# Rittenhouse writes a book and may enter politics **URL:** \ **Category:** Politics & Elections\ **Created:** [November 23, 2023, 2:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rittenhouse-writes-a-book-and-may-enter-politics/993585 "2023-11-23T14:54:32Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 16\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2025, 9:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rittenhouse-writes-a-book-and-may-enter-politics/993585/21 "2025-12-12T21:26:56Z")
He’s baaaack. [https://www.newsweek.com/kyle-rittenhouse-gets-married-poses-with-guns-in-wedding-pics-11192181?utm\_medium=Social&utm\_source=Facebook#Echobox=1765464226](https://www.newsweek.com/kyle-rittenhouse-gets-married-poses-with-guns-in-wedding-pics-11192181?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Facebook#Echobox=1765464226) (Preview box not working, got married to a tattooed gunlady.) ---
**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:** [December 12, 2025, 9:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rittenhouse-writes-a-book-and-may-enter-politics/993585/22 "2025-12-12T21:50:29Z")
The mustache has got to go. ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2025, 9:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rittenhouse-writes-a-book-and-may-enter-politics/993585/23 "2025-12-12T21:55:37Z")
White sidewall haircuts are one of the codes for “I’m a white supremacist”. The chinstrap beard is one of the codes for “I’m an abuser”. That sort of moustache is one of the many codes for “I’m a moron”. I think he’s pretty much walking truth in advertising. ---
**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:** [December 12, 2025, 9:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rittenhouse-writes-a-book-and-may-enter-politics/993585/24 "2025-12-12T21:58:13Z")
The stache says, I’m doing cheap porn movies. ---
**Author:** ![Love\_Rhombus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/love_rhombus/32/10694_2.png) [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2025, 12:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rittenhouse-writes-a-book-and-may-enter-politics/993585/25 "2025-12-13T00:11:40Z")
So we lose one doofus, and another steps into his spot? ---
**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:** [December 13, 2025, 3:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rittenhouse-writes-a-book-and-may-enter-politics/993585/26 "2025-12-13T03:57:03Z")
The head orange Doofus is entirely responsible. The level of discourse in world today is clearly on him. Yeah, but this Rittenhouse guy is a real piece of work. I feel sorry for his new wife. No I don’t. She coulda said “Hell Naw” ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2025, 11:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rittenhouse-writes-a-book-and-may-enter-politics/993585/27 "2025-12-13T11:47:27Z")
ISTM she’s sorta the rednecky version of JD Vance’s wife. Somebody w some personal ambition who recognizes a guy that just might be going places and she can ride his booster to her own stardom. Achieving celebrity grifting status (see “Kardashian”, MTG, _et al_) requires becoming famous for being famous. The difficult filter there is becoming famous in the first place. She just pulled that off for herself. The rest is up to her. ---
**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:** [December 13, 2025, 9:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rittenhouse-writes-a-book-and-may-enter-politics/993585/28 "2025-12-13T21:40:30Z")
> [@LSLGuy](#): > > ISTM she’s sorta the rednecky version of JD Vance’s wife. Or another wannabe Lara Trump. ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2025, 10:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rittenhouse-writes-a-book-and-may-enter-politics/993585/29 "2025-12-13T22:16:02Z")
That’s probably a better comp. Vance’s wife Usha is a highly capable, albeit tragically misguided, person. Lara is an idjit suitable only to be a talking head reading sounbites somebody else (or someboty else) wrote. Decent bet that’s all the far up the food chain Rittenhouse was able to score. ---
**Author:** ![nearwildheaven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/90db22/32.png) [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2025, 10:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rittenhouse-writes-a-book-and-may-enter-politics/993585/30 "2025-12-13T22:21:42Z")
I thought a chinstrap beard and a mustache like this one were a code for being a gay man . ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2025, 10:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rittenhouse-writes-a-book-and-may-enter-politics/993585/31 "2025-12-13T22:42:46Z")
Maybe you’re right. I was not being entirely serious. I think of chinstraps as mostly the rednecky incel look. But that might just be me. ---
**Author:** ![crowmanyclouds](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crowmanyclouds/32/19884_2.png) [@crowmanyclouds](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/crowmanyclouds)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2025, 10:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rittenhouse-writes-a-book-and-may-enter-politics/993585/32 "2025-12-13T22:51:39Z")
Chinstrap beard? Like that ‘’‘beard’‘’ is a choice. ---
**Author:** ![nearwildheaven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/90db22/32.png) [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2025, 10:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rittenhouse-writes-a-book-and-may-enter-politics/993585/33 "2025-12-13T22:54:55Z")
In more ways than one? I realize his sexuality, like anyone else’s, is his business as long as it involves consenting adults. ---
**Author:** ![Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/son_of_a_rich/32/5439_2.png) [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Son_of_a_Rich)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2025, 1:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rittenhouse-writes-a-book-and-may-enter-politics/993585/34 "2025-12-15T13:38:03Z")
I thought there was going to be a bidding war amongst MAGAt Congressthings to hire him as an intern. ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2025, 1:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rittenhouse-writes-a-book-and-may-enter-politics/993585/35 "2025-12-15T13:45:32Z")
Then they met him. Also in the news: > **[‘Idiot’ Kyle Rittenhouse ripped as a joke by Florida sheriff: ‘I am so...](https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/idiot-kyle-rittenhouse-ripped-joke-100050868.html?guccounter=1&guce_referrer=aHR0cHM6Ly9ib2FyZHMuc3RyYWlnaHRkb3BlLmNvbS8&guce_referrer_sig=AQAAAMn3fw5jxTAA2THK_JpcYAJKW1cJ0P5A1MhPFM7pWe7ktmn9aB5Hl9LYVbNcY6Z0Qo2satvwEctU0yV4xiYgk4RfAk66R2zhM_IUi8Fc7_eZ8bos1ftu6uh36dVgOf2ond4-AZAS1mPfz8ez5jR9opUBQij7Yyew_kvaQzgV15bF)** > > The sheriff claims that Rittenhouse is trying to make money off an incident in his county. RIttenhouse tried to claim a blatant case of murder was in fact a “stand your ground” defense. The sheriff disagrees. ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2025, 1:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rittenhouse-writes-a-book-and-may-enter-politics/993585/36 "2025-12-15T13:55:01Z")
For the many of us who don’t follow the various links in these threads, I can heartily recommend this one. That Sheriff really lays it out. He’s in a rather rednecky county which makes his principled stance all the more impressive. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rittenhouse-writes-a-book-and-may-enter-politics/993585.md?page=1)