Why Republicans are embracing Kyle Rittenhouse as their mascot

Congress members float the idea of offering the 18-year-old internships as experts say their use of him is ‘a very dangerous thing’

Wearing suits and ties, the two men give the camera smiles and thumbs up. One is Donald Trump, former president of the United States. The other is Kyle Rittenhouse, who killed two people at an anti-racism protest. And behind them is a framed photo of Trump meeting the North Korean dictator Kim Jong-un.

The mesmerizing tableau emerged from the ex-president’s Mar-a-Lago estate in Florida earlier this week. It was, in effect, the coronation of Rittenhouse as a future star of the rightwing media, Republican party and “Make America great again” (Maga) movement in their crusade against liberalism.

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source https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2021/nov/27/kyle-rittenhouse-republican-party-trump

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