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Kyle Rittenhouse speaks at the 2021 AmericaFest in Phoenix, Arizona.
Conroe Brewery says it was inundated with harassment and several threats after it announced it on Friday No More Allowing “Anti-Censorship Rally”Kyle Rittenhouse is scheduled for later this month.
Southern Star Brewery CEO Dave Hougeron said in an interview Saturday morning: “But now I am more confident than ever that I made the right decision.”
Fougeron also said he didn’t know Rittenhouse was a “special guest” at the event until a few days ago. And he disputed claims, including claims from Rittenhouse and others, that the cancellation came after “woke mobs” or that he came after pressure from distributors such as HEB.
Rather, it was mainly concerns from local patrons that led to the decision. The brewery said it strives to be a welcoming place for all.
“Our place is very inclusive,” he said. “We are very veteran and very supportive of law enforcement. We try to be good people in our community. It’s an inclusive place, so we have a lot of gay patrons, and it’s funny that we’re being threatened by people.”
On Friday night, Rittenhouse, famously acquitted of shooting two people at a Black Lives Matter protest in Kenosha, Wisconsin in 2020, accused the brewery of censoring him.
“It’s really disappointing to see that places continue to censor me and not allow my voice and many others to be heard to succumb to the awake crowd,” Rittenhouse said on Twitter. Other prominent right-wing accounts similarly censored after the brewery announced it was canceling the event because it “did not reflect our own values.” accused of being
A spokesperson for the event confirmed the cancellation on Friday, saying it would “definitely” be rescheduled elsewhere.
The Jan. 26 event was also scheduled to be attended by leaders of TEXIT, a group advocating for Texas to separate from the United States. The organizer of the event is a Conroe-based publishing company that publishes titles such as “Corona Fascism” and a biography of former Maricopa County, Arizona sheriff Joe Arprio to stop racial profiling by his department. refused the judge’s order to do so.
Defiance Press claims to be “active in the fight against censorship by publishing conservative books that have been widely censored by the mainstream media,” and also publishes material in support of Texas’ departure from the United States. doing.
Since being acquitted of murder and other charges in 2021, Rittenhouse has turned more and more attention to anti-media and the “anti-censorship” movement. Occurs in Texas.
Last year, he announced plans to attend Texas A&M University, but claims he’s back after the college says he wasn’t accepted. Originally from Illinois, Rittenhouse later Planning to go to Bryn Collegea two-year school in Blenheim.
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