U.S. Senate Candidate Josh Mandel (R-OH) took a swipe at NBA player LeBron James today. This comes after James appears to have mocked Kyle Rittenhouse on Twitter in the middle of his ongoing trial regarding the shooting of three men during the Kenosha, WI riots, two of which who died.
Many have sided with or against Rittenhouse depending on their political persuasions, which in our view is not how things should be. Yesterday, regarding reports that at one point during the trial Kyle Rittenhouse broke down and cried while on the stand, LeBron implied that he thinks Rittenhouse may have been faking.
Additionally, the tweet clearly shows James’ disdain for Rittenhouse, despite what the ultimate outcome of the trial may end up being. James tweeted: “What tears????? I didn’t see one. Man knock it off! That boy ate some lemon heads before walking into court.”
Many have disagreed with LeBron’s tweet and it has been the topic of much controversy. Still, with rules on Twitter and Facebook against “praising” Kyle Rittenhouse, many are not sure exactly what they can or can’t say on social media in regards to issuing any type of possible support.
There is also a question of if Rittenhouse is not convicted of murder, whether or not the rules against supporting him on Twitter and Facebook would stay the same or not. It’s totally ok to say negative things about the now 18-year-old though, as we see with James’ tweet.
Mandel saw the tweet and used a line that Fox News’ Laura Ingraham once got in trouble for using at James previously.
“Kyle Rittenhouse is the victim. Shut up and dribble, LeBum.”
Kyle Rittenhouse is the victim.
— Josh Mandel (@JoshMandelOhio) November 11, 2021
Shut up and dribble, LeBum. https://t.co/WRKc0yaYdz
It will be interesting to see if anyone responds to Mandel’s tweet or if the media jumps all over it like they did Ingraham previously.
Josh Mandel is a Republican running for U.S. Senate in a primary against fellow Republican J.D. Vance. This will be an interesting race and many around the nation have taken one side or the other and will be watching to see how it ends up.
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