# Kyle Rittenhouse may or may not be voting for Trump **URL:** \ **Category:** Politics & Elections\ **Tags:** trump\ **Created:** [August 2, 2024, 11:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kyle-rittenhouse-may-or-may-not-be-voting-for-trump/1005172 "2024-08-02T23:48:57Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2024, 11:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kyle-rittenhouse-may-or-may-not-be-voting-for-trump/1005172/1 "2024-08-02T23:48:57Z")
It’s confusing at the moment. Yesterday, Kyle Rittenhouse said he would not be voting for Donald Trump. He said that _“unfortunately, Donald Trump has bad advisers, making him bad on the Second Amendment”_ and _“If you cannot be completely un-compromisable on the Second Amendment, I will not vote for you”_. Rittenhouse said he would be writing in Ron Paul’s name. Rittenhouse also said _“I support my decision and I have no take-backs”_. Today, Rittenhouse issued a new statement taking back his earlier remarks. He says those remarks were _“ill-informed and unproductive”_ and that he is _“100% behind Donald Trump and encourage every gun owner to join me in helping send him back to the White House”_. ---
**Author:** ![beowulff](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beowulff/32/542_2.png) [@beowulff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beowulff)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2024, 11:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kyle-rittenhouse-may-or-may-not-be-voting-for-trump/1005172/2 "2024-08-02T23:50:41Z")
Oh, great. _Murderers for Trump._ ---
**Author:** ![SuntanLotion](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/suntanlotion/32/16165_2.png) [@SuntanLotion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SuntanLotion)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2024, 11:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kyle-rittenhouse-may-or-may-not-be-voting-for-trump/1005172/3 "2024-08-02T23:57:15Z")
I have esteem for Mr. Paul myself. Someone mentioned all the support and money the Trump supporters helped him with, with regards to legal bills. Others have stated he started losing subscribers by the thousands so backpedaled because of that. Should’ve stuck to his guns. ( always going for the humor). Shouldn’t mention I admire him greatly for his self defense skills, but why hide my opinions? ---
**Author:** ![Chingon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chingon/32/17645_2.png) [@Chingon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chingon)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2024, 11:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kyle-rittenhouse-may-or-may-not-be-voting-for-trump/1005172/4 "2024-08-02T23:57:49Z")
There’s no way he’s not voting for Trump. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2024, 12:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kyle-rittenhouse-may-or-may-not-be-voting-for-trump/1005172/5 "2024-08-03T00:18:42Z")
You have to admire somebody who’s so willing to take a stand that he manages to take two completely opposing ones. On a more serious note, I think this is an interesting development. A substantial portion of Trump’s base are anti-government extremists who see Trump as the chosen one who will drain the swamp and fight the deep state and all that. Rittenhouse’s defection, even if he was quickly persuaded to recant, hints that there may be cracks developing in that base. Perhaps there is a growing sense among this group that Trump may be just another politician. Trump certainly hasn’t done much that will win him support outside of his base. Which means he can’t afford any erosion within his base. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_other_waldo_pepper/32/12370_2.png) [@The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Other_Waldo_Pepper)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2024, 12:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kyle-rittenhouse-may-or-may-not-be-voting-for-trump/1005172/6 "2024-08-03T00:31:05Z")
> [@Little\_Nemo](#): > > You have to admire somebody who’s so willing to take a stand that he manages to take two completely opposing ones. What, both _no take-backs_ and _yes take-backs_? ---
**Author:** ![DavidNRockies](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/davidnrockies/32/6279_2.png) [@DavidNRockies](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DavidNRockies)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2024, 12:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kyle-rittenhouse-may-or-may-not-be-voting-for-trump/1005172/7 "2024-08-03T00:32:53Z")
It genuinely warms the cockles of my heart to see Kyle so unabashedly angling for either Attorney General or Supreme Court of the United States Associate Justice gigs in the stygian event of a second Trump term. No finer man has ever something something. Clearly, the man has a shot 😉 ---
**Author:** ![asterion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/4da419/32.png) [@asterion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/asterion)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2024, 12:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kyle-rittenhouse-may-or-may-not-be-voting-for-trump/1005172/8 "2024-08-03T00:35:48Z")
I guess I’m missing why I’m supposed to care. The man did something stupid and got lucky to both survive it and get a jury that agreed with the self defense defense. (Which I actually agree with even if he was stupid to put himself in that situation to agree with.) ---
**Author:** ![SuntanLotion](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/suntanlotion/32/16165_2.png) [@SuntanLotion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SuntanLotion)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2024, 12:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kyle-rittenhouse-may-or-may-not-be-voting-for-trump/1005172/9 "2024-08-03T00:43:48Z")
Agree completely with the last sentence. ---
