Kyle Rittenhouse is a GOP icon. He killed two men and wounded a third at a violent demonstration because he stood with property owners and police officers and justifiably thought his life was in danger. He’s our kind of guy!
The police officer who killed Ashli Babbitt similarly used a gun on a violent, but unarmed woman who appeared to threaten the lives of members of Congress and those who protected them. And yet, that officer, unlike Rittenhouse, is viewed as a tool of tyranny, and Babbitt is viewed as a martyr by the extreme right. Why?
Because the righteousness of the political/cultural right is always taken as a given, so the facts are unimportant. The narrative must always prevail over reality. That is the way the reactionary right operates. It is only getting worse.