When pressed if those statements were racist, Rittenhouse smugly responded, “I don’t know anything about that.”
The audience erupted in boos while the voice behind the video shouted, “It’s a yes or no question, Kyle!”
Pressing him for an answer, the original questioner asked Rittenhouse, “After all the things I just told you, would you consider that hate speech?”
“I’m not going to comment on that,” he replied, prompting the audience to shout him down.
“Deflection!” the person behind the camera yelled repeatedly.
Unwilling to endure the backlash, Rittenhouse threw a hand up and walked offstage, turning protesters’ heckling into cheers.
While the event was said to be sold out, students told Action News 5 the auditorium was less than half-full, made up of about 50 to 60 people.
Rittenhouse ― who was acquitted of killing two men and injuring another during a 2020 protest in Kenosha, Wisconsin, earning him the status of right-wing darling ― is next scheduled to speak at Western Kentucky University.
This post originally appeared on HuffPost.
Source: https://www.buzzfeed.com/kelbyvera/kyle-rittenhouse-abandons-questioning-after-confrontation
