rittenhouse. The congressman said he knew more about the 17-year-old's case than he did about the police shooting of Jacob Blake, an incident that had sparked the protests in Kenosha, Wisconsin.

Massie’s Democratic challenger in the November election, Alexandra Owensby, accused the congressman of continuing to “throw fuel on the fire.”

“When people are being killed in the streets, a representative should never praise the killer,” Owensby said in a statement. “I shouldn’t even have to say this.”

Read more: https://www.chron.com/news/article/Kentucky-congressman-defends-teen-accused-in-15544178.php

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‘Disgraceful’: GOP’s Thomas Massie ripped to shreds for smearing Lt. Col. Vindman
Published 7 months ago on February 7, 2020By Travis Gettys




Rep. Thomas Massie (R-KY) got hammered online for smearing Lt. Col. Alexander Vindman — who’s about to be pushed out of the National Security Council in apparent retaliation for his impeachment testimony.

Vindman corroborated much of the evidence about President Donald Trump’s call to his Ukrainian counterpart, saying he felt speaking up was his patriotic duty, but the Kentucky Republican called the Purple Heart recipient a “leaker” whose testimony was motivated by a personal grudge.

The White House is reportedly set to fire Vindman, now that Senate Republicans acquitted Trump in his Senate impeachment trial, and other social media users blasted Massie for slurring the Iraq War veteran.

More:
https://www.rawstory.com/2020/02/disgraceful-gops-thomas-massie-ripped-to-shreds-for-smearing-lt-col-vindman/

[Faux pas]

1. ...

[keithbvadu2]

2. Third world countries' rebels use child soldiers because they are more easily brainwashed to kill as

Third world countries' rebels use child soldiers because they are more easily brainwashed to kill as they don't understand death as much.

We still don't know how 'mature' this 17 y/o is.

[RhodeIslandOne]

3. As soon as I saw "Kentucky Congressman" I knew it was this media whore piece of trash

Fuck him. Total creep.

[forgotmylogin]

4. He only murdered two random people in cold blood and wounded one instead of twenty.

Madness.

[Nexus2]

5. Kentucky...

Why do we always get stuck with the best people?

[Collimator]

6. ". . . teenager charged with fatally shooting two people. . . showed 'incredible restraint'".

"Restraint" would have involved NOT getting into a car and traveling 20 miles away from his home to confront a group of strangers while carrying a loaded gun.

[Paladin]

7. His hair-do gives this shithead away, before he even speaks. (nt)

[CaptYossarian]

8. I thought he'd defend Kyle's crossing a state line to "stand his ground".

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

9. Does Massie ever take a shower?

He looks like he sorely needs one.