Conroe Brewery pulls out of Kyle Rittenhouse’s anti-censorship rally

KONRO, Texas – Konro Brewery Friday said that he canceled an upcoming “anti-censorship rally” featuring Kyle Rittenhouse, who was known to have been acquitted of killing two people in Kenosha, Wisconsin during a 2020 Black Lives Matter protest.

On Twitter, Southern Star Brewery, who was listed as the organizer of the event, said it was “an apolitical organization, but we believe this event does not reflect our own values ​​and we cannot in good faith continue to rent venues for the event… We don’t hold rallies, we make beer for people who love beer.

The January 26 event was also scheduled to feature the leader of TEXIT, a group that advocates secession of Texas from the United States. The event is hosted by Defiance Press, a Conroe-based publisher that published headlines such as “The Crown Fascism” and a biography of Joe Arpaio, a former Maricopa County, Arizona sheriff who refused a court order to end racial profiling by his department.

Defiance Press describes itself as “active in the fight against censorship by publishing conservative books that have been widely censored by the mainstream media” and has also published material supporting Texas’ withdrawal from the United States.

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Rittenhouse has increasingly focused on crusades against the media and “anti-censorship” since he was found not guilty of murder and other charges in 2021. take place in Texas.

A spokesperson for the event confirmed the cancellation and said it was “definitely” being rescheduled elsewhere.

Last year, Rittenhouse announced his plans to attend Texas A&M University, saying he turned it down after the university said he wasn’t accepted. Rittenhouse, an Illinois native, later said he planned to attend Blinn College, a two-year school in Brenham.