{"id":51332,"date":"2021-11-18T23:05:40","date_gmt":"2021-11-19T04:05:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/?p=51332"},"modified":"2021-11-19T11:47:05","modified_gmt":"2021-11-19T16:47:05","slug":"fl-rep-matt-gaetz-wants-to-hire-kyle-rittenhouse-as-an-intern","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/2021\/11\/fl-rep-matt-gaetz-wants-to-hire-kyle-rittenhouse-as-an-intern\/","title":{"rendered":"FL Rep. Matt Gaetz Wants To Hire Kyle Rittenhouse as an Intern \u2026\u2026"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>As jury deliberations continue in the Kyle Rittenhouse homicide trial in Wisconsin, Florida Rep. Matt Gaetz said he might have a job for the teen who shot three people in Kenosha during the protests following the shooting of Jacob Blake, a Black man, by white police officers in August 2020.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-2 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><ul class=\"blocks-gallery-grid\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Kyle-Rittenhouse.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"51347\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Kyle-Rittenhouse.jpg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/2021\/11\/fl-rep-matt-gaetz-wants-to-hire-kyle-rittenhouse-as-an-intern\/kyle-rittenhouse\/\" class=\"wp-image-51347\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Kyle-Rittenhouse.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Kyle-Rittenhouse-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Kyle-Rittenhouse-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/FL-Rep.-Matt-Gaetz.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"51348\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/FL-Rep.-Matt-Gaetz.jpg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/2021\/11\/fl-rep-matt-gaetz-wants-to-hire-kyle-rittenhouse-as-an-intern\/fl-rep-matt-gaetz\/\" class=\"wp-image-51348\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/FL-Rep.-Matt-Gaetz.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/FL-Rep.-Matt-Gaetz-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/FL-Rep.-Matt-Gaetz-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The jury panel in the case is&nbsp;tasked with deciding&nbsp;whether Rittenhouse acted in self-defense in the shooting, which killed two people.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If he&#8217;s acquitted, the GOP congressman told Newsmax that Rittenhouse could be a good fit as a congressional intern.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;He is not guilty; he&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/rumble.com\/vpei6q-gaetz-blatant-two-tiered-justice-system-in-kyle-rittenhouse-trial.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">deserves a not guilty<\/a>&nbsp;verdict,&#8221; Gaetz told the news outlet Wednesday. &#8220;And I sure hope he gets it because you know what? Kyle Rittenhouse would probably make a pretty good congressional intern.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The representative said his office might reach out to Rittenhouse to &#8220;see if he&#8217;d be interested in helping the country in additional ways.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Among his many charges, Rittenhouse has been accused of first-degree intentional homicide, use of a dangerous weapon, first-degree reckless homicide, attempted first-degree intentional homicide and two counts of first-degree recklessly endangering safety, use of a dangerous weapon.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As jury deliberations continue in the Kyle Rittenhouse homicide trial in Wisconsin, Florida Rep. 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