TEMPE, AZ- We recently reported that snowflakes at Arizona State University had lobbied the school’s administration to not allow Kyle Rittenhouse, acquitted of all charges in a Kenosha, Wisconsin shooting last year, to attend the school.
Our reporting indicated that the school’s administration had cowed to the students’ demands and Rittenhouse was not enrolled in the university, either in person or online. That appears to have changed, according to the Daily Wire.
According to Rittenhouse himself, when asked what schools he is looking at for college during an appearance on Blaze TV’s “You Are Here,” Rittenhouse told host Sara Gonzales:
“ASU, Arizona State University—I’ll be there in the spring!”
Gonzales responded, asking Rittenhouse, “Weren’t there people protesting that?”
“Yeah, but they failed,” Rittenhouse responded.
The ASU student snowflakes were widely mocked for claiming that Rittenhouse had “murdered” “black people.” This of course shows how poorly the mainstream media reported on the case, since none of the people who Rittenhouse shot in self-defense were black.
“Look, everybody has the right to protest, no matter how silly it is,” Rittenhouse said.
Last week as we reported, citing media reports officials at the school claimed Rittenhouse “was not currently enrolled at the university, though he was taking online classes, as activists called for his removal from the school,” the Daily Wire reported at the time.
“Kyle Rittenhouse has not gone through the admissions process at Arizona State University and is not enrolled in the Edson College of Nursing and Health Innovation,” the school said.
“ASU can confirm that Mr. Rittenhouse enrolled as a non-degree seeking ASU Online student for the session that started Oct. 13, 2021, which allows students access to begin taking classes as they prepare to seek admission into a degree program at the university.”
In response, a spokesman for the Rittenhouse family told Fox News that his professors “advised [him] to temporarily withdraw from classes but that he is planning on enrolling again.”
The spokesman, Dave Hancock further said,:
“Amid his most recent semester, Kyle’s professors at Arizona State University recommended a compassionate withdrawal of his online classes. Now that the trial is behind him, Kyle is eager to enroll in more classes. He is hopeful that attending Arizona State in person will soon be an option.”
It appears that has paid off and the teen will be on campus in Tempe, Arizona next year.
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TEMPE, AZ – LET brought you the news that liberals who attend Arizona State University were demanding that Kyle Rittenhouse be removed as an online non-degree student.
To answer the students demands, Arizona State University is now advising that Rittenhouse is not enrolled in any classes.
From opinion columnist @SayingMoore: The failure of justice for Kyle Rittenhouse has a direct relationship to the protest movement from some ASU students who don’t want to share a classroom with a killer.
https://t.co/Q82hDJYN1c— azcentral (@azcentral) December 1, 2021
The New York Post reports that they have received an email from a university spokesperson who was not identified who said:
“Kyle Rittenhouse has not gone through the ASU admissions process. University records show that he is not currently enrolled in any classes at ASU.”
News of Rittenhouse attending the university was made public by Rittenhouse himself, while on the stand testifying at his own trial having been accused of murder.
It was further confirmed by the school itself when a spokesman confirmed that he had been enrolled in a nursing program.
ASU students want Rittenhouse banned from taking his classes.
Just as I tolerate the students right to voice their opinion on the matter, they must also tolerate the outcome of due process.
Kyle Rittenhouse is innocent. He is free to take classes and live his life.
— Rep Andy Biggs (@RepAndyBiggsAZ) November 29, 2021
This news angered different liberal groups at the school who immediately began to demand that Rittenhouse be removed from any school program and banned from the campus. Their rationale was that Rittenhouse was a mass murderer, active shooter, and all-around bad guy.
These groups clearly do not support the jury who heard all evidence in the case and determined that Rittenhouse was innocent of homicide. By that acquittal, it was proven in a court of law that Rittenhouse was lawfully defending himself from the threat of great bodily harm caused by those that he shot in self-defense.
Regardless of the jury’s verdict, the four different groups, led by Students for Socialism ASU, had planned a rally on December 1st to demand Rittenhouse not be allowed at the campus because he is a white supremacist.
The groups do not define why they believe he is a white supremacist when there is no evidence of such and those he injured and killed were white.
