Kyle Rittenhouse, who was acquitted last year of all charges in connection with a shooting that killed two people and injured a third during a 2020 protest in Wisconsin, has slammed President Biden and the mainstream media while insisting he’s not a white supremacist.
Rittenhouse, now 19, joined “The Jenna Ellis Show” podcast Tuesday to voice his grievances at news organizations in the aftermath of his acquittal and called out the commander-in-chief for ignoring his requests to meet with him.
“I’ve been all right, but it’s been a little difficult ‘cause with all the false narratives that were put out, where people called me a white supremacist, a murderer and racist, and all those other lies, I don’t know if somebody’s seen one of those articles or watched one of those news stories,” Rittenhouse said.
The Illinois native said he’s afraid to go food shopping or take his dog for a walk because he might be attacked or harassed due to the “false lies that were put out.”
Ellis, who previously worked on former President Donald Trump’s legal team, asked Rittenhouse what he wanted the public to know about the August 2020 shootings that left Joseph Rosenbaum and Anthony Huber dead and Gaige Grosskruetz wounded. Rittenhouse’s legal team argued that he shot the men in self-defense after all three attacked him during a riot in Kenosha, Wis., following the police shooting of Jacob Blake.
“I was attacked,” Rittenhouse said. “I was 17 years old. I was attacked and had to defend myself. I’m not a racist. I’m not a white supremacist. I’m not a domestic terrorist. I’m not a murderer, and anybody who wants to sit down and have a conversation, I’m more than open.”
