Kyle Rittenhouse, who was cleared of all charges last year in connection with a shooting at a 2020 rally in Wisconsin that killed two people and injured a third, has criticized President Biden and the mainstream media while saying he is not a white supremacist.
In the aftermath of his acquittal, Rittenhouse, now 19, joined The Jenna Ellis Show podcast on Tuesday to air his complaints with news organizations and call out the commander-in-chief for rejecting his demands to meet with him.
The Illinois native said he’s frightened to go grocery shopping or walk his dog for fear of being attacked or harassed as a result of the incorrect information spread.
Ellis, who formerly worked on former President Donald Trump’s legal team, asked Rittenhouse what he wanted the public to know about the shootings in August 2020 that killed Joseph Rosenbaum and Anthony Huber and injured Gaige Grosskruetz. Rittenhouse’s defence team stated that he shot the guys in self-defense when all three assaulted him during a disturbance in Kenosha, Wisconsin, in the aftermath of the police shooting of Jacob Blake.
“I was attacked. 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,” Rittenhouse remarked.
Rittenhouse said he’d like to have one of those conversations with Biden, whom the youngster has threatened to sue for calling him a white supremacist while running for President in September 2020.
Biden expressed his displeasure and anxiety after Rittenhouse was acquitted of all counts, but defended the jury’s decision.
The White House did not immediately respond to a request for comment.