Kyle Rittenhouse gets standing ovation at conservative conference

Kyle Rittenhouse, the man who was acquitted of homicide charges after fatally shooting two people and wounding a third, received a standing ovation when he appeared before a group of young American conservatives.

Speaking at an event in Phoenix, Arizona, organised by Turning Point USA, a conservative student movement, the 18-year-old received rapturous applause and cheers.

Charlie Kirk, the founder of the influential student group, said Mr Rittenhouse had not only not done the wrong thing, but he had “done the right thing... morally and lawfully when someone tried to kill him,” he said.

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