Kyle Rittenhouse, the Illinois man notorious for being acquitted for killing two people and shooting another, is being mocked again on social media.
This time, users on X are poking fun at the gun-toting self-proclaimed vigilante following a rumor that he is banned for life from applying for Marines because of his low aptitude test results.
The allegations started circulating on April Fool’s Day after several people shared a screenshot of an email claiming to show that Rittenhouse was not only rejected by the U.S. Armed Forces but his Armed Services Vocational Aptitude Battery (ASVAB) test score was so low that he is permanently disqualified from applying again.
The ASVAB test measures a military candidate’s abilities to determine if they are fit for military training. It includes science, comprehension, math and other arithmetic and is also used for career placement in the military.
X users who love to hate Rittenhouse roasted him for days for being “too dumb” to make it in the military. The email, which is reportedly from a Kenosha Police Field Report, states that Rittenhouse took the test in January 2020, seven months before he traveled 20 miles to Kenosha, Wisconsin, and opened fire on three men who were protesting the police killing of Jacob Blake.
Rittenhouse claimed at the time that he was trying to protect local businesses.
An August 2020 Washington Post article published shortly after the shooting highlights Rittenhouse fondness for police including his history of posts promoting the “Blue Live Matters” slogan.
The Post also wrote about his failed attempt to join the Marine Corps that January, speaking to a service spokesperson who revealed that he was disqualified from serving but didn’t specific the reason.
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