… of Rittenhouse being a white supremacist.
Seems like it’s just about rage against whitey, and Trump, and NOTHING about Rittenhouse.
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/rebeccadowns/2021/11/21/derrick-johnson-on-face-the-nation-n2599438Full of lies by the way. The “protests” we NOT peaceful, and Jacob Blake (guy shot by LEO) was NOT innocent.
MARGARET BRENNAN: Kyle Rittenhouse, as you know, has become this sort of icon for some within the conservative movement. He was used back -- during the campaign by the - - by the then Biden campaign team in a campaign video that positioned him as a white supremacist. His mother said that was defamatory to him.
The bottom line is, this is being politicized. And I'm wondering what you think the impact of that is.
DERRICK JOHNSON: Well, the current political environment has allowed for this type of behavior. The prior administration's opened the door. And many individuals who operate under the banner of white supremacy have run through the door, whether it's Charlottesville or the killings in Pittsburgh at the synagogue, or in Louisville.
And, unfortunately, until we have mature politicians willing to stand up, regardless of political affiliations, and address the questions of mob violence, vigilantism, but more importantly, the underlying issue of race in this country, something we have never truly addressed.
MARGARET BRENNAN: But there is no evidence of him being a white supremacist himself, correct?
DERRICK JOHNSON: Well, it's not about the evidence of him being a white supremacist. It is about the position that individuals like him find themselves in where they think they have to go and protect property because of peaceful protest in some cases of Black Lives Matter organizing.
MARGARET BRENNAN: Right.
DERRICK JOHNSON: Black Lives Matter is a values proposition. It's not an organization, in one sense, it's not about a hash tag, it's a value proposition that the lives of African-Americans have been diminished, and our lives matter. And when you have scenarios like what took place in Wisconsin that caused people to stand up for this police officer who paralyzed another innocent individual, you have to begin to ask -- we have to ask ourselves the questions, do we value the lives of not only African-Americans, but everyone? And what -- what he did was take up the mantle because the political climate allowed for him to do that.
We had a white supremacist in the White House, and it opened the door to this floodgate of vigilante violence. And that's the real question here.