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Acquitted gunman Kyle Rittenhouse, who has turned his killing of two people at a racial justice protest into a badge of honor and embraced the right-wing celebrity that came with it, says the “woke mob” is the reason a major Las Vegas hotel became the second-straight venue to distance itself from him.
The Oak Room at the Venetian casino’s Grand Canal Shoppes “canceled us, and bent to the woke mob saying, ‘We aren’t going to host you guys anymore,’” Rittenhouse complained to host Sebastian Gorka on the far-right podcaster’s “America First” program on Tuesday.
Rittenhouse’s appearance, sponsored by the National Association for Gun Rights, had been scheduled for Wednesday, and was billed as a private reception with Rittenhouse. It was to be held during the SHOT Show — short for Shooting, Hunting and Outdoor Trade — at the Venetian.
But a statement from the Venetian on Monday announced the venue would no longer be hosting the Rittenhouse event, saying it “did…
