Judge Kyle Rittenhouse’s Asian food jokes opened up new fronts in the culture war before and after the trial

In the Kyle Rittenhouse homicide trial on Thursday, Kenosha County Circuit Court Judge Bruce Schroeder made a joke. Some people said it was racism.

When the prosecution lawyer asked them when they would take a break for lunch, Schroeder said: “It’s about one o’clock.” He added: “I hope there is no Asian food on board one of the ships in the Port of Long Beach,” he added.

Although this comment appears to be a comment on supply chain backup, the joke has sparked strong opposition online.

Michele Dauber, a professor at Stanford University, stated that Schroder had published an “undisguised anti-Asian commentary”.

“Because all Asian food comes from China like a boat,” she said in a tweet, “What a stubborn person.”

Attorney Exavier Pope called Schroeder a “racist.”

The politics podcast Taylor Cohen said Schroder was “unprofessional” and “obviously biased.”

However, others said they thought the anger at the judge’s comments had been excessive.

Reporter Ian Miles Cheong asked people to “stop pretending to be offended.”

Charlie Kirk, the founder of Turning Point USA, expressed his firm support for Schroeder on Twitter and said that Rittenhouse “did not do anything wrong.”

This is not the first time a judge has been accused of prejudice or unprofessionalism.

After he reiterated his rules, it made headlines before the trial began Prosecutors cannot call a person a “victim” in front of a court jury. However, if there is evidence that they were involved in arson, riots, or robbery, the people killed by Rittenhouse can be called “thugs” or “robbers.”

Schroeder Angry at the prosecutor On Wednesday, and was strongly opposed because of the ringtone used at the presidential rally Donald Trump, And his insistence that the court applaud a veteran defense witness on Veterans Day.

Conservatives like Ann Coulter Disappointment at the increasing accusations of racism during the trial means that liberals are picking things up to anger.

The divergent reaction to Schroder’s actions and the testimony provided during the trial indicate that the United States is politically divided The trial received national attention Because it highlights the ethnic and political tensions in the country. The subject of the trial reflects different views on gun control. Black people’s fate is also fate Protests and the actions of protesters and law enforcement agencies.

Rittenhouse is a white teenager who was accused of killing two men and wounding another man with an AR-15 rifle on a protest night in Kenosha, Wisconsin last year. He pleaded not guilty, arguing that he was in self-defense and “unintentionally killed” the three men he shot.

Rittenhouse was Group photo with members of the proud boy after being arrested, Some Democratic Party Accuse him of being a white supremacist.Critics also accused him Fake crying when giving evidence. However, he got Republicans, Like a Republican representative Marjorie Taylor Green, Who said Rittenhouse is a hero, and he “stepped forward” when “Democrats created chaos and incited violence.”