**Author:** ![DWMarch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dwmarch/32/1010_2.png) [@DWMarch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DWMarch)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2024, 12:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kyle-rittenhouse-may-or-may-not-be-voting-for-trump/1005172/10 "2024-08-03T00:46:36Z")
I don’t know why Trump would want Rittenhouse’s support when it was someone a lot like Rittenhouse who _shot Trump_. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2024, 4:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kyle-rittenhouse-may-or-may-not-be-voting-for-trump/1005172/11 "2024-08-03T04:50:13Z")
> [@DWMarch](#): > > I don’t know why Trump would want Rittenhouse’s support when it was someone a lot like Rittenhouse who _shot Trump_. I believe the pro-gun crowd makes a distinction between bad guys with guns and good guys with guns. Both may be shooting and killing people but they are seen as moral opposites. ---
**Author:** ![Gordon\_G](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/3da27b/32.png) [@Gordon\_G](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gordon_G)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2024, 4:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kyle-rittenhouse-may-or-may-not-be-voting-for-trump/1005172/12 "2024-08-03T04:56:13Z")
Only in Amerika. A cowardly teeny-bopper goes “on a mission”, kills two [Edited] men and then – instead of having his gun license (if any) revoked – he becomes a major political pundit. What about George Zimmerman? Deputy Sean Grayson? Do we know who they’re endorsing yet? ---
**Author:** ![needscoffee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/needscoffee/32/1076_2.png) [@needscoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/needscoffee)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2024, 4:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kyle-rittenhouse-may-or-may-not-be-voting-for-trump/1005172/13 "2024-08-03T04:58:13Z")
> [@Gordon\_G](#): > > kills three men Shot 3 men, killed 2. ---
**Author:** ![needscoffee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/needscoffee/32/1076_2.png) [@needscoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/needscoffee)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2024, 4:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kyle-rittenhouse-may-or-may-not-be-voting-for-trump/1005172/14 "2024-08-03T04:59:21Z")
> [@Gordon\_G](#): > > What about George Zimmerman? Deputy Sean Grayson? Do we know who they’re endorsing yet? I think that’s a given. ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2024, 6:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kyle-rittenhouse-may-or-may-not-be-voting-for-trump/1005172/15 "2024-08-03T06:09:16Z")
I’m waiting on the Peterson endorsements. Scott Drew Michael That’s almost a movement, right there. Good grief who cares what a 20 something/ barely a highschool grad thinks about the 2nd amendment or the election? ---
**Author:** ![Atamasama](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atamasama/32/12961_2.png) [@Atamasama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atamasama)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2024, 8:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kyle-rittenhouse-may-or-may-not-be-voting-for-trump/1005172/16 "2024-08-03T08:20:18Z")
> [@Little\_Nemo](#): > > I believe the pro-gun crowd makes a distinction between bad guys with guns and good guys with guns. Good guys shoot and murder liberals, bad guys shoot and graze Trump. That seems like the difference they’re making. ---
**Author:** ![Dinsdale](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/97f17d/32.png) [@Dinsdale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dinsdale)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2024, 11:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kyle-rittenhouse-may-or-may-not-be-voting-for-trump/1005172/17 "2024-08-03T11:22:54Z")
Why is this fucking weasel’s opinion of interest to anyone? ---
**Author:** ![Pardel-Lux](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pardel-lux/32/20182_2.png) [@Pardel-Lux](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pardel-Lux)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2024, 12:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kyle-rittenhouse-may-or-may-not-be-voting-for-trump/1005172/18 "2024-08-03T12:00:47Z")
Is he allowed to vote at all? ---
**Author:** ![Crane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crane/32/3495_2.png) [@Crane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crane)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2024, 12:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kyle-rittenhouse-may-or-may-not-be-voting-for-trump/1005172/19 "2024-08-03T12:41:38Z")
> [@Little\_Nemo](#): > > Perhaps there is a growing sense among this group that Trump may be just another politician. Naw, that’s pretty deep. They’re still struggling with stuff like: “Why should I dig the outhouse below the spring instead of above, it’s further to walk. Dam meddlin govmint.” ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2024, 2:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kyle-rittenhouse-may-or-may-not-be-voting-for-trump/1005172/20 "2024-08-03T14:15:26Z")
> [@asterion](#): > > I guess I’m missing why I’m supposed to care. > [@Beckdawrek](#): > > Good grief who cares what a 20 something/ barely a highschool grad thinks about the 2nd amendment or the election? > [@Dinsdale](#): > > Why is this fucking weasel’s opinion of interest to anyone? Because deplorable as Rittenhouse may be, there is a substantial number of people who think like him. Which is why I feel it’s interesting that Rittenhouse apparently does not see Trump as an automatic choice. It makes me wonder how many other people out on the far right fringe are starting to question whether Trump is really one of them. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kyle-rittenhouse-may-or-may-not-be-voting-for-trump/1005172.md?page=2)