It probably felt good for a lot of hardline progressives last year to sit in front of their cameras or at their writing desks baselessly slandering Kyle Rittenhouse as a "white supremacist." That sort of thing tends to really warm the left-wing ego.
What won't feel so good is cutting those seven-figure checks as part of a libel settlement:
Kyle Rittenhouse said he's looking at filing lawsuits against Whoopi Goldberg and the Young Turks' Cenk Uygur, along with politicians, news organizations, athletes, and other celebrities "for the lies they said" about him after he fatally shot two men and seriously wounded a third — all in self-defense — during the 2020 Kenosha riots.
Rittenhouse made his declaration during Tucker Carlson's Fox News program Monday night.
"Me and my team have decided to launch the Media Accountability Project as a tool to help fundraise and hold the media accountable for the lies they said and deal with them in court," he told the host.
Say it with me now:
Here's the website of the new Media Accountability Project if you want to check it out for yourself.
And here's a promo:
The young man can most assuredly take his pick as to whose bank account he would like to occupy:
"Right now we're looking at quite a few. Politicians, celebrities, athletes. Whoopi Goldberg's on the list. She called me a murderer after I was acquitted by a jury of my peers. She went on to still say that."
Live look at Whoopi Goldberg putting together her defense:
