The proposed recognition cites Rittenhouse 'protect(ing) the community of Kenosha, Wisconsin, during a Black Lives Matter (BLM) riot on August 25, 2020.'
A bill proposing an awardee must be co-sponsored by at least two-thirds of the members of the House. Given the polarization around Rittenhouse, Greene's bill is likely symbolic as it faces unlikely odds of passing in the Democratic-controlled House.Rittenhouse shot three men in August 2020, killing two and injuring one, during protests in Kenosha following the police shooting of, an African American. Rittenhouse's legal team argued that their client's actions were in self-defense.
Georgia GOP Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene sponsored a House bill to award Kyle Rittenhouse a Congressional Gold Medal for"protect the community of Kenosha, Wisconsin, during a Black Lives Matter riot on August 25, 2020." Here, she holds a press conference to call for the dismissal of Dr. Anthony Fauci on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, on June 15, 2021.
While Rittenhouse has looked to distance himself from politics, saying"I don't want to get involved in politics" and that he"support the BLM movement," far-right and conservative supporters have viewed him as a poster boyOn-the-run white supremacist Robert Rundo praised the verdict on Telegram and used Rittenhouse's image as part of promoting white supremacist causes.
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