Did Kyle Rittenhouse Sue Joy Behar and Whoopi Goldberg?

A viral article is satirical.

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Since Kyle Rittenhouse was acquitted last month of all charges in the Kenosha shootings, misinformation about Rittenhouse and the case has spread online.  

A viral Facebook post claims that “Kyle Rittenhouse has filed a $60 million defamation lawsuit against the View’s Joy Behar and Whoopi Goldberg.” The post features a screenshot of a tweet that has been shared more than 5,000 times and liked more than 20,000 times. 

https://twitter.com/1mZer0Cool/status/1464956557477781514

The claim is false. Rittenhouse has not filed a defamation lawsuit against The View hosts Joy Behar and Whoopi Goldberg. 

The origins of the false claim come from PotatriotsUnite.com, a satirical website, self-described as “a subsidiary of the ‘America’s Last Line of Defense’ network of parody, satire, and tomfoolery.” Another widely shared Facebook post is accompanied by a screenshot of the article from PotatriotsUnite.com.

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    Ben Connelly

    Potatriots? I like puns but c’mon…

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    Michael Darwin

    As satire it is pretty awful. There is certainly humor to be had. They didn't find it.

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    1. Jesse

      I don't think humor was the goal. Unfortunately, I think they got what they really wanted...

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    J-Lew

    As I suspected. Though, it's pleasing to contemplate. It will be interesting to see if he does file any defamation suits, and the results of them.

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    Chris L

    It's distressing to hear when sites like this and The Onion are having a hard time being crazier than reality.

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      Show Jay Janney the 🚪!

      I think the onion ought to change it's slogan to "𝑾𝒆 𝒓𝒆𝒑𝒐𝒓𝒕, 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒅𝒆𝒄𝒊𝒅𝒆".

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    Frank Lee

    Satire but with a reasonable probability of becoming fact. I really do hope that Kyle's lawyers file suits against every media person and entity that so disgustingly slandered him. His life is in much greater danger because of what they have done. This isn't about politics, this is about an uncontrolled corporate media that needs to a significant slap so we get the Great Media Reset.

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