Congressional Democrats reel over Rittenhouse acquittal, call for DOJ review, and claim white supremacy

Congressional Democrats’ celebration of passing the Build Back Better social spending bill in the House was cut short on Friday by a Wisconsin jury acquitting teenager Kyle Rittenhouse of all criminal charges brought after he shot three people and killed two in Kenosha, Wisconsin.

From calls for the Department of Justice to review the case to calling for new gun laws to claiming that the verdict “protects white supremacy” and is “incitement,” Democrats across the left-wing spectrum reeled at the result.

New York Rep. Jerry Nadler, chairman of the House Judiciary Committee, called on the Department of Justice to review the case.

“This heartbreaking verdict is a miscarriage of justice and sets a dangerous precedent which justifies federal review by DOJ. Justice cannot tolerate armed persons crossing state lines looking for trouble while people engage in First Amendment-protected protest,” Nadler said in a tweet.