Democrat Defends Rittenhouse, Slams Political Left’s Reaction To Judge: ‘They Hate America’

Former Democratic presidential candidate Tulsi Gabbard defended Kyle Rittenhouse and slammed the political left during an interview on Thursday evening over their reaction to the judge in the case.

“We remember very clearly that immediately after this incident, this tragedy occurred with Kyle Rittenhouse, the mainstream media, pro-Antifa politicians were very quick to say this kid is a white supremacist terrorist,” Gabbard told Lawrence Jones III on “Fox News Primetime.”

“The government absolutely failed to fulfill this most basic responsibility of keeping their community safe,” Gabbard continued. “Kyle Rittenhouse shouldn’t have gone and done what he did. But … you know, he’s a foolish kid who, like others in the community felt like they had no other choice but to step up and to try to do their part to keep people safe.”

Gabbard later called out the political left for attacking the judge in the case after the judge’s cell phone went off during the trial and his ringtone was “God Bless The USA.”

Gabbard said that the political left often attacks anyone who is not on their team with smears of being a “racist,” “white supremacist,” or “terrorist.”

“And they levy out these allegations really without care again, for the evidence, facts or the consequences,” Gabbard said. “And we’re seeing the same thing happening here with the judge in this trial because of his ringtone being a patriotic song, ‘God Bless The USA,’ oh obviously, they’re saying hey, he’s he’s biased towards Kyle Rittenhouse.”

“This is the craziness of what we’re seeing play out here, which really for me, you know, it shows that they hate America, that they have such disdain for those who love America that this is the allegation that they throw out, and especially offensive as we sit here on Veterans Day,” she concluded. “This disdain extends to those who’ve wear or worn the uniform, who were willing to sacrifice their lives to serve our country. It’s extremely offensive and they should be ashamed of themselves.”

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LAWRENCE JONES III, FOX NEWS HOST: Here to respond, Tulsi Gabbard, former Hawaii Congresswoman, and a former presidential candidate. Congresswoman, thank you so much for joining us tonight.

TULSI GABBARD, FORMER DEMOCRATIC PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE: Thank you.

JONES III: You know, I’ve been following you on Twitter and some of your public comments. Part of the most, the most concerning thing that I’ve been seeing from the media is that they don’t remember that time, apparently,

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