Many liberals pounced on a joke told by the judge in the trial of Kyle Rittenhouse Thursday to accuse him of racism and call for a mistrial.
Kenosha County Circuit Court Judge Bruce Schroeder was speaking about the court’s plans for lunch when he made a joke about the supply chain issues at Long Beach Harbor in California.
“I hope the Asian food isn’t coming … isn’t on one of those boats from Long Beach Harbor,” he said.
Video of the innocuous joke was posted to Twitter by CNN reporter Kyung Lah. Julia Vargas Jones, a field producer for CNN, replied that “the media room let out a collective gasp.”
Some social media users immediately accused the judge of racism and demanded that a mistrial be called.
“My brain hurts with this whole trial. Did the judge just make a slight against Asian people??” replied MSNBC contributor Katie Phang.
“Racist, me thinks, the judge, is,” tweeted epidemiologist Eric Feigl-Ding. “What a complete joke and circus this #KyleRittenhouseTrial now is.”
“Wtf the prosecution will ask for a mistrial or for judge to step down,” tweeted one detractor. “The trial can’t be completed with comments from the sitting judge like that. This is gross misconduct for these comments in bad jokes.”
“This judge is a kooky control freak who loves to hear himself talk. His inane comments and interference are annoying. He just made a joke about how he ‘hopes the Asian food isn’t stuck in the harbor’ – wtf? This is a garbage trial,” said one critic.
“At first I thought he was making some local reference about Kenosha, albeit still somewhat offensive. But there is no Long Beach in Wisconsin; he’s talking about Long Beach, CA, isn’t he?— and injecting national politics into the trial—with a bit of bigotry on the side,” said another critic.
“The good old American Justice System A white racist Judge, presiding over a murder trial by a White Racist This judge is itching to mistrial this case and save the poor white killer from justice,” read another tweet.
A similar effort developed on Wednesday when the judge’s cellphone went off during the case and revealed a patriotic ringtone. Many on the left called it a sign that the judge was a Trump supporter and demanded a mistrial.
Here’s more about the Rittenhouse trial:
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Typical stupid liberal responses. All of the dirt bags he shot were white also. And I do believe most or all Asian food comes through california on a ship.
Whether it is the color, smell, sound, origin, shape, etc. of something… anything… Liberals will call it racist if they do not agree with it. Had they finished high school, then perhaps they would be able to intelligently define their reasons for the dislike.
CRT isn’t racist but this is?
Sounds like more bigoted double standards coming from the left.
So what’s new? Liberals will desperately pounce on anything they can stretch, alter, revise, or take out of context to cry out their favorite word – “RACISM”!
They’ve even labeled the POW/MIA flag “Racist”, because the silhouette is black, for god’s sake!
What does anyone expect from the leftists progressive democrat scumbags in this Country?
The leftists progressive democrat scumbag is the worst Plague to ever hit this planet and what we need is a vaccine that kills this disease that leaves all those infected with a single digit IQ and one living brain cell in their heads!!
I’m not aware that race is even remotely connected to this trial.
Thanks for playing the race card though, it dilutes it for when it’s actually relevant. You people are morons.
Lefties even think highways are racist. Too funny. They certainly add humor for us to enjoy.