Madison Cawthorn Gloats About Rittenhouse Verdict, Urges: 'Be Armed, Be Dangerous'

Rep. Madison Cawthorn  (R-N.C.) was gleeful about Kyle Rittenhouse ’s acquittal in two shooting deaths  on Friday and posted a video on the subject that include him urging his supporters to “be armed, be dangerous.”

Cawthorn said those same people should also “be moral,” before becoming one of many right-wing Republicans to offer the 18-year-old Rittenhouse an internship.

“Kyle, if you want an internship, reach out to me,” read the caption on Cawthorn’s video.

On Wednesday, Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.) said that Rittenhouse , for some reason, would make a “pretty good congressional intern,” and that his office may reach out to the teen to gauge his interest.

Following Rittenhouse’s acquittal, Rep. Paul Gosar (R-Ariz.) tweeted he would “arm wrestle” Gaetz to “get dibs for Kyle as an intern.” Gosar also asked his followers on Twitter if Rittenhouse should get a congressional medal of honor. The teen shot three people, two fatally, at protests in Kenosha, Wisconsin, that erupted following the police shooting of Jacob Blake, a Black man. 

As for Cawthorn, it’s hardly the first time he has called for violent confrontation.

At a GOP event in August , he warned of “bloodshed” if elections “continue to be rigged.” They are not rigged to begin with.

Last month, he accused American society of aiming to “de-masculate” young men and asked mothers : “If you are raising a young man, please raise them to be a monster.”

Critics were horrified by Cawthorn’s latest encouragement violence.