Kyle Rittenhouse abruptly departed the stage during an appearance at the University of Memphis on Wednesday, after he was confronted about comments made by Turning Point USA founder and president Charlie Kirk.

Rittenhouse was invited by the collegeā€™s Turning Point USA chapter to speak at the campus. However, the event was met with backlash from a number of students who objected to Rittenhouseā€™s presence.

The 21-year-old gained notoriety in August 2020 when, at the age of 17, heĀ shot and killed two menā€”Joseph Rosenbaum, 36, and Anthony Huber, 26, as well as injuring 26-year-old Gaige Grosskreutzā€”at a protest in Kenosha, Wisconsin.

He said theĀ three shootings, carried out with a semi-automaticĀ AR-15-style firearm, were in self-defense. TheĀ Black Lives Matter (BLM) protest where the shootings took place was held afterĀ Jacob Blake, a Black man, was left paralyzed from the waist down after he was shot by a white police officer.

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    Itā€™s insane that the only reason he was noticed and brought into their political organization was through murder shooting and killing people.

    Thatā€™s how gangs initiate people.

    Edit: removed ā€œmurderā€ so nobody whines about whether he lawfully drove to another state with a gun and shot people.

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      for the express purpose of intimidating people and hopefully getting the opportunity to shoot them in ā€˜self defenseā€™

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        while he was too young to lawfully be able to purchase the gun that he used

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          and, letā€™s not forget, illegally transported an illegal firearm across state lines. illegally.

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            illegally

            illegal

            illegally

            Eh, Iā€™ve heard enough. Acquitted! bangs squeaky gavel