Two sides of the same coin (Image via video still)

Tonight, Tucker Carlson shamelessly sympathized with Kyle Rittenhouse, 17, who has been arrested and charged with first-degree murder for his actions in Kenosha last night.

Carlson said:

How shocked are we that 17-year-olds with rifles decided they had to maintain order when no one else would?

This line of attack — that Democratic-run states and cities are a hellscape where anything goes and where white people are in danger (I believe Rittenhouse killed white people, albeit marching for BLM ...) — has bee used over and over at the RNC, and will likely be the most used (and effective?) gambit of Trump's closing as we barrel toward the November election.

Carlson should be fired.

Watch:

Tucker: How shocked are we that 17 year olds with rifles decided they had to maintain order when no one else would pic.twitter.com/MGl7tdz9B5

— Acyn Torabi (@Acyn) August 27, 2020