ASU student groups call for Kyle Rittenhouse’s removal from online classes https://t.co/mh5MYxlWvi pic.twitter.com/eCl9yJRXdp
— The Hill (@thehill) November 29, 2021
In addition to the groups desire that Rittenhouse not be allowed to enter any type of program in the school or be allowed on their property, they provided a list of demands from the school. The demands were for the university to:
“Withdraw Kyle Rittenhouse from ASU, release a statement against White Supremacy & racist murdered Kyle Rittenhouse, Reaffirm support for the multicultural center on campus as a safe space from White Supremacy, and redirect funding from the ASU PD [campus police] to support the multicultural center and establishment of a care center on campus.”
An unidentified spokesperson for the Students for Socialism at ASU told Fox News:
“The goal of these demands is to let the ASU administration know that we as the ASU community do not feel safe knowing that a mass shooter, who has expressed violent intentions about ‘protecting property’ over people, is so carelessly allowed to be admitted to the school at all.
Our campus is already unsafe as is, and we would like to abate this danger as much as possible…
“Rittenhouse took the lives of innocent people with the intent to do so – by strapping an assault rifle to himself in a crowd of unarmed citizens. That is the textbook definition of intention.
The decision made by the court is one of thousands of cases that have been influenced by biased judges, predominantly white juries, and mistakes inherent in a judicial system founded off injustice to begin with.”
While these socialist and liberal groups are appalled that Rittenhouse was ever considered to enroll in the college, they would be shocked to learn that he could do so even if he had been convicted.
According to the Arizona Republic, ASU does not ask anyone applying to enter the school reveal their criminal histories, which means that he could have still enrolled while in prison.
Student groups at Arizona State University demanding administration “withdraw” Kyle Rittenhouse, calling him a “murderer”
Four groups, including the Arizona State University Students for Socialism, Students for Justice in Palestine, Multicultural Solidarity Coalition, and MECHA de ASU are all reportedly calling on the university’s administration to take action against Rittenhouse by kicking him out of the school.
The student-led groups also want to the university to release a statement against Rittenhouse. According to Fox News, the four groups are calling him “Murderer Kyle Rittenhouse.” A tweet from Students for Socialism said:
“Join us and rally against racist murderer Kyle Rittenhouse being permitted on our campus — Wednesday at 3:30 outside the Nelson Fine Arts Center on campus.”
The rally is being held on December 1st and on November 29th, the group is hosting a “sign making” event. A statement from Students for Socialism read:
“Even with a not-guilty verdict from a flawed ‘justice’ system — Kyle Rittenhouse is still guilty to his victims and the families of those victims. Join us to demand from ASU that those demands be met to protect students from a violent blood-thirsty murderer.”
Accompanying the statement on the Twitter post are a list of “demands” from the four groups at the university:
1. “Withdraw Kyle Rittenhouse from ASU”
2. “Release a statement against White Supremacy & racist murdered Kyle Rittenhouse”
3. “Reaffirm support for the multicultural center on campus as a space safe from White Supremacy”
4. “Redirect funding from the ASU PD [campus police] to support the multicultural center and establishment of a care center on campus”
A Students for Socialism at Arizona State University spokesperson told Fox News that the ultimate goal of the demands is to let the university administration know they they do not feel safe knowing that a “mass shooter” is admitted to the school. The spokesperson said:
“The goal of these demands is to let the ASU administration know that we as the ASU community do not feel safe knowing that a mass shooter, who has expressed violent intentions about ‘protecting property’ over people, is so carelessly allowed to be admitted to the school at all. Our campus is already unsafe as is and we would like to abate the danger as much as possible.”
The spokesperson added:
“Rittenhouse took the lives of innocent people with the intent do do so — by strapping an assault rifle to himself in a crowd of unarmed citizens. That is the textbook definition of intention. The decision made by the court is one of thousands of cases that have been influenced by biased judges, predominantly white juries, and mistakes inherent in a judicial system founded off of injustice to begin with.”
According to 12News, Rittenhouse attends Arizona State University through online classes. While on the stand during trial, Rittenhouse told the defense that he is a college student at Arizona State University (ASU) and according to college admission records, he is a non-degree seeking ASU online student.
However, the university also stated that Rittenhouse has not gone through the admissions process nor has he been enrolled in the university’s college of nursing. The university released a statement saying that Rittenhouse recently enrolled in online university classes. The statement read:
“Kyle Rittenhouse has not gone through the admissions process with Arizona State University and is not enrolled in the Edson College of Nursing and Health Innovation. ASU can confirm that Mr. Rittenhouse enrolled as a non-degree seeking ASU online student for the session that started Oct. 13, 2021, which allows student access to being taking classes as they prepare to seek admission into a degree program at the university.”
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