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Carlson's segment on the ongoing protests and rioting in Kenosha, Wisconsin on Wednesday night largely took aim at state and local officials, arguing that those in positions of power were to blame for a spike in violence after leaving city residents to cope with the unrest on their own.And finally, closet lefty site GoFundMe is not allowing any fundraising for Rittenhouse's legal defense, but hosting campaigns for the attackers:
"Kenosha has devolved into anarchy because the authorities in charge of the city abandoned it," he said. "People in charge from the governor of Wisconsin on down refused to enforce the law, they stood back and they watched Kenosha burn."
So are we really surprised that looting and arson accelerated to murder? How shocked are we that 17-year-olds with rifles decided they had to maintain order when no one else would?"
Media outlets from the Huffington Post to the Daily Beast and the Guardian were soon reporting as flat fact that Carlson's comments were a 'defense' and 'justification' of Rittenhouse's actions, while critics sent #FireTuckerCarlson into the trends on Twitter - some compiling a list of the pundit's advertisers in a bid to see him 'canceled.'
Some netizens weighed in to clarify the points advanced in Carlson's Wednesday segment, however, noting that he never offered a defense of the shooting, but rather criticized authorities for failing to protect the city from violence and destruction.
The URL for his legal defense fundraiser "Help us Free Kyle!", set up by his father Tom Rittenhouse, still appears in Google searches but redirects to a "page not found" notice on the GoFundMe website.
Meanwhile, GoFundMe is directing people to the campaign for Anthony Huber, one of the two men allegedly shot dead by Rittenhouse during the violent altercation, describing him as a "hero" who "gave his life" and "tried to save others."
This move was not popular online, as Huber's alleged history of domestic violence has been discussed widely among those critical of the mainstream narrative about the shooting incident.
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