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Americans Disgusted After Kyle Rittenhouse Judge Makes Offensive Asian Food ‘Joke’

In a case that is clearly about racial tensions, you'd think he could reel it in at LEAST at lunchtime.

Judge Bruce Schroeder, the man presiding over the trial of Kyle Rittenhouse, is just on fire this week. And by “on fire,” I mean “setting himself on fire” with his ridiculous antics.

After shouting at the prosecutor for trying to include evidence of Rittenhouse’s ties to a white nationalist group, then forcing the entire courtroom including the jury to clap for one of the defense witnesses, Schroeder seemed to go off the deep end.

As the court was preparing to recess for lunch, Schroeder declared:

I hope the Asian food isn’t coming… isn’t on one of those boats from Long Beach Harbor.

So. Much. To. Unpack.

First of all, at least know the country your food originated in: “Asian” could mean Chinese or Korean food, but it could also mean most of Russia, or India, or Pakistan, Armenia, Bahrain… “Asia” is pretty big, your honor. People who use that blanket term always seem just a little racist to me.

But then, what is he referring to? Is he saying that the food is coming all the way from Asia on a boat? Is he taking a jab at Joe Biden over the shipping crisis? Is he talking about the logjam at California ports in the last few days?

How far does DoorDash even go these days?

It’s pretty obvious that Schroeder just says whatever comes into his head. And we’re finding out that what’s in his head is not looking good for justice in the trial of Kyle Rittenhouse.

Twitter was disgusted:

And Eric Feigl-Ding, a senior fellow at the Federation of American Scientists, explains why this is racist:

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