Trump defends the boy who killed 2 people in Kenosha. And prepare a visit to the city

The president of the United States, Donald Triumph, defended the actions of Kyle rittenhouse, the 17-year-old from Illinois accused of killing two people last Tuesday during protests in Kenosha, Wisconsin, and justified right-wing groups that participated in the clashes in Portland, Oregon on Saturday. “We are evaluating your actions – you answered a question about why you did not condemn the actions of the young man – but you also saw the video and he was trying to escape from them (the protesters), I suppose, and he fell and they attacked very violently. Probably him. they would have killed. “

The 17-year-old is currently incarcerated in the Lake County Jail and faces two counts of murder and one attempted murder for his actions in Kenosha, during protests by Jacob Blake, the African-American shot in the back by a police officer. policeman. white and now paralyzed from the waist down.

Video shows Rittenhouse running into a parking lot in Kenosha, being chased by a 36-year-old white man identified as Joseph Rosenbaum, who threw what appears to be a plastic bag but missed the teenager, who then shot him at least five times and killed him. The fall you refer to Triumph It appears to be the one recorded in another video, when Rittenhouse fled while protesters demanded his arrest because he had shot Rosenbaum. At that moment the teenager fell and then pointed the gun at those who were chasing him, who tried to disarm him.

One of the protesters, the 26-year-old white Anthony HuberHe tried to hit Rittenhouse with his skateboard to get his gun, but the teenager shot him in the chest and killed him; The 17-year-old then wounded a third protester in the arm, Gaige grosskreutz, who according to court documents was carrying a weapon. Rittenhouse’s lawyers insist that the teenager, who is a supporter of Triumph and participated in one of its demonstrations in January, acting in legitimate defense.

Governor of Wisconsin: “President, don’t come”

The Governor of Wisconsin, Democrat Tony Evers, has formally asked the president not to go to Kenosha, where the president wants to go: “I am concerned that his presence will only slow down our work to overcome divisions.”

Biden attacks Trump: “He’s fueling the violence”

Criticism of the president also comes from his opponent in the White House race, Joe Biden. The Democratic candidate, in what is perhaps the sharpest and hardest frontal attack to date, said: “He does not want to bring electricity, he wants to generate more heat, he is fueling the violence in our cities. He cannot stop the violence because for years it is he who fostered them.