After Kyle Rittenhouse was found not guilty on November 19, conservative Candace Owens took to social media to mock NBA player LeBron James.
Owens took to Twitter and posted a meme of James with tears streaming down his face while Rittenhouse wiped the athlete’s tears away.
— Candace Owens (@RealCandaceO) November 19, 2021
Despite Owens leaving out a comment, she hasn’t been shy to show her disliking of the basketball player. Some folks agreed with her, and one of her followers responded, “I like this. He’s crying all the time.”
Another user said, “Love this.”
“Man! They are literally hunting down our white pedophiles! We can’t even have white pedophiles roaming our neighborhoods anymore bc of rAcISm” -Lebron James. https://t.co/pJTYBve1Yq
— Candace Owens (@RealCandaceO) November 19, 2021
James believed that Rittenhouse was guilty. He even mocked the alleged killer while he was on trial.
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While others called out Owens’ joke to be offensive, “Trying hard to get that back and forward with LeBron to drum up more attention for your media. Rolling on the floor laughing boy that hustle is real. A+ for effort though,” one person responded to the tweet.
Trying hard to get that back and forward with LeBron to drum up more attention for your media. ? boy that hustle is real. A+ for effort though.
— robpbulldog (@Robbulldog44) November 20, 2021
Another defended James and said, “LeBron James is a modern-day Martin Luther King, and I find this very offensive.” Another user chimed in adding simply that it’s “not funny.”
LeBron James is a modern day Martin Luther King and I find this very offensive
— Carol X Lunz PhD, She/Him, GED alumni, commentary (@marinasmigielsk) November 19, 2021
Not funny ?
— RussXAnt ?? (3-5) (4-8) (@RussxAntGOAT) November 19, 2021
Prior to her tweet about James, Owens rejoiced Rittenhouse’s verdict. In a tweet earlier that same day, she wrote, “NOT GUILTY. Kyle Rittenhouse is free. The criminal mob corporate enterprise that is masquerading as a movement concerned about black lives— FAILS. Justice wins the day.”
NOT GUILTY.
Kyle Rittenhouse is free.
The criminal mob corporate enterprise that is masquerading as a movement concerned about black lives— FAILS.Justice wins the day.
— Candace Owens (@RealCandaceO) November 19, 2021
In another of her various tweets defending Rittenhouse, she wrote, “Kyle Rittenhouse is innocent. It was another case of the BLM lynch-media-mob attempting to ruin a person’s life (this time, a 17-year-old kid) to feed their race-obsessed ‘rampant white supremacy’ lie.”
Kyle Rittenhouse is innocent. It was another case of the BLM lynch-media-mob attempting to ruin a person’s life (this time, a 17 year old kid) to feed their race-obsessed “rampant white supremacy” lie.
Journalists and Big Tech are the true enemies of the American people.
— Candace Owens (@RealCandaceO) November 10, 2021
She added, “Journalists and Big Tech are the true enemies of the American people.”
