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Filmmaker Rob Reiner has consistently bad takes when it comes to American politics, and his meltdown over Kyle Rittenhouse’s trip to visit former President Donald Trump at Mar-a-Lago in Florida is no exception.
Donald Trump Jr. posted a photo of Trump and Rittenhouse, and the very idea of the two together sent liberals to the moon. But no tweet was more offensively brain-dead than Reiner’s.
GOATs pic.twitter.com/Yjr72unlvE
— Donald Trump Jr. (@DonaldJTrumpJr) November 24, 2021
“An underaged kid illegally takes an assault rifle across state lines, kills two people, injures another, then is welcomed with open arms at Mar-a-Lago by the leader of the Republican Party, a mentally ill Racist. This is where we are. God help US,” Reiner tweeted, getting a key aspect of the case wrong, undoubtedly for internet clout.
An underaged kid illegally takes an assault rifle across state lines, kills two people, injures another, then is welcomed with open arms at Mar-a-Lago by the leader of the Republican Party, a mentally ill Racist. This is where we are. God help US.
— Rob Reiner (@robreiner) November 24, 2021
Politifact rated the claim that Rittenhouse’s mother “drove him across state lines and dropped him off in the middle of a riot armed with an assault rifle” as false, claiming that there is no evidence that the teen was armed at the time he left his house to head to Kenosha, prior to the riots.
“According to court documents and testimony, Kyle Rittenhouse arrived in Kenosha on his own and went to the protest with a friend who provided him with the gun. The gun was kept at the home of the friend’s stepfather in Kenosha,” wrote Politifact on November 15.
But Reiner’s meltdown isn’t isolated to Wednesday. On November 23, he vague-posted about Trump, and how bad the United States is because he hasn’t been charged with “trying to violently overthrow the United States Government” despite that never happening.
The fact that the man who tried to violently overthrow the United States Government is walking around free is all you need to know about the state of our Democracy. If we don’t pass Voting Rights it will be gone.
— Rob Reiner (@robreiner) November 23, 2021
And if anyone needs a peek into the absolute sewer that is Reiner’s brain here it is:
I love Nancy Pelosi.
— Rob Reiner (@robreiner) November 19, 2021
Naturally, Twitter wasted no time in jumping on Reiner’s hot take:
No, he didn’t take an assault rifle across state lines. That’s a lie. You’re lying.
— 🦃jimtreacher.substack.com🍂 (@jtLOL) November 24, 2021
Libel: a statement of fact made with reckless disregard for the truth and published to a third party. https://t.co/MSQlhmfz2Q
— Eric Matheny 🎙 (@EricMMatheny) November 24, 2021
Meathead didn't watch the trial. https://t.co/7LEKuIT4wv pic.twitter.com/cVEyQtDg0K
— Puppet who can see the strings (@Manhattanproj74) November 24, 2021
Rob, at least be factual with your tweets. https://t.co/TjYNRGFHuL
— Dean Cain (@RealDeanCain) November 24, 2021
Not all actors are like th… ah screw it. It’s easier to tell you who isn’t. @ginacarano @AdamBaldwin @yesnicksearcy @RealDeanCain @RobSchneider @GitRDoneLarry @RealJamesWoods https://t.co/lEzlTfsVeM
— Matthew Marsden (@matthewdmarsden) November 24, 2021
Hi, #KyleRittenhouse, here is another slanderous Hollywood liar you can sue for millions. @robreiner https://t.co/nH5Jc4wtjd
— Nick Searcy, INSURRECTIONAL FILM & TELEVISION STAR (@yesnicksearcy) November 24, 2021
Looks like another lefty will helping to put #KyleRittenhouse through college. #defamation https://t.co/ibGKsruft8
— OldArmyNurse3 (@Nurse3Old) November 24, 2021
State lines are apparently very important to @robreiner. Our international border? Meh. https://t.co/nH5Jc4wtjd
— Nick Searcy, INSURRECTIONAL FILM & TELEVISION STAR (@yesnicksearcy) November 24, 2021
these people just want to give Kyle money, thats why they tweet libelous statements https://t.co/xEIydnTnk8
— Tim Pool (@Timcast) November 24, 2021
Unlike you, I support resisting pedos https://t.co/t9DKPCGKgT
— Kurt Schlichter (@KurtSchlichter) November 24, 2021